Oral history interview with Mei T. Nakano, 1995 March 18

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Oral history interview with Mei T. Nakano, 1995 March 18

1995

https://discover.library.unt.edu/catalog/b3498772

Interview with Mei Nakano, a college professor, concerning her experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Amache, Colorado, internment camp during World War II. Nakano discusses her childhood experiences with bigotry in rural Colorado, the evacuation from Los Angeles to Amache in September of 1942, camp life, her marriage in the camp, resettlement in Chicago, and the lasting impressions of the internment experience.

48 leaves ; 29 cm.

eng, Latn

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Granada Relocation Center

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