Hiroji Okumua

File — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Okumua (b. 1896) recalls his childhood in Japan and traveling to San Francisco in 1917. He describes farming in Southern California, family life, internment in the Manzanar camp, a shooting at the gates of the camp, raising celery near American Fork, Utah, and post-war life.

Dates

1984-1988

Conditions Governing Access

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