and everyone wanted to be him on the playgrounds of San Francisco when we played football.

set an unwavering goal for her son: He would graduate from college.the future president of Taiwan.

Kazuo majored in police administration.In the 22 years that I was a special agent in the Secret Service.she now volunteers for the Japanese American National Museum.

while Kazuo was mistakenly described as a Japanese bodyguard.The Secret Service opened a whole new world to me.

it has to do with you and the kind of person you are.

I got to travel around the world and see places that were inaccessible to everyone else.Carina Sakimura and Anita Komatsu lead the dancers at the Nisei Week Ondo.

Live music was provided by Minyo Station.Miss Tomodachi Amy Ryoko Kubo and Princesses Carina Aiko Sakimura.

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