the City of Monterey Park held a vigil to mark the occasion.

churches from the Presbyterian Union all over the country sent gifts to the Japanese American children.Thats how she earned her 16 dollars a month to buy us our clothes and ice skates … she must have saved for a lot of months to do that!— Kaz Shiroyama interview with JFO 11/7/04That same Christmas.

not in the comfortable surroundings of her California home.vegetables and such that they could spare and took these back to the store in exchange for the gifts.terrible news reached Heart Mountain.

Just two days after Pearl Harbor.Joy Takeshita and Peggy Fujioka share their sorrows upon hearing of his passing.

We will have to save our money and not buy any presents.

com/A class in advanced English being taught for adults at Heart Mountain in 1943.One of his favorite roles was Lo Pan.

James Hong with his Kung Fu Panda co-star Lucy Liu.for all of the Kung Fu Panda” films.

and has become the nation’s premier Asian American theater.when asked if he was thinking about retirement.