Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Gardena).

I believe she knew my mother had passed away when I was 14.She also worked as a statistician-typist at Wilson Paper Company in Times Square.

having merged with another school in the area) when the GHS students were visiting.taught me the value of relationships.I continued to learn Japanese at Cal State Long Beach under Professors Yoko Pusavat and Akira Miyazaki.

Taking groups of exchange students from GHS to Yoshida High School — located in Shizuokaken.Furumoto remembered being made fun of by her classmates for her American attire.

She studied tea ceremony and ikebana with Madame Kazuko Shimbashi and calligraphy with Madame Fumiko Okinaka.

law firm whose partners were involved in LANSCA.Several workshops will also be held that explore the ongoing efforts to memorialize victims of the wartime incarceration.

Larry Oda (Japanese American Citizens League).without ever having had a trial.

the Pilgrimage will address the parallels between WWII immigrant scapegoating and present-day attacks on immigrant communities.as hostages to be used in a planned prisoner exchange with Axis nations.