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Newell, California

This view from the Peninsula takes in most of the old Internment Camp – Newell, California was born out of the War Relocation Authority’s Japanese-American Internment and later, Segregation, Center. Once the decision was made tp build a center on … Continue reading

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Tule Lake Barracks

A visit to the San Jose Japanese – American Museum. Jimi Yamaichi takes inside a 20′ x 20′ Tule lake Internment barracks recreation at the San Jose Japanese American Museum. Construction of the camp started in mid-April 1942 and the … Continue reading

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Tule Lake Internment

My Face Was My Crime, My Heritage was on Trial This is the opening segment for the film “My Face Was My Crime.”
Jimi Yamaichi, 2002, shares his vision of a visitor center along Highway 139 on part of what was … Continue reading

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