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Description
Sonoma County resident George Hamamoto was interviewed on June 20, 1978, by a Sonoma State University student for the North Bay Ethnic Archive Project. He discusses growing up in Sebastopol, the family grocery store, removal to Assembly Center in Merced, then incarceration at Granada (Amache) camp. Discusses organization and administration of camp, and return to Napa area following the war. The North Bay Ethnic Archive features material related to the forced relocation of northern San Francisco Bay Area residents to the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp, Colorado. It includes correspondence, photographs, and reports. Some of the original items are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. The remainder are housed in Special Collections.
Community activities--Associations and organizations Industry and employment--Small business--Grocery stores Post-World War II World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Leaving camp--Returning home
Place
Sebastopol Santa Rosa Petaluma Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache) Temporary Assembly Centers--Merced
Source
Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California;
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