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Description
Nisei female, born October 23, 1900 in The Dalles, Oregon. Her father took his family to Japan in 1921 and Yasuka graduated high school there in 1928. When she married George Akamatsu in 1930 in Seattle, Yasuka lost her U.S. citizenship due to the Cable Act; i.e., an American born woman who marries an alien ineligible for citizenship loses her citizenship. Her citizenship was restored in 1936 when the Act was repealed. George completed medical studies at Emory University while Yasuka worked as a waitress. They returned to California and he set up a medical practice in Walnut Grove. In 1942, Yasuka was 32 and George was in the fourth year of his practice when they were evacuated to Puyallup Assembly Center, then Tule Lake and Minidoka. George worked as a physician; Yasuka worked with separated families. The Akamatsus returned to Sacramento where he resumed his practice.
Type
sound
Format
Copy Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
2 Tapes of 2
Identifier
css_000122_t01; css_000122_t02
Language
English
Provenance
California State University, Sacramento California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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