“That’s something that happened to me, and so what? It’s like anything else that’s upsetting, there’s no point keeping it in your head and getting upset about it. So shrug and forget about it.”

“Even before WWII, I distrusted the government’s secrecy, propaganda, and censoring that was part of the ‘war news.’ I was especially upset when I realized that letters I received from Aiko and her sister were censored.”

“My dad wasn’t recruited in the 442nd so we, as a young family, were chosen to leave early. And so that gave us an opportunity to get out of there.”