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Jul 17, 2019 · July 17, 20198:04 AM ET. By. Etelka Lehoczky. They Called Us Enemy. By George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker. Purchase. "Shame is a cruel thing," writes George Takei...
Apr 20, 2024 · George Takei Recalls Time In An American Internment Camp In 'They Called Us Enemy' Star Trek actor George Takei has written about this time in his life before — once in an...
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From the time he was a toddler, Morita faced some of life’s biggest challenges. Born Noriyuki Morta on July 28, 1932, he was confined to a body cast because of spinal tuberculosis from the time he was 2 years old. Learning to walk at age 9, he spent nine years in a “charitable infirmary for poor, immigrant children at San Francisco’s Shriners Hospi...
Born in Los Angeles on April 20, 1937, Takei was only four years old during Pearl Harbor— and had just turned 5 when he remembers the harrowing knock on the door. “We saw two soldiers, marching up our driveway, carrying rifles with shiny bayonets on them,” he recalled onLate Night with Seth Meyers. “They stomped up the porch and with their fists be...
Returning home was a harsh slap in the face for both families. When Morita’s family was freed in October 1945, they had to start life from the bottom again, living out knapsacks and working back in the crop fields. Eventually, they saved enough to open a Chinese restaurant in Sacramento, California. “A Japanese family running a Chinese restaurant i...
The 'Star Trek' and 'Karate Kid' stars were imprisoned for their race during World War II. Learn about their harrowing experiences, their families' struggles and their friendship.
May 8, 2024 · In his illustrated book for children, Mr. Takei writes about growing up in Japanese American internment camps during World War II. Credit... Crown Books for Young Readers, via Associated Press
Aug 15, 2019 · 4 minute read. “We were herded over to the stable area. Each family was assigned to a horse stall,” says actor George Takei. Jesse Grant—Getty Images for AMC. By Melissa Chan. August 15, 2019...
Sep 9, 2019 · By the following autumn, as a result of Executive Order 9066 the family will be on a real train, tagged “like cattle” and bound for Fort Rohwer, Ark., the easternmost of the 10 internment ...
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Sep 11, 2019 · Takei and his family were shipped to internment camps in Arkansas and Northern California, spending four years behind barbed wire. His new graphic memoir, “ They Called Us Enemy ,” is...
