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Nov 7, 2015 · In early 1942 the U-S ordered 110-thousand Japanese-Americans living on the west coast to internment camps. Five year old Takei and his family were sent to camps in Arkansas and Utah for...
- PBS News Hour
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Over the course of that intermission, Takei recounted his personal experience as a child in a Japanese internment camp, during World War II, and his own father's sense of helplessness at his inability to protect his family that was mirrored in the song.
Nov 9, 2015 · “Allegiance,” a new musical about the internment of Japanese-Americans in camps during World War II, could be said to suffer from a problem of divided loyalties, and I’m not referring to its...
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- Charles Isherwood
George Takei talks about his role as World War II veteran Sam Kimura in "Allegiance: A New American Musical." The musical tells the story of a Japanese-Ameri...
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Jul 17, 2019 · Even as the Takeis are wrenched from their home, transported hundreds of miles and forced to live in camps, young George's openness and curiosity are unflagging.
Aug 29, 2012 · Takei plays two characters in the show: Ojii-San, the grandfather of a family in an internment camp, and Sam Kimura, a 77-year-old former internee whose story is told from the present day.
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Feb 27, 2014 · George Takei on Life Inside a Japanese Internment Camp During WWII. Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org - Legendary actor, author and activist, George Takei, best known for...
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