Category Archives: WWII Memories

Japanese American Museum of Oregon: Ireicho Project

Posted on March 10, 2026 by journeysofabentmind

On Saturday, March 7th my family in Eugene and in Bend made the trek to the Japanese American Museum of Oregon in Portland for the special exhibit of the Ireicho Book Project. There we were scheduled to view the names … Continue reading →

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VI. End Notes

Posted on March 15, 2020 by journeysofabentmind

I’ve revised a  book I self-published several years ago of the internment talk I give about my family’s experiences surrounding the evacuation and internment in a concentration camp during WWII – This is the final section giving my thoughts about … Continue reading →

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Camp Amache: An American Story

Posted on May 6, 2018 by journeysofabentmind

  May 4, 2018: Today I made a second annual visit to the third grade class of a dear friend in Corvallis, Christine Gough. The visit was to share my story of my family’s forced evacuation and internment in a … Continue reading →

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MY INTERNMENT STORY

Posted on October 21, 2017 by journeysofabentmind

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066 designating the West Coast a “Military Exclusion Zone” prohibiting the presence of all persons of Japanese ancestry and authorizing their evacuation and internment in locations away … Continue reading →

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