Ganbatte

This is the story of a American of Japanese descent who was born in 1921. He grew up in the pre-war time of considerable anti-Japanese feelings, and ended up in one of the internment camps, then in the military as a person with multiple specialties. His return to the Hood River area after the war was over, though, was difficult, as this was one of the most virulently anti-Japanese areas in the country.

The strongest and most interesting part of the book, at least to me, was the type of discrimination that he faced even after the war was over.

It's a very interesting, very personal biography.



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