'Fishing Club' emphasizes human facet of internment

By Mike Gordon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 03, 2012

~~<p>Growing up in Southern California, Richard Imamura often heard stories about the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans, including accounts from his parents, who met while they were at the Gila River camp in Arizona.</p>
<p>Family friends were "from the camp" or "another camp." His grandmother suffered a stroke while living in a camp; that's why she walked with a limp. His mother met Eleanor Roosevelt during a camp visit by the first lady.</p>
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Growing up in Southern California, Richard Imamura often heard stories about the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans, including accounts from his parents, who met while they were at the Gila River camp in Arizona.

Family friends were "from the camp" or "another camp." His grandmother suffered a stroke while living in a camp; that's why she walked with a limp. His mother met Eleanor Roosevelt during a camp visit by the first lady. Login for more...