Monday, May 20, 2013
The untold story of Honouliuli Internment Camp
A film marking 70 years since the facility's opening recalls families' separation ordeals
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 01, 2013
~~<p>Edna Saifuku was 15 when she saw the towers with guards bearing machine guns at the Hono­uli­uli Internment Camp in Kunia, where she and her siblings visited their father, Sam Nishi­mura.</p>
<p>Nishimura, a tailor shop owner, was detained at the internment site with hundreds of other Japa­nese-Americans during World War II.</p>
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Edna Saifuku was 15 when she saw the towers with guards bearing machine guns at the Honouliuli Internment Camp in Kunia, where she and her siblings visited their father, Sam Nishimura.
Nishimura, a tailor shop owner, was detained at the internment site with hundreds of other Japanese-Americans during World War II. Login for more...
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