The Hatanakas

The Hatanaka story focuses on Yoshisuke Hatanaka who came to the United States from Japan in the early 1900s. He did everything an immigrant is supposed to do when they come here: he learned English, converted to Christianity, had a family, and became an upstanding member of the community. None of that mattered on the evening of December 7, 1941 when he was arrested by the FBI and separated from his family for years.

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