Life Interrupted

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In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an Executive Order in 1942 to relocate 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent to internment camps across the nation, including two in Arkansas. One of those people who were evacuated was George Takei, better known as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu from the original Star Trek series. His interview on this YouTube site was part of Life Interrupted, a historical project spearheaded by UALR about the camps. Takei recounts his experiences at the camp in Rowher, Arkansas.” This project is supported in part by The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, The Arkansas Humanities Council, The Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, the National Park Service, and the Japanese American National Museum In Los Angeles.

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