First to Go: Story of the Kataoka Family
A couple hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Ichiro Kataoka was the first San Francisco Japanese prisoner taken by the FBI from his hotel in Japan Town. Thr... Read allA couple hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Ichiro Kataoka was the first San Francisco Japanese prisoner taken by the FBI from his hotel in Japan Town. Through a series of unfortunate events, Ichiro would eventually reunite with his family rough... Read allA couple hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Ichiro Kataoka was the first San Francisco Japanese prisoner taken by the FBI from his hotel in Japan Town. Through a series of unfortunate events, Ichiro would eventually reunite with his family roughly three years later in Topaz, Utah after President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066,... Read all