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Oral History Interview with Mei T. Nakano, March 18, 1995

Description: Interview with Mei Nakano, a college professor, concerning her experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Amache, Colorado, internment camp during World War II. Nakano discusses her childhood experiences with bigotry in rural Colorado, the evacuation from Los Angeles to Amache in September of 1942, camp life, her marriage in the camp, resettlement in Chicago, and the lasting impressions of the internment experience.
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Nakano, Mei Takaya
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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