Fresno To Gila River – One Reporter’s Experience At The Former Gila River Internment Camp

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This year is the 78th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. That’s the order that sent Japanese Americans to internment camps in 1942. Many Japanese Americans in Fresno County were sent to the Gila River Indian Community in the Arizona desert, including local baseball legend Kenichi Zenimura. Reporter Laura Tsutsui traveled to the former site of the camp to report on Zenimura’s legacy. Listen to the interview above to hear more about the connection between Japanese Americans from the San Joaquin Valley and the camps.
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