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Thank you for visiting the Songbird of Manzanar. Please excuse the dust as it is still under construction. With time, you’ll enjoy the life and times of Mary Kageyama Nomura and Shiro Nomura.

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Shi’s Manzanar Museum Articles

Shi’s Manzanar Years – Part 7 April 1975

April, 1975 MANZANAR EXPANDS WITH NEW ARRIVALS Inside WW 2 Manzanar, Part 7, By Shiro Nomura, Inyo Museums Department Historian for Manzanar A badly crumpled package and three delayed letters from Amy in one day’s mail. Adding to the loneliness of being kept apart, a day or two passing by without mail was torturous. A…

Shi’s Manzanar Years – Part 6 March 1975

March, 1975 RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF DOCTOR, LAWYER, MERCHANT, CHIEF Inside World War 2 Manzanar, Part 6 By Shiro Nomura, Museums Department Historian for Manzanar From all walks of life… American citizens sentenced without trial. Crime? Parental ancestry… Term of sentence? Unknown… Future? Uncertain… Their reason? Multiple… Forced from their homes, issued…


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