Order 9066

Childhood at Heart Mountain

This is a bonus episode of the podcast Order 9066.

June 18, 2018

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In this episode, two men who were imprisoned at Heart Mountain as boys remember their time in camp and how the experience shaped them as adults.

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Braille board created by Tokinobu Mihara while incarcerated at Heart Mountain. He went blind while in camp and got help from a craftsman to build the board. Courtesy of Delphine Hirasuna

Sam Mihara (third from left) poses with extended family in front of their barrack at Heart Mountain in 1944. He is 11 years old. Sam's father, Tokinobu, does not appear in this picture.

Howard Kuramitsu with an unidentified neighbor, posing in front of the barracks at Heart Mountain in the early 1940's.

Learn more about Sam Mihara and his speaking engagements here: http://sammihara.com

NARRATORS
Pat Suzuki
Sab Shimono

PRODUCERS
Kate Ellis
Stephen Smith

EDITOR
Mary Beth Kirchner

THEME MUSIC
Genji Siraisi

AUDIO MIX
Johnny Vince Evans
Stephen Smith

SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY PRODUCTION TEAM: Jennifer Jones, Noriko Sanefuji, Valeska Hilbig.

APM REPORTS PRODUCTION TEAM: Mike Reszler, Nathan Tobey, Chris Worthington, Alex Baumhardt, Hana Maruyama, Emerald O'Brien, Shelly Langford, Andy Kruse, Mike Mulcahy, Eric Ringham.

SPECIAL THANKS: Densho — The Japanese American Legacy Project; Go For Broke National Education Center.

Support for Order 9066 comes from the Terasaki Family Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, and Penelope Scialla.