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Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind A World War II Fence

Havey, Lily Yuriko Nakai

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Looking back as an adult, Havey recounts her youth growing up in Southern California and her dreams of climbing the Hollywood sign. When she was 10, she thought her family was going camping. In actuality, they were evacuated to Santa Anita racetrack where they lived in a horse stall before being transferred to the Amache Relocation Center in Colorado.