Literary Branch
Writer Gregg Jones &
Historian Craig Walker
Friday, August 2nd, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Suggested Donation: $5
During World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced from their homes and confined in internment camps ringed by guard towers and barbed wire. Despite this shameful treatment by their own government, many young internees volunteered to join the Armed Forces and fight for America against the Axis. Join us at the Art Center when Literary Branch chair Mark Lewis interviews the authors of two new books that tell these men’s stories – including that of Ben Kuroki, who later settled in Oak View.
Gregg Jones’s “Most Honorable Son” is a biography of Kuroki, who flew 58 combat bomber missions over Germany and Japan. Our other author, P. Scott Corbett, is a retired Ventura College professor whose novel “Uniformly Undeserved” is based on his decades of study about the history of this period. It dramatizes the stories of two internees, one of whom served in Europe and the other in the Pacific, where he helped avenge Pearl Harbor by contributing to the death of Admiral Yamamoto, who had planned the attack.
Also on hand will be Ojai historian Craig Walker, who will share the story of Ojai’s own Fukasawa family, who were interned in the Manzanar camp but contributed two sons to the war effort. This Aug. 2 event will run from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Admission: A suggested $5 donation.
Gregg Jones’s “Most Honorable Son” is a biography of Kuroki, who flew 58 combat bomber missions over Germany and Japan. Our other author, P. Scott Corbett, is a retired Ventura College professor whose novel “Uniformly Undeserved” is based on his decades of study about the history of this period. It dramatizes the stories of two internees, one of whom served in Europe and the other in the Pacific, where he helped avenge Pearl Harbor by contributing to the death of Admiral Yamamoto, who had planned the attack.
Also on hand will be Ojai historian Craig Walker, who will share the story of Ojai’s own Fukasawa family, who were interned in the Manzanar camp but contributed two sons to the war effort. This Aug. 2 event will run from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Admission: A suggested $5 donation.
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