{"id":4411,"date":"2012-10-15T02:11:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T02:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/?p=4411"},"modified":"2014-01-02T00:36:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T00:36:24","slug":"interned-american-recalls-world-war-ii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/interned-american-recalls-world-war-ii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Interned American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m doing pretty well for old man.  Twenty years ago I retired from gardening at seventy-five.  I was in twenties when Pearl Harbor hit and things got bad in California for people like me.  <\/p>\n<p>I was born here, you know.  That didn\u2019t matter.  They sent wife, three kids, and me to internment camp up north and made us stay.  We lost home and store, and both parents and one of hers died up there cold and ugly. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never been back.  I like Central Valley.  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