Japanese Americans tell teens of wartime internment

Japanese Americans tell teens of wartime internment

WASHINGTON, United States - Mary Murakami (C), 87, and Terry Shima (L), 91, two elderly Japanese Americans, meet Japanese teenagers in Washington on July 31, 2014, to tell them about the internment and discrimination U.S. citizens of Japanese descent suffered during and after World War II.

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