Couple recalls turbulent WWII lives in Japan, U.S.

Couple recalls turbulent WWII lives in Japan, U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Matsuko Iriyama (L), with a sewing box kept since her high school days in Japan, and her husband Masao recall their turbulent lives before and after World War II during an interview in a Los Angeles suburb on June 15, 2014. Born to Japanese immigrants to the United States, they were raised in Japan and returned to the United States just before the outbreak of World War II.

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