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Nisei Author Shares His Satisfying Journey
"When K. Jack Sameshima's parents immigrated to the United States, his fate - and his Nisei journey - were sealed. In his engaging first book, a memoir in chronicle form, My Nisei Story: A Journey of Great Satisfaction, Jack Sameshima looks back over his life's experiences and records the story from 1918 to 2001. What I appreciate most as a Caucasian American who was not responsible for the internments or the racial trouble, and yet somehow regrets this treatment, is that he looks at his experience with positive heart and is thankful for the outcome and the road his life followed because of it. He struggled, but he persevered. He holds no animosity. Because of the experience, he was led to meet his true love - a young American woman named Etta. Together they raised a family and remained happily married for over fifty years, until her recent death. Through his memoir, Jack Sameshima reminds us of the importance of American democracy and the role played by the individual citizen. His firsthand chronicle of life in a Japanese internment camp, though a chiliing event in American history, leads Sameshima through his journey of great satisfaction. Jack and Etta find that interracial marriage can work with optimism, determination, and loyalty. In these pages, I followed Jack Sameshima's journey and found clarity as he discovered what truly matters in life, Throughout this journey, Sameshima maintains his great love and respect for American ways and the American people. I, in turn, respect and admire this fine, gentle man who found love and patriotism when hate and fear guided the times that surrounded him."
— MaryAnn F. Kohl, Author and publisher