George Akira MAKISHIMA
1940 from Japan
Born in Elk Grove, California, George was a kibei who went with his grandparents to live in Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan. When he decided to return to America, he was held on Angel Island for three months. “I was staying in a huge room with a window way up in high ceiling. You couldn’t see the view. Nothing.”
(Portrait by Ryan Kwong, SFSU 2017)
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