80 Years After Forced Relocation: A Japanese Family's Legacy
A little boy smiles in the center of a photo of a Japanese American family as it's forced to leave San Francisco under Executive Order 9066. That boy grew up to be a judge. His son grew up to be San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto. Peter Hartlaub traces the family's history.
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Show Notes
President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, forcing the relocation of nearly 8,000 Japanese Bay Area residents into internment camps. Chronicle columnist and Total SF podcast co-host Peter Hartlaub joins host Cecilia Lei to talk about how the discovery of one archive photo led him to tracing the family history of Paul Miyamoto, San Francisco's sheriff. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod
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