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hour after the crowd had returned to their barracks. From 7:00 to 9:30 pm the administration negotiated with the inmate representatives, but when the crowd hurled missiles, the MP captain ordered his men to tear gas the crowd. For unknown reasons shots were fired by several soldiers at the demonstrators, leaving 2 dead and 9 wounded.
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America after learning about the condition of post-war Japan. He
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and had an older and younger brother. In 1915 Ueno went to live in Japan where he continued his education outside
Hiroshima and Tokyo. He returned to the U.S. in 1923, working various jobs in the Midwest and Pacific Coast. In 1930 he married Japanese immigrant Yaso Taguchi Ueno and raised three sons
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on May 15, 1942. While there he worked as a cooks assistant at his mess hall in Block 22. He also developed a rock pond outside the mess hall to help uplift the residents while they waited for meals. In
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California State University, Fullerton, oral historian Arthur Hansen which became the basis of the 1986 book Manzanar Martyr. Following the death of his wife in 1987 Ueno started to become more involved in the Japanese American community. He attended
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Tulelake Ueno and his family moved to Santa Clara County where they grew cherries and strawberries on leased land for over twenty years. During this period he kept a low profile and didn't talk about his experiences during the war. However, as movements for social
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