CSPAN3 Roger Shimomura Oral History Interview February 22, 2017
Interview. I wanted to start at the beginning. Starting with your name what was your name at birth . It was roger when and where were you born . I was born june 26th, 1939 in the house that we were residing in 946 24th avenue south. Which was five blocks south of jackson. She had actually retired i believe the year before and came out of retirement to deliver me in june. And i think president at my birth was my uncle rick. Who is my moms brother. The japanese felt it was better to be born at the beginning of a day than the end of the day. My grandmother was encouraging my mother not to deliver...