LOS ANGELES — On Friday, May 8, 2009, Manzanar Committee historian Cory Shiozaki will speak at a meeting of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League about his research project, “From Barbed Wire To Barbed Hooks: Fishing Stories From Manzanar” at Faith United Methodist Church, starting at 8:00 PM PDT.
Shiozaki has documented the history of former Manzanar internees who snuck out of the World War II American concentration camp to go fishing, even though the camp was surrounded by barbed wire and had eight guard towers manned by armed sentries. The presentation will include a preview of his work in progress, a one-hour documentary film about these adventurous internees.
Shiozaki will also present a video that reveals the locations where the internees fished.
This program was presented in March as part of the Fred Hall Fishing Tackle, Boat and Travel Show at the Long Beach Convention Center and at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Faith United Methodist Church is located at 2115 West 182nd Street in Torrance, California. For more information, check out the project web site at http://www.fearnotrout.com.
Photo: Manzanar internee Heihachi Ishikawa, 53, holding a stringer of golden trout he caught after sneaking out of camp and hiking into the Eastern Sierra high country to catch the elusive fish. Photo by Toyo Miyatake; courtesy Archie Miyatake.
