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“I got a knot in my throat to try to keep from crying.” For the eighth installment of our 30 Stories for 30 Years series, William Marutani reflects on the emotional weight of witnessing testimonies during the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings.
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