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Date(s) - 03/11/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Sebastopol Author, Alan Murakami, will be at the West County Museum on March 11th at Noon for an author talk and book signing for his biography on his uncle who served in the famous 442nd Regimental Combat Team and died in service to his country on November 3, 1944 in France. This story captures experience of many Japanese Americans in Northern California during World War II. Books are available in the museum shop.

261 South Main Street, next door to the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and across from the Post Office.

Biography of Peter Masuoka written by his nephew, Alan Murakami. Begins with Peter’s early life growing up in rural Sonoma County, California in the 1920’s-1930’s. Describes his academic and athletic achievements at Analy High School (Sebastopol). After Pearl Harbor, the Masuokas are interned in Colorado. After volunteering for the U.S. Army, he then elects to fight overseas in Italy and France, with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated regiment for its size in U.S. military history composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers. The book then focuses on what these U.S. soldiers endured fighting Nazi Germany.