After the outbreak of World War II, Sakura's family was involuntarily detained at Camp Harmony, a temporary detention camp. The family was subsequently transported to Minidoka, a permanent internment camp in Idaho. During the internment, his father and three uncles enlisted in the US Army and served with the all Japanese-American 442 Regimental Combat Team. Toward the end of World War II, Sakura's mother and her three boys were released from Minidoka and were allowed to move to Wisconsin under the sponsorship of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Prior to World War II, his family and relatives, along with forty other Japanese families, lived in Eatonville, WA, a small logging community located in the foothills of Mt.

Source: Daily Sun May 15, 2017 18:33 UTC