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Japanese-Americans at Lake Lawn

In 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which ordered the removal of any person with at least 1/16th Japanese ancestry on the western coast of the United States into internment camps.  In 1943, one of the then-owners of Lake Lawn Resort, Jay Reader, sponsored Henry Tsuru out of Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho and made him a pastry chef at the resort.  This was the start of a great chapter of Lake Lawn history as many more Japanese-Americans left the camps and joined Tsuru to become part of the Lake Lawn family.

Below are pictures of yearbooks, reunion programs, and a some pages of a book about Lake Lawn Resort that show the story of the people that were sponsored out the internment camps to make lives at Lake Lawn and Delavan, Wisconsin.

The book about the history of Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin.  This is what started our quest to learn more about the internees who came to the resort.

The book about the history of Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. This is what started our quest to learn more about the internees who came to the resort.

Page 53: Henry Tsuru

Page 53: Henry Tsuru

Page 54-55: The family names.  On page 55, seated at the left is Lois Kaseguma.  Her high school reunion program entry is below.

Page 54-55: The family names. On page 55, seated at the left is Lois Kaseguma. Her high school reunion program entry is below.

Page 56-57: Lois Kaseguma's father, Fred, is the chef in the bottom picture on page 56.

Page 56-57: Lois Kaseguma's father, Fred, is the chef in the bottom picture on page 56.

Page 59: Henry Tsuru, the first internee, is seated with the then-owners.

Page 59: Henry Tsuru, the first internee, is seated with the then-owners.

Jeanne Kaseguma: High School Year Book Entry and Picture

Jeanne Kaseguma: High School Year Book Entry and Picture

Jeanne Kaseguma: High School Reunion Entry

Jeanne Kaseguma: High School Reunion Entry

Lois Kaseguma: High School Reunion Entry

Lois Kaseguma: High School Reunion Entry

Robert Kaseguma: High School Year Picture

Robert Kaseguma: High School Year Picture

Robert Kaseguma: HIgh School Reunion Program Entry

Robert Kaseguma: HIgh School Reunion Program Entry

Florence Tsuru, Class of , Yearbok picture and entry

Florence Tsuru, Class of , Yearbok picture and entry

Florence Tsuru: High School Picture with Classmates

Florence Tsuru: High School Picture with Classmates

Florence Tsuru: High School Chorus

Florence Tsuru: High School Chorus

Florence Tsuru: High School Bowling Team

Florence Tsuru: High School Bowling Team

Florence Tsuru, Reunion Program Entry

Florence Tsuru, Reunion Program Entry

Florence Tsuru, Reunion Program Entry

Florence Tsuru, Reunion Program Entry

Frank Tsuru: High School Year Book Picture

Frank Tsuru: High School Year Book Picture

Frank Tsuru: High School Reunion Program Entry

Frank Tsuru: High School Reunion Program Entry

William Wada: High School Year Book Picture and Entry

William Wada: High School Year Book Picture and Entry

William Wada: High School Baseball

William Wada: High School Baseball

After the live boradcast of this show, Phil Reader, the son of Jay and Ruby Reader, introduced himself!  He was friends with the Japanese-American students from the camps and still keeps in contact with them!  What an honor to meet him!

After the live boradcast of this show, Phil Reader, the son of Jay and Ruby Reader, introduced himself! He was friends with the Japanese-American students from the camps and still keeps in contact with them! What an honor to meet him!

Phil Reader and the cast of "The Kane Shadow Sayonara, My Friends"

Phil Reader and the cast of "The Kane Shadow Sayonara, My Friends"

Phil Reader and Siegfried Christoph who played Orson Welles

Phil Reader and Siegfried Christoph who played Orson Welles

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