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In this May 23, 1943, file photo, Mary Takita of Walnut Grove, Ca, works on the hair of Mrs. Y. Yoshihara of Olympia at the Japanese relocation camp in Tule Lake, Calif., May 23, 1943. As the 75th anniversary of the formal Sept. 2 surrender ceremony that ended WWII approaches, Hidekazu Tamura, a former Japanese-American living in California, has vivid memories of the wartime years he spent in the United States, torn between two nationalities, and the events that led him to renounce his American citizenship and return to Japan. During the pacific war period, Tamura was at Tule Lake, a segregation center for those deemed disloyal, where he joined a group called “Hokoku Seinen Dan,” which means, “Young Men’s Association to Serve the Fatherland”. (Photo by AP Photo/File)
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