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Margaret G. Leonard
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Ambler, Pennsylvania
Biography:

Margaret G Leonard and her parents, Le and Helen Geisler, were friends and neighbors of the Akamatsus in Madison, WI. Margi kept in touch with them as she moved east to study at Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Pennsylvania (MS/TESOL). She has often returned to her “roots” in Madison. In the Philadelphia area, she has enjoyed teaching ESL students for 25 years. Margi wants to share this compelling personal story of the Akamatsus with their family, her own two children, and students of history who might not have learned about internment in the U.S. during World War II.

Selected works by this author:
1 .
Remembering the Akamatsus
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States government forced anyone of Japanese ancestry to move to relocation camps for the remainder of World War II. Robert and Toshi Akamatsu were only newlyweds when they were ordered to leave their homes in California and go to the Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, CA. They slept in stalls recently vacated by race horses and spent the summer waiting to find out where they’d be sent next. Their new home would be in the middle of the Utah desert at “Camp Topaz”. This true story of their internment experience is based on Robert’s memoirs, which were written for their 60th wedding anniversary. read more
by Margaret G. Leonard ~ 0-7414-7128-0 ©2014
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