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May 30, 2012

Vincent H. Okamoto

A descendant of samurai, Judge Vincent Okamoto served the country that interned his family.

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Vincent H. Okamoto
Los Angeles County (Inglewood)

By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

INGLEWOOD - Vincent Okamoto's immigrant parents lost almost all they owned during World War II - their home, their car, the tools of the gardening trade that put food on the table for their American-born sons and daughters.

The Okamotos were among more than 110,000 West Coast residents of Japanese ancestry interned at relocation camps following the attack by Japanese bombers on Pearl Harbor. Okamoto, now a Sup... (continued)

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