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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>“My 2 ½ Years Behind Barbed Wire in the United States”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>A talk by Japanese-American WWII Internee -- <b>Yukio Shimomura</b></span></i><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=289 height=188 style='width:3.0104in;height:1.9583in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D218D6.886C42B0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Location:<b> University of Montana - <i>Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB), Room 110</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Time:</span></i><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> <i>Tuesday, September 27<sup>th</sup> @ 6pm<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Free and Open to the Public<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yukio Shimomura was born in San Francisco and was a grade school student at the outbreak of World War II. Shimomura and his family were sent first to an internment camp in San Bruno, California before being sent to the Topaz War Relocation Camp near Delta, Utah. Operated by the War Relocation Authority, Topaz was home to over 9,000 internees and staff at its peak. The camp operated from September 11, 1942 until October 31, 1945.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mr. Shimomura’s presentation will center on the impact of the War and Internment on his family, as well as details about life in the camps. Following his presentation, Mr. Shimomura will be happy to answer questions from the audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jessie Rogers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Development <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Historical Museum at Fort Missoula</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>406-728-3476, ext. 5<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: 406-240-3967<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/historical.museum.at.fort.missoula/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=41 height=41 style='width:.427in;height:.427in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D218D6.886C42B0" alt=FB></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/historical.museum.at.fort.missoula?fref=ts"><span style='color:#0563C1'>LIKE</span></a> us on Facebook to keep updated on events and exhibit openings! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>“History is not a burden on the memory, but an illumination of the soul!” --- Lord Acton<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>