In the desolate landscape of the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah, a 63-year-old Asian man named James Hatsuaki Wakasa, a chef by profession, met a tragic end on the evening of April 11, 1943. After finishing his dinner, he was taking his dog for a walk near the barbed-wire fence that enclosed the camp, a routine act in a life defined by confinement. It was during this walk that a single bullet fired by a military sentry from a guard tower struck him in the chest, ending his life. Having immi
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