About this episode

This episode features an obituary for Midori Koyama, detailing her life and experiences during World War II.

Midori Koyama Obituary Midori was born in West Torrence, California on Dec., 27, 1930 to Masaichiro Marumoto and Asako Okuda. Midori was raised in Southern California until age 11 at which time she and her family moved to Utah as part of the voluntary evacuation “option” of Executive Order 9066 during World War II. After moving to Utah she attended schools in the Clearfield and Layton, UT area and graduated from Davis High School in Ogden, UT in 1950. She attended Weber St...

People in this episode

Host: Everett McConnaughey

Topics covered

• obituary
• World War II
• Japanese American history
• family history
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Places: West Torrence, California, Utah, Clearfield, Layton, Ogden, UT

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