Amna Nawaz:
In 2009, Kawamoto returned to campus for the graduation ceremony he was denied 67 years earlier. In 2018, a devastating loss when cancer claimed the life of his eldest son, Craig. The very next year, Kawamoto passed away at the age of 99. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Four years later, his wife was laid to rest at his side. For decades, his family, kids and grandkids have been the keepers of Yukio Kawamoto’s story. Today, as they watch the Alien Enemies Act invoked once again, 80 years after it changed their father’s life, they want more people to hear it.
