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Upon This Bank and Shoal of Time

While cleaning out the garage of his recently deceased aunt, Barry, a young sansei (third generation Japanese American) discovers a crate containing personal letters and an old handmade fishing rod from the 1940s. While reading his aunt’s letters, he realizes the unfinished fishing rod belonged to an uncle who was killed while serving in the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.

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While cleaning out the garage of his recently deceased aunt, Barry, a young sansei (third generation Japanese American) discovers a crate containing personal letters and an old handmade fishing rod from the 1940s. While reading his aunt’s letters, he realizes the unfinished fishing rod belonged to an uncle who was killed while serving in the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.

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