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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    'Midnight in Broad Daylight'

    Harry was a typical American kid growing up in Washington state in the 1920s. He was brash and rebellious, sure of his own immortality, into sports and girls and doing the opposite of what his parents wanted him to do.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 12, 2016 • 1 min read

    Harry was a typical American kid growing up in Washington state in the 1920s. He was brash and rebellious, sure of his own immortality, into sports and girls and doing the opposite of what his parents wanted him to do. Harry Fukuhara was also Japanese, and as he grew his two cultures - American and Japanese - were sometimes at odds, and then literally at war during World War II. Harry would be ripped from his life in Los Angeles and imprisoned in an internment camp by American authorities. He would be recruited as an intelligence analyst by the Army while he was interned. And he would fight for the Americans against the Japanese army, ever fearful that his three brothers would meet him on the opposite side of the battle field. A new book tells his story.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    LAUSD Leader, Obama's Healthcare Legacy and a Family at War
    1. 0:40LAUSD Has a New Superintendent
    2. 9:53Obama's Unfinished Business: Health Care
    3. 17:46Legendary Pictures Bought by Chinese
    4. 26:12'Midnight in Broad Daylight'You’re reading this
    5. 42:29Cars: Detroit Auto Show and More
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