Masaru "Mas" Miyamura was born on September 10, 1922 in Alameda
County, California to Seisaku
and Rin (Kudo) Miyamura.
Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Mas was evacuated from Santa Cruz
to the Salinas Assembly Center with his father, and siblings, Kiyoshi, Minoru,
Hiroshi, Morio, Yoneko and Miyako. They
were later relocated and arrived at the Poston Arizona concentration camp
block 32-2-D on June 30, 1942. His brother, Minoru was the first in
the family to leave Poston, and in January 1945, he went to Salt Lake City. Hiroshi left Poston on May 17, 1945 and reported for
military service at Fort Douglas, Utah. Kiyoshi left Poston in June and went to
Denver. Seisaku, Masaru, Morio, Yoneko and Miyako left Poston on October 24,
1945 and went to San Jose.
Masaru Miyamura, a long time resident of San Martin, died on March 30,
2012 at the age of 89 years.
He was preceeded in death by his
parents Seisaku and Rin Miyamura; his brother Kiyoshi Miyamura; his sister Miyako
Yuhara; and nephew, Wayne Miyamura.
He is survived by his brothers, Mori Miyamura, Min (Kaz) Miyamura, and Hiroshi Miyamura; and
his sister, Yoneko Miyamura.
Source: Morgan Hill Times, April 3, 2012
