Raising the Flag: Coming of Age in WWII Concentration Camps

On March 4, 2023, former Boy Scouts from Heart Mountain, Wyoming participated in an intergenerational conversation on coming of age in a World War II concentration camp. A short film by Yuka Murakami was shown that captured a moment at the 2019 Heart Mountain Camp pilgrimage opening ceremony where 89-year-old Harumi “Bacon” Sakatani, who was a teenage incarceree and former Boy Scout during World War II, is adamant about raising the U.S. flag alongside his fellow Boy Scouts. Sakatani was joined at the program by other Heart Mountain Boy Scouts, George Iseri, Tak Hoshizaki, Frank Murakami, and Nori Uyematsu. They were interviewed by current Boy Scouts and descendants of WWII concentration camp survivors, Kenji and Seiji Guinto.
This program was presented in conjunction with the opening of the “Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps” at the Japanese American National Museum. Learn more about the exhibition: janm.org/dont-fence-me-in
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