A proper burial: Remains of Japanese American interned in WWII have been found in the mountains after 74 years

But that didn’t necessarily mean they could go home, Embrey said. Like many Japanese Americans, Matsumura’s family had no home and no livelihood waiting for them hundreds of miles away in Santa Monica, Calif., their hometown. And so according to the National Park Service, they had no choice but to continue living at the camp. Kazue ...