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California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP)
Louis Kado grew up in Hollywood and Santa Monica until, as a high school student, his family was ordered to Manzanar. In this interview, Kado recalls his father, Ryozo Kado’s, immigration experience, Catholic faith, and training and work as a landscape designer, including at Manzanar War Relocation Center, where the elder Kado designed and oversaw construction of the cemetery monument, sentry posts, and several gardens.
Louis Kado grew up in Hollywood and Santa Monica until, as a high school student, his family was ordered to Manzanar. In this interview, Kado recalls his father, Ryozo Kado’s, immigration experience, Catholic faith, and training and work as a landscape designer, including at Manzanar War Relocation Center, where the elder Kado designed and oversaw construction of the cemetery monument, sentry posts, and several gardens.