Willie 'n' Walt

In 1942, America rounded up tens of thousands of people of Japanese ancestry and hurled them into internment camps. One of them was my pal Willie Ito, who was then all of eight years old and obviously a great threat to the security of the United States. His family was released almost three years later and at age 19, Willie got a job animating at the Walt Disney Studio. He tells his amazing story in an N.P.R. interview you can hear at this website.