Herb ‘Moon’ Kurima was a Nisie, a second generation Japanese American. Of the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps in America during World War II, 80,000 were Nisie.

Sacramento, California

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Herb ‘Moon’ Kurima—Pitcher Ht. 5’9” Wt. 165

All-star player and coach for Florin Athletic Club

Pitched 21 strikeouts against Grass Valley in 1937.

Interned at Jerome, Arkansas.

Shut out the Arkansas A&M team 6–0 in 1943 and pitched the camp Jerome all-stars to a 3–2 win over the 442nd Infantry team.

Mukai, G. (2004). Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball and Japanese-American Internment. Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education.

BENJAMIN RASMUSSEN

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