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Bob Sakata was born and raised near San Francisco, California. He was relocated along with his family and 120,000 other Japanese Americans to internment camps in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor and entry of the United Staes into World War II.

Upon release, Bob Sakata moved to Colorado. He was reunited with his family after the war, and has owned and operated Sakata Farms near Brighton, Colorado, for more than sixty years.

Overcoming childhood poverty, fear and prejudice during the war, and personal hardship and loss, Bob Sakata's success through determination, creativity, and a positive attitude exemplify the American spirit.

Daniel Blegen taught English, journalism, speech, and drama at the middle school, high school, and community college levels for 34 years. He has written on the arts for magazines and newspapers. He is also a poet and playwright. Blegen is coauthor, with Melvin Bacon, of Bent's Fort: Crossroads of Cultures on the Santa Fe Trail. He lives and writes in Longmont, Colorado.