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\n Author:Noburu Endow;\nTitle:The Summer of '43;\nPubName:;\nPubDate:1990;\nPubDetails:;\nDOI:;\nWebsite:;\n

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\n Short story centering on Akira Koyama, a Nisei man who has left an unspecified concentration camp to attend college in Utah. There, he stubbornly tries to find a summer job in the face of rampant discrimination. After being turned down for a draftsman position because of his ancestry, he visits a laundry owned by an acquaintance's family in search of other leads. Meanwhile, Dale, a white navy veteran and one of his college roommates, suffers from stomach pains that resemble appendicitis. Akira accompanies him to the hospital and waits as Dale has successful surgery. After a conversation with the doctor, Akira is offered a job at the hospital.\n

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\n \n The Summer of '43\n \n appeared in the anthology\n \n Fusion 6: A Japanese American Anthology\n \n , published by the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University in 1990.\n

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\n \n Authored by\n \n Brian Niiya\n \n , Densho\n \n
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\n Niiya, Brian\n
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\n Might also like \"\n \n Case History\n \n \" by Bradford Smith; \"\n \n Join Me in Laughter\n \n \" by Toshio Mori; \"\n \n Give Us This Day\n \n \" by Henry H. Ebihara\n

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\n Endow, Noboru. \"The Summer of '43\".\n \n Fusion 6: A Japanese American Anthology\n \n . San Francisco: Asian American Studies Department, San Francisco State University, 1990. 31–38\n

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