During the occupation, hundreds of Koreans arrived to the U.S. through Angel Island Immigration Station that is located in San Francisco. Edwin Lee’s parents were two of those Koreans.
1913, Edwin Lee’s father came to America as a student. When he came, he used a false name. Lee’s father had to leave Korea because of Japan’s annexation. After he left, he headed on to a place called Nanking.
Six Koreans were excluded because they had a disease. Edwin believes that his father used to live in San Francisco after he was admitted. Edwin says that his father later lived in Dinuba and worked as a grape picker for a brief period. Later on, he joined the Dinuba chapter of the KNA in 1914. His father enrolled at the Pacific Union College, however,
