Santa Anita

vh June T. Watanabe Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-160-5)

Receiving high school diploma in camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-160-5/

vh Osamu Mori Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-93-9)

Living conditions in camp: unsanitary latrines and bad food

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-93-9/

vh Osamu Mori Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-93-10)

Day to day life in camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-93-10/

vh Osamu Mori Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-93-8)

Driving to Santa Anita Assembly Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-93-8/

vh George Yoshinaga Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-107-8)

Remembering the train ride to camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-107-8/

vh George Yoshinaga Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-107-10)

Witnessing the "riot" at Santa Anita

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-107-10/

vh George Yoshinaga Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-107-9)

Working to dedicate a plaque at Santa Anita postwar

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-107-9/

vh Tonko Doi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-chi-1-19-6)

Insufficient medical care in camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-19-6/

vh Joe Takehara Interview Segment 7 (ddr-chi-1-15-7)

Living in former horse stalls in camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-15-7/

vh Mary Nakata Tomita Interview Segment 3 (ddr-ajah-1-4-3)

Being sent to Santa Anita and Heart Mountain during World War II

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-1-4-3/

vh Toyoko Okumura Interview Segment 10 (ddr-janm-13-6-10)

Terrible conditions upon arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center: "I thought we were coming to an end"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-6-10/

vh George S. Matsui Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1008-2-6)

Impressions of Santa Anita Assembly Center

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-2-6/

vh George S. Matsui Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1008-2-7)

Bad food in camp

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-2-7/

vh Chizuko Iyama - Ernie Iyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1012-5-6)

Helping to set up schools in camp (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-5-6/

vh Chizuko Iyama - Ernie Iyama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1012-5-2)

First impressions of camp: "the camps were certainly not good for families" (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-5-2/

vh Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1005-3-7)

Appointed as a custodian for government-stored belongings

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1005-3-7/

vh Bill Shishima Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1011-1-3)

First impressions of the Santa Anita Assembly Center

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1011-1-3/

vh Nobu Shimokochi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1011-7-2)

Impact of the riot at Santa Anita

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1011-7-2/

vh Kazuo Shiroyama Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1011-6-3)

Memories of the journeys to Santa Anita and Heart Mountain

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1011-6-3/

vh Donald Yamamoto Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1011-2-2)

First impressions of Santa Anita assembly center

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1011-2-2/

vh Fred Okrand Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-122-15-1)

Trying to create a test case with the ACLU to challenge the mass removal

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-15-1/

vh An oral history with Joe Yamakido - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-67-1)

An oral interview with Joe Yamakido, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Jerome incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0168. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 3733_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-67-1/

vh Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview Segment 19 (ddr-jamsj-2-7-19)

Journey to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California; description of conditions

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-7-19/

vh Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview Segment 20 (ddr-jamsj-2-7-20)

Working in an assembly center as a custodian of camp inmates'' property

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-7-20/

vh Richard Onishi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-jamsj-2-2-5)

Memories of mass removal, Santa Anita Assembly Center, and Heart Mountain concentration camp

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-2-5/

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