Shiuko Sakai Interview Segment 21

Family background (ddr-manz-1-128-1) - 00:04:55
Living in Japan for a time as a child (ddr-manz-1-128-2) - 00:02:34
Memories of growing up in Seattle (ddr-manz-1-128-3) - 00:04:52
Remembering prewar recreational activities (ddr-manz-1-128-4) - 00:03:21
Attending elementary school (ddr-manz-1-128-5) - 00:06:20
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-128-6) - 00:02:51
Preparing for mass removal and arriving at the Puyallup Assembly Center (ddr-manz-1-128-7) - 00:07:09
First impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center (ddr-manz-1-128-8) - 00:05:03
Coping with living conditions in Minidoka: no privacy, bad food (ddr-manz-1-128-9) - 00:07:54
Hearing about the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" (ddr-manz-1-128-10) - 00:04:15
Temporarily leaving camp to do farm work (ddr-manz-1-128-11) - 00:03:48
Passing time in camp: artwork, building gardens (ddr-manz-1-128-12) - 00:03:32
Leaving camp to work in New York (ddr-manz-1-128-13) - 00:05:09
Family's wartime experiences (ddr-manz-1-128-14) - 00:09:29
Working in Japan for the U.S. occupation forces (ddr-manz-1-128-15) - 00:05:56
Living and working in Japan (ddr-manz-1-128-16) - 00:07:34
Returning to the United States and working at the Pentagon (ddr-manz-1-128-17) - 00:08:23
Working for Secretaries of the Army at the Pentagon (ddr-manz-1-128-18) - 00:08:20
Hearing about the redress movement (ddr-manz-1-128-19) - 00:05:41
Memories of hearing about the 9/11 attacks (ddr-manz-1-128-20) - 00:02:41
Returning to the West Coast and living in Portland, Oregon (ddr-manz-1-128-21) - 00:08:03
Talking about wartime experiences (ddr-manz-1-128-22) - 00:04:04
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Returning to the West Coast and living in Portland, Oregon

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July 10, 2012

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Sakai, Shiuko

Shiuko Sakai Interview

02:01:54 — 22 segments

July 10, 2012

Portland, Oregon

Nisei female. Born 1923 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle where parents operated a hotel. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to live and work in New York, then worked for several years in Japan for the U.S. occupation forces. Returned to the U.S. and worked at the Pentagon before retiring and moving to Portland, Oregon.

Kristen Luetkemeier, interviewer; Denver O. Kessler, videographer

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