Sachiye Okamoto - Miho Shiroishi Interview Segment 1

Father's family background (ddr-manz-1-143-1) - 00:05:44
Description of mother (ddr-manz-1-143-2) - 00:04:44
Memories of father's fishing job on Terminal Island (ddr-manz-1-143-3) - 00:06:10
Description of siblings (ddr-manz-1-143-4) - 00:05:04
Miho's dance and music lessons (ddr-manz-1-143-5) - 00:01:30
Mother's work at a cannery (ddr-manz-1-143-6) - 00:03:40
Leaving Terminal Island with very little warning time (ddr-manz-1-143-7) - 00:09:04
Living in Compton after leaving Terminal Island (ddr-manz-1-143-8) - 00:04:45
Father's arrest by the FBI (ddr-manz-1-143-9) - 00:08:57
Feeling isolated from other families at Manzanar (ddr-manz-1-143-10) - 00:10:01
First impressions of Manzanar (ddr-manz-1-143-11) - 00:06:59
Living conditions in camp (ddr-manz-1-143-12) - 00:05:15
Changes in camp life after transferring to another block (ddr-manz-1-143-13) - 00:06:28
Friends from Terminal Island in camp (ddr-manz-1-143-14) - 00:05:46
Remembering the guard towers in camp (ddr-manz-1-143-15) - 00:04:04
Memories of school in Manzanar (ddr-manz-1-143-16) - 00:06:32
Recreational activities in camp (ddr-manz-1-143-17) - 00:06:30
Reuniting with father in camp (ddr-manz-1-143-18) - 00:11:28
Daily life in camp (ddr-manz-1-143-19) - 00:04:48
(ddr-manz-1-143-20) - 00:04:47
Leaving Manzanar by bus (ddr-manz-1-143-21) - 00:03:54
Living in the Long Beach trailer park (ddr-manz-1-143-22) - 00:07:20
Coping with life in government housing (ddr-manz-1-143-23) - 00:04:43
Experiencing prejudice after the war (ddr-manz-1-143-24) - 00:07:03
Encountering discrimination postwar (ddr-manz-1-143-25) - 00:06:42
Talking with grandchildren about wartime experiences (ddr-manz-1-143-26) - 00:08:38
Reflections (ddr-manz-1-143-27) - 00:03:34
Parents' difficult experiences postwar (ddr-manz-1-143-28) - 00:10:55
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Father's family background

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August 21, 2012

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Sachiye Okamoto
Miho Shiroishi

Sachiye Okamoto - Miho Shiroishi Interview

02:55:05 — 28 segments

August 21, 2012

Las Vegas, Nevada

Kristen Luetkemeier, interviewer; Ashley Nottingham, videographer

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