Chiyoko Yagi Interview Segment 17

Parents' immigration to the U.S. (ddr-densho-1015-1-1) - 00:03:30
Parents' sharecropping work in Watsonville, California (ddr-densho-1015-1-2) - 00:03:23
Description of siblings (ddr-densho-1015-1-3) - 00:01:28
Father's strawberry farm (ddr-densho-1015-1-4) - 00:01:28
Attending school in Watsonville (ddr-densho-1015-1-5) - 00:04:01
Memories of Japanese language school, Buddhist church (ddr-densho-1015-1-6) - 00:04:03
Nisei students at Watsonville High School: "they kind of stayed to themselves" (ddr-densho-1015-1-7) - 00:03:37
Having an arranged marriage (ddr-densho-1015-1-8) - 00:01:45
Husband's background (ddr-densho-1015-1-9) - 00:02:11
On a road trip when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1015-1-10) - 00:04:02
Preparing for mass removal: coping with restrictions (ddr-densho-1015-1-11) - 00:04:58
Remembering the day of mass removal (ddr-densho-1015-1-12) - 00:01:14
First impressions of the Salinas Assembly Center (ddr-densho-1015-1-13) - 00:02:16
Arrival at Poston concentration camp: "it was very barren" (ddr-densho-1015-1-14) - 00:03:42
The differences between Poston camps 1, 2 and 3 (ddr-densho-1015-1-15) - 00:03:40
Father-in-law's wartime experiences (ddr-densho-1015-1-16) - 00:02:33
Husband's work as a relocation officer in camp (ddr-densho-1015-1-17) - 00:01:15
Being visited in camp by non-Japanese friends from home (ddr-densho-1015-1-18) - 00:02:54
(ddr-densho-1015-1-19) - 00:02:01
Returning to Watsonville (ddr-densho-1015-1-20) - 00:04:43
Description of husband's barber shop (ddr-densho-1015-1-21) - 00:04:31
Opening a tackle shop in Watsonville (ddr-densho-1015-1-22) - 00:05:21
Raising children (ddr-densho-1015-1-23) - 00:03:30
Thoughts on the future of Japanese Americans in Watsonville (ddr-densho-1015-1-24) - 00:03:21
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Husband's work as a relocation officer in camp

00:01:15 — Segment 17 of 24

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July 28, 2008

Watsonville - Santa Cruz JACL Collection

Watsonville - Santa Cruz JACL Collection

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ddr-densho-1015-1

Chiyoko Yagi

Chiyoko Yagi Interview

01:15:27 — 24 segments

July 28, 2008

Watsonville, California

Nisei female. Born July 25, 1920, in San Juan Bautista, California. Raised in Watsonville, California, and married prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to Watsonville.

Megan Asaka, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

Watsonville - Santa Cruz JACL Collection

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