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vh Kena Gimba Interview (ddr-one-7-2)

Nisei female. Born May 22, 1914, in Milwaukie, Oregon. Married before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and had two children. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Milwaukie where husband started a laundry business.

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 7 (ddr-one-7-2-7)

Postwar community work and activities

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 6 (ddr-one-7-2-6)

Raising children

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 12 (ddr-one-7-2-12)

Returning to Milwaukie after leaving camp

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-2-3)

Sent to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, with two children

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-2-9)

Husband's postwar laundry business

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 2 (ddr-one-7-2-2)

Having an arranged marriage

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-2-10)

Postwar church activities

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 13 (ddr-one-7-2-13)

Prewar recreational activities

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 1 (ddr-one-7-2-1)

Growing up in Milwaukie, Oregon

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 4 (ddr-one-7-2-4)

Memories of the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-2-5)

Leaving camp and returning to Oregon

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-2-8)

Present-day activities

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 11 (ddr-one-7-2-11)

Close relationships with non-Japanese American friends prewar

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Narrator Kena Gimba

Nisei female. Born May 22, 1914, in Milwaukie, Oregon. Married before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and had two children. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Milwaukie where husband started a laundry business.

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