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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-400)
Nisei female. Born October 10, 1925, in Strawberry Hill, British Columbia, near Vancouver. Grew up in Strawberry Hill where parents ran a farm. During World War II, family was removed inland to a farm near Winnipeg. Molly eventually married and moved to California.
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Girls in kimonos (ddr-densho-134-27)
Students of the Japanese Language School in North Seattle gather in the playground. The school was housed in the Green Lake Community Hall, located at North 100th and Corliss Avenue. The building was eventually enlarged as the program grew more and more popular. (L to R): Molly Kitajima, Michiko Nakawatase, Kazue Kitajima, Kazuko Sasaki, Chimiko Nakawatase, …
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-400-8)
Attending Japanese language school
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-400-19)
Meeting future husband, a Japanese American serving with the Military Intelligence Service
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-400-16)
Family is left to its own devices on a farm inland
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-400-12)
Coping with restrictions after the war started
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-400-14)
Preparing to leave family's farm
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-400-20)
Taking a trip to Cuba to meet Japanese Cubans
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-400-6)
A typical day: helping out on family's farm
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-400-9)
Father leaves family for a time to return to Japan
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-400-17)
Working in Winnipeg during the winters
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-400-10)
Father returns to Canada and rejoins family
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-400-13)
Family farm becomes a refuge for Japanese Canadians avoiding the RCMP
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-400-11)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while attending a community meeting
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-400-15)
Memories of the train ride inland
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-400-1)
Family background: nearly given to another family for adoption
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-400-18)
Reuniting with father after a family tragedy
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-400-7)
Relationship with neighbor farmers
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Molly Enta Kitajima Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-400-4)
Description of father's entrepreneurial spirit
Narrator Molly Enta Kitajima
Nisei female. Born October 10, 1925, in Strawberry Hill, British Columbia, near Vancouver. Grew up in Strawberry Hill where parents ran a farm. During World War II, family was removed inland to a farm near Winnipeg. Molly eventually married and moved to California.