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Frank Yamasaki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-107)
Nisei male. Born January 26, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in South Park and Belltown areas of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in draft, imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for resisting the draft. Resettled in Seattle.
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-107-9)
Moving to Seattle, living in family's hotel
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-107-29)
Serving sentence at McNeil Island Penitentiary for draft resistance, thoughts on other inmates
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-107-23)
Meeting Gordon Hirabayashi and gaining a civil rights perspective
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-107-31)
Issei struggles to start over after the war, impact on father
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-107-15)
Former teacher visits camp: loss of "happy-go-lucky" adolescence in Puyallup
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-107-12)
Preparing for mass removal: selling the family business and packing for the unknown
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-107-33)
Intimidation by other Japanese Americans in response to wartime draft resistance
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-107-28)
Feelings upon being sentenced to prison for draft resistance: "it was a nightmare"
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-107-3)
Moving with family as a child: "we were all poor in that area, and it was home to me"
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-107-30)
Daily life at McNeil Island Penitentiary; work and visitors
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-107-18)
Memories of Minidoka concentration camp: sand everywhere, even in the food
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-107-16)
Quarantined for measles in Puyallup Assembly Center
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Frank Yamasaki Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-107-35)
Words of wisdom: have compassion for all of humanity
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-107-22)
Contracting tuberculosis and living in a sanitarium
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-107-17)
Memories of assembly center: dances, friends
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-107-5)
Maintaining traditional Japanese community activities
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-107-24)
Making the decision to resist the draft: "just pure gut"
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-107-20)
Community life in Minidoka concentration camp: bands, sumo, Japanese crafts, and other activities
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-107-8)
Teenage "rites of passage": driving, smoking
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-107-25)
Family's response to decision to resist the draft
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-107-13)
"Evacuation day": "Everyone was dressed in their Sunday best"
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-107-26)
Standing trial for resisting the draft: "it became a farce"
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-107-10)
Language barriers: mother's difficulties with language and customs
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-107-2)
Choosing an "American" name: from "Hideo" to "Frank"
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