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An oral history with Sakae Ishihara (ddr-csujad-29-42)
An oral interview with Sakae Ishihara, a Nisei Progressive during World War II. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0138. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2425_T01
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Sam Horino Interview (ddr-densho-122-6)
Nisei male. Born July 17, 1914, in Gardena, California. Passively resisted "evacuation" in 1942, forcing two soldiers to carry him out of his home. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and became one of the steering committee leaders of the Fair Play Committee (FPC). Was tried along with the other FPC leaders and was convicted …
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Masako Yoshida Interview (ddr-manz-1-153)
Nisei female. Born July 14, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent early years in Seattle before family moved to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a janitor at a wholesale produce market. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to work in Detroit, …
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Patricia Mariko Morikawa Sakamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-167)
Sansei female. Born April 20, 1944, in Manzanar, California. Parents married in camp, but separated soon after when father returned with his family to Japan. Left Manzanar for the Burbank trailer camp, then moved with mother and stepfather to Los Angeles, California. Active with the Manzanar Committee.
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Kazuo Shiroyama Interview (ddr-densho-1011-6)
Nisei male. Born 1930 in Monterey, California. Grew up in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, where father was a fisherman. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned to Los Angeles after the war.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a …
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-153-12)
The day of mass removal: "we were not to show too much emotion"
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-153-9)
Graduating from high school and planning for the future
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-153-20)
Working in the office of a dairy business in Detroit
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-153-18)
Meeting people from other areas while in camp
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-153-14)
Jobs in camp: mess hall worker, PE teacher, camouflage net factory
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-153-24)
Returning to California to raise a family, facing discrimination
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-153-11)
Preparing for mass removal: selling belongings
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 6 (ddr-manz-1-153-6)
Moving to Los Angeles where father worked as a janitor
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-153-10)
Coping with restrictions after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-153-3)
Mother's profession as a Japanese language school teacher