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Kunio Otani Interview (ddr-densho-1000-75)
Nisei male. Born July 31, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in Raymond, Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming; he worked on the staff of both camp newspapers, the Tulean Dispatch and the Heart Mountain Sentinel, respectively. Resettled in Seattle after the war and entered the greenhouse business. He …
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Kunio Otani Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-75-32)
Reflecting on the positive and negative aspects of the incarceration experience
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Kunio Otani Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-75-36)
Early days working at the Columbia Greenhouse: "things were quite primitive"
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Kunio Otani Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-75-9)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor: being asked to be the neighborhood night warden
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Kunio Otani Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-75-18)
The controversy surrounding the so-called "loyalty questions"
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Kunio Otani Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-75-35)
Limited employment opportunities for Nisei after the war
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Kunio Otani Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-75-15)
Dancing, talent shows, playing "Go," and drinking in camp
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Kunio Otani Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-75-22)
First impressions of Heart Mountain concentration camp
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Kunio Otani Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-75-20)
Tule Lake concentration camp becomes a "segregation center"
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Kunio Otani Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-75-34)
Working as the sports editor for the Tulean Dispatch
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Kunio Otani Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-75-25)
Working as a company clerk in Europe as part of military service