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Ayako Tsurutani Interview (ddr-manz-1-89)
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Nisei female. Born May 6, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, and was married before World War II. During the war, removed with husband to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, husband, an attorney, worked for the legal aid division, then served with the Office of Strategic Services. After leaving …

Narrator Bill Braye

Male of Spanish and Irish descent. Born March 31, 1917, in Santa Monica, California. Moved to Salinas, California, as a teenager, and enlisted in the military. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and was captured by the Japanese military. Forced on the infamous Bataan Death March in 1942 and held as a …

Narrator Ted Nagata

Sansei male. Born October 5, 1935, in Santa Monica, California. Raised in Berkeley, California, where father worked as a salesman. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Mother had difficult time in camp. Family was one of the last to leave Topaz. Resettled in Salt Lake City and, with sister, sent to …
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh presents three elderly Japanese-Americans with redress checks (ddr-csujad-52-15)
img Attorney General Dick Thornburgh presents three elderly Japanese-Americans with redress checks (ddr-csujad-52-15)
The caption above the photograph reads, "WASHINGTON, Oct. 9--ON BENDED KNEE--Attorney General Dick Thonburgh [Thornburgh] crouches on bended knee to present $20,000 checks to three elderly Japanese-Americans interned during World War II, during a ceremony at the Justice Department Tuesday. Accepting the checks are, from left: Kisa Iseri, Ontario, Ore., Hau Dairiki, Sacramento, Calif., and Mamoru …
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-477-14)
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Description of the black market in Japan during the U.S. occupation
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-477-6)
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Father's arrest by the FBI after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-477-13)
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Knowing about other Japanese Americans living in Japan during the war
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-477-9)
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Recreational activities: going on excursions outside of camp
Henry Nishi Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-64-5)
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Father's donation of nursery business to the Veterans Administration at the onset of World War II
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