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Mary Hirata Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-22-5)
Knowing very few other Japanese Americans in Wenatchee, Washington
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Mary Hirata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-22)
Nisei female. Born November 27, 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington. Grew up in Wenatchee and moved to Seattle with family in 1938. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during World War II in Pocatello, Idaho. Returned to Seattle after World War II.
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Mary Hirata Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-22-7)
Family life in Wenatchee, Washington, learning English and going to church
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Plane of first transpacific flight (ddr-densho-128-81)
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. were the first pilots to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. They started in Misawa, Japan and landed in Wenatchee, Washington.
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Plane from first transpacific flight (ddr-densho-128-82)
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. were the first pilots to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. They started in Misawa, Japan and landed in Wenatchee, Washington.
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Pilots of first transpacific flight (ddr-densho-128-80)
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. stand in front of their plane after becoming the first pilots to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. They started in Misawa, Japan and landed in Wenatchee, Washington.
Narrator Mary Hirata
'Nisei female. Born November 27, 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington. Grew up in Wenatchee and moved to Seattle with family in 1938. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during World War II in Pocatello, Idaho. Returned to Seattle after World War II.
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Great Northern To Dismiss Japs (March 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-666)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 5, 1942, p. 11
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Ban On All Japs Urged By Legion (August 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-960)
The Seattle Daily Times, August 23, 1943, p. 13
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Citizenship of Nisei Opposed -- By A.F. of L. (July 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1055)
The Seattle Daily Times, July 21, 1944, p. 15