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Narrator Eiichi Yamashita
Nisei male. Born January 27, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Finished high school in Bellingham, Washington, where family moved for father's oyster business. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago briefly before returning to the Samish Bay area near Bellingham to …
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-424-4)
Preparing for mass removal: receiving help from neighbors
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-424-2)
Fears of an FBI raid on father's second office
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-424-6)
The so-called "loyalty questionnaire": block manager father jailed
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-424-10)
Untimely passing of younger brother
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-424-11)
Getting married and raising a family
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-424-7)
Being interviewed about response to the so-called "loyalty questions"
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-424-1)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-424-8)
Living for a time in Chicago before returning home to Washington
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-424-5)
Working as a fireman in Tule Lake
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-423-6)
Father's lumber exporting business hurt by earthquake Japan
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-423-18)
Moving to Bellingham, Washington, and graduating from high school
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-423-5)
Father's early ventures into importing business
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-423-9)
Father's blacklisting by American oyster growers
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-423-19)
Working for father's oyster business
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-423-17)
Recreational activities before the war
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-423-8)
Father's business importing oyster seed from Japan
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-423-12)
Mother's determination and business sense
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-423-14)
Living and going to school in Seattle as a child
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-423-2)
Father's early work in the United States