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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-430)
Nisei female. Born April 3, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where father was a truck driver and mother was a Japanese language school teacher. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to finish high school in Ohio and work as a …
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-430-17)
Working for the Boy Scouts of America
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-430-18)
Turning down a full scholarship for college
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-430-5)
Mother's prewar work as a Japanese language school teacher
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-430-11)
Preoccupations of young people in camp
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-430-8)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor in a convenience store
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-430-20)
Getting a job at a brokerage firm
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-430-10)
First impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-430-4)
Memories of neighborhood growing up
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-430-9)
The aftermath of December 7th: leaving school, restrictions, storing belongings
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-430-15)
Deciding to leave camp to work as a schoolgirl
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-430-13)
The layout of the Puyallup Assembly Center
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-430-16)
Attending school in Ohio as the only Japanese American
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-430-19)
Returning home and reuniting with family
Narrator Takeko Yokoyama Todo
Nisei female. Born April 3, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where father was a truck driver and mother was a Japanese language school teacher. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to finish high school in Ohio and work as a …