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Puyallup (Camp Harmony)

Temporary Assembly Center

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-2-20)

Attempting to improve conditions at Puyallup Assembly Center and running into resistance

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Gene Akutsu Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-1-10)

A teenager's realization that U.S. democracy "went down the drain"

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vh Gene Akutsu Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-1-8)

Mass removal, and conditions in Puyallup Assembly Center: cleaning septic tanks

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vh Gene Akutsu Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-1-26)

Teenage social life in Puyallup Assembly Center

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vh Gene Akutsu Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-1-9)

A teenager's memories of Puyallup Assembly Center: bad food, and games on the 4th of July

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vh Katsumi Okamoto Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-24-10)

First impressions of Puyallup Assembly Center: "everything was disorganized"

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vh Frank S. Fujii Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-8-11)

Impressions of Puyallup Assembly Center: physical discomforts, meeting new people

This interview was conducted over two days due to electrical problems. The majority of the interview was completed on the second day, September 5.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-8-11/

vh Frank S. Fujii Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-8-12)

Receiving visits from a non-Japanese American mentor

This interview was conducted over two days due to electrical problems. The majority of the interview was completed on the second day, September 5.

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vh June Takahashi Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-88-19)

"Visitors" wanting to see an "Eskimo" in Puyallup Assembly Center

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vh Masao Watanabe Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-103-16)

Mother's illness in camp

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-107-14)

Teenage activities in Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-107-16)

Quarantined for measles in Puyallup Assembly Center

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-107-17)

Memories of assembly center: dances, friends

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-107-15)

Former teacher visits camp: loss of "happy-go-lucky" adolescence in Puyallup

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vh Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-114-10)

Forced into "Camp Harmony," Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington

This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizen League in collaboration with Densho.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-114-10/

vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-129-14)

Impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington: "What the hell are they trying to do to us?"; controversy over Jimmie Sakamoto's role in Puyallup, and being sent to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-129-15)

Outrage expressed in newspaper columns written while in Puyallup Assembly Center may have contributed to reputation as a "troublemaker"

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 64 (ddr-densho-1000-135-64)

Joe's more pleasant memories as a child in Puyallup

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 60 (ddr-densho-1000-135-60)

Memories of the day of mass removal, the bus ride to the Puyallup Assembly Center

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vh Mary Hirata Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-22-15)

Activities of the younger children in the Puyallup Assembly Center

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vh Louise Kashino Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-31-13)

Health concerns, bad Vienna sausages in Puyallup Assembly Center

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-13/

vh Louise Kashino Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-31-16)

Working as a "tray girl" in Puyallup Assembly Center

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-16/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview III Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-52-11)

Feeling herded like cattle on the day of mass removal, first impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center

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vh Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-54-3)

Working on an electrical crew in Puyallup

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vh Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-54-1)

"Evacuation day": trying to bring in more belongings and supplies

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