Poston (Colorado River)

vh Chizuko Omori Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-323-6)

Remembering a camp-wide protest in Poston

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vh Minoru Tajii Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-394-18)

Work in camp: delivering milk

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vh Minoru Tajii Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-394-20)

Attending school in camp

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vh Minoru Tajii Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-394-24)

Signing "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" along with family

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vh Minoru Tajii Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-394-21)

Participating in camp dances

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vh Minoru Tajii Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-394-22)

Communicating with father in camp

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vh Minoru Tajii Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-394-19)

Finding ways to pass the time in camp

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vh Minoru Tajii Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-394-23)

Witnessing a strike in Poston

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vh Dave T. Maruya Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-403-16)

First arriving in Poston

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vh Dave T. Maruya Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-403-19)

Recreational activities in camp: attending dances

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vh Dave T. Maruya Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-403-20)

Being drafted into the military after leaving camp

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vh Dave T. Maruya Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-403-18)

Participating in sports in camp

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vh Dave T. Maruya Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-403-17)

Working as a milk truck driver in camp

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-92-17)

Life in Poston concentration camp: people were "fainting like flies" from the heat

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-92-23)

Parents' reaction to decision to fight in WWII, "He's nothing but a little kid"

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-92-22)

Attending a meeting to decide how to answer the so-called "loyalty questions"

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-92-18)

Recruited to become a mess hall cook at fourteen years old in Poston concentration camp

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-92-20)

Working as a warehouse foreman, accused of selling goods on the black-market

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-92-19)

An accident while working in the camp mess hall

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-92-24)

Called up for military duty at seventeen years old

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-92-21)

Going from student to teacher at school

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vh Yukio Kawaratani Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-377-12)

First impressions of camp

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vh Yukio Kawaratani Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-377-13)

Leaving camp temporarily on fishing outings

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vh Yukio Kawaratani Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-377-15)

Nearly drowning in camp

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vh Yukio Kawaratani Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-377-16)

Family signs "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

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