Work leave

During World War II, Japanese Americans were seen as a source of replacement labor for the farms in Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Starting in May 1942, camp inmates could obtain temporary leaves to work in agriculture, either returning to the camps every night or living on the farm for an extended period. In 1942 alone, some 10,000 Japanese Americans left the camps to perform this seasonal work. Their labor was vital to the agriculture industry and thus to the war effort.

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vh Giro Nakagawa Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-422-15)

Working in Utah: little association with local Japanese Americans

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-23-33)

Working outside camp, labor crews: topping sugar beets in Utah

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-23-35)

Mr. Matsuzawa's continued work outside camp

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-23-34)

Topping sugar beets

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vh Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-248-5)

Transferring to Heart Mountain, then leaving camp to work at a sawmill

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vh Rae Takekawa Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-89-24)

Work leave: picking sugar beets and attending school in Chinook, Montana

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vh Rae Takekawa Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-89-25)

Life as sugar beet harvester: bending, stabbing, chopping, throwing

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vh Takeshi Minato Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-57-16)

Temporarily leaving camp to work on a sugar beet farm

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vh Victor Ikeda Interview Segment 40 (ddr-manz-1-23-40)

Going on temporary work leave to farm: being searched at camp gate

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vh Henry Fukuhara Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-3-11)

Leaving camp temporarily to work on sugar beet farms

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vh Shig Kaseguma Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-32-19)

Work leave during camp: picking sugar beets

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vh Bob Fuchigami Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-28-24)

Temporarily leaving camp to do farm work

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vh George Oda Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-151-10)

Leaving camp to thin lettuce

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vh George Oda Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-151-9)

Leaving camp on a temporary work furlough

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vh Katsumi Okamoto Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-24-16)

Temporarily leaving camp as a farm laborer

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vh Hope Omachi Kawashima Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-154-17)

Moving to Idaho with family on temporary work leave

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vh Mas Takano Interview Segment 8 (ddr-ajah-1-5-8)

Father's short-term leave from camp to work

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vh George M. Yoshino Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1014-8-15)

Leaving camp to do farm and railroad work

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vh An Oral History with Norman Y. Mineta - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-55-1)

Japanese American congressman, representing the Thirteenth Congressional District of California, born and raised in San Jose, California, discusses his early life, graduation from the University of California, Berkeley, and receiving a commission and serving in the armed forces from 1953-1956. Recalls the removal, "relocation," and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II at the Heart …

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vh George Hanada Interview Segment 7 (ddr-jamsj-2-5-7)

A hostile situation while on work leave: getting shot at

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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vh Yoneko Hara Interview Segment 13 (ddr-one-7-22-13)

Leaving camp temporarily to work in the sugar beet fields

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of …

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