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Balcony conversation between George Kanegai, Yosh Yamada, and Jimmie Matsumura ; interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1605)
Matsumura discusses his time teaching at the 4th Army Military Intelligence School in San Francisco, his experience with John Aiso, his trouble with white officers, and being denied the rank he was promised. Interview starts at 3:20. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #32, 7-24-85, J. Matsumura Interview …
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Interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 4 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1801)
From left to right: Minerich, Nomiyama, Kataoka, Hayakawa. Nomiyama discusses waiting for an opportunity to take part in the war effort, joining company C at FortMcClellan in Alabama, wanting to be court martialed to have an opportunity to speak his mind, why he didn't want to serve in the Pacific, what he thought the war was …
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Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1773)
Matsumura discusses being discharged from the military, moving to Minneapolis, working for Lew Bonn Company, attending the University of Minnesota, being ordered to report for duty in 1949, his difficulty talking about Dachau, his thoughts on war and America's role in international politics, the importance of fighting for what is right, his efforts against discrimination at …
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Goro Sumida interviewed by Eric Saul, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1765)
Sumida discusses serving in the 100th Battalion, only having Christian priests during the war, his service in Brouay, his family, what a dead body smells like, the impact of wartime casualties, his relationship with his Caucasian officers, Hawaiian terms used during the war, how he wants the 100th to be remembered, Partial transcript available through 6:39 …
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Interview with Frank Emi, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1792)
Emi discusses resisting the draft, the difference between Nisei and Caucasians, Issei attitudes toward the draft, the attitudes of draft resisters, Heart Mountain as a "model" relocation camp, being arrested in camp by the FBI, awaiting trial in jail in Cheyenne and Laramie (in WY), his family's thoughts on him resisting the draft, and a fellow …
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Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1714)
Nozawa discusses the mistreatment of the Nisei during Roosevelt's visit to Fort Riley, a complaint he wrote to John J. McCloy afterwards, being punished for writing the letter without permission, the differences between Kibei and US-educated Nisei, growing up in Japan, being drafted while in Santa Monica, and being court martialed. Loni Ding can be heard …
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1590)
Ken is on the left, Harry on the right. The two discuss growing up as Nisei, anti-Japanese sentiment in the US, their relationship with their mother, the difference between Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans, Pearl Harbor, their time in internment at Merced and Amache, and their decision to volunteer for the military. Video starts at 0:28. …
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Interview with Barry Saiki, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1702)
Saiki discusses growing up in Stockton, CA, attending UC Berkeley, Pearl Harbor, the start of evacuation and negative press about Nisei during that time, graduating from Berkeley in 1942, entering Stockton Assembly Center, and the arrest and incarceration of his father. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #41, …
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 6 of 6; b-roll and balcony meeting (ddr-densho-1007-1594)
This tape exclusively features Ken Akune, who discusses radio propaganda he made with the Office of War Information, an argument he had with an executive officer, and his feelings on redress. Video starts at 0:24, interview with Ken ends at 11:33. B-roll of patio from 11:34-13:28; rest of tape is a meeting between Harry Akune and …
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Interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1779)
Yamashita discusses helping prisoners of war avoid execution, the execution of General Yamashita, how he dealt with the more difficult parts of service, the difference between the Japanese soldiers he fought in New Guinea and the Philippines, why he didn't want to serve in Japan during the occupation, staying in contact with his family in Manzanar …
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Interview with John Burden (ddr-densho-1007-1655)
Burden discusses growing up in Japan, the difference between Nisei and Japanese nationals, the accomplishments of Nisei soldiers, the difference in the treatment of Niseis before and after the war. Loni Ding can and her crew can be heard in the background. Original title: 140, II B/K #10, Burden/Kihara, 12/15/85
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Interview with Don Oka, Steve Yagi, and Shigeo Ito, part 8 of 8; interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1776)
Oka is on the left, Yagi in the center, and Ito on the right. Oka discusses his recovery from tuberculosis, entering and winning a cartoon contest, going to art school after recovery, starting to work in advertising, returning to cartooning after retirement, and serving in JICPOA, and working with white officers. Yagi discusses working in the …
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Interview with Bill Dizer, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1677)
Dizer discusses his work in occupied Japan (particularly Kyushu), his first encounters with Nisei at the University of Michigan, segregation between Nisei and Caucasian soldiers, and the differences between Nisei and Japanese nationals. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 194, II JA #11, Bill Dizer, Fri. Jan. 31. Interview continues …
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Conversation between Eric Saul and John Burden; Shig Kihara on Caucasian officers and Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-1007-1787)
Saul and Burden discuss Burden's knowledge of Japanese and Burden's relationship with Japanese people in Japan and on Maui. Kihara discusses why the Pentagon wanted Caucasian officers leading Nisei in Japan, the relationships between Caucasian officers and Nisei soldiers (with examples), and a few stories about Judge Eugene Wright. Original title: II B/K #5, Burden/Kihara tape …
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1593)
This tape exclusively features Ken Akune, who discusses a confrontation he had with a racist sergeant, the propaganda he helped create in China/Burma/India, and the relationship between US soldiers and Japanese prisoners of war. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 79, II LA #20, 7-24-85, Ken …
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Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1710)
Ogawa discusses growing up in Hollywood, spending a year in Japan as a child, his experiences with discrimination in high school, attending Japanese classes, being denied from universities for being Japanese, working in Tokyo when the war started, and convincing his parents to move back to Japan in 1941. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions …
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Interview with Bruce Kanegai and b-roll (ddr-densho-1007-1580)
Kanegai discusses teaching high school in Simi Valley, working on a yearbook, the hardships his parents faced, and anti-Japanese discrimination. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. First interview ends at 7:52, second interview starts at 9:18 and ends at 15:45. Rest of tape is b-roll of dojo and …
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Interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1606)
Matsumura discusses his time teaching at the 4th Army Military Intelligence School in San Francisco, his experience with John Aiso, his trouble with white officers, the difficulties his students faced, visiting his family at Heart Mountain, and the conflicting feelings his Nisei students had about military service. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …
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Interview with Don Oka, Steve Yagi, and Shigeo Ito, part 5 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1774)
Continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1620/. Oka is on the left, Yagi in the center, and Ito on the right. Ito discusses the deaths of two Nisei on his team and the fear of being mistaken for a Japanese soldier. Oka discusses being interviewed for military intelligence at Camp Carson in Colorado, being treated differently than Caucasian soldiers, …
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Interview with George Nakamura, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1680)
Nakamura discusses leaving camp for language school at Camp Savage, his experience in high school, his first encounter with racism in the South while at Camp Shelby, and his experience with racial discrimination as a child and young adult. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 196, II JA #14, George …
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Interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 2 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1799)
From left to right: Minerich, Nomiyama, Kataoka, Hayakawa. Minerich discusses the urgency of the DB Boys case. Nomiyama and Kataoka discuss whether they thought their court martials would ever be reversed. Kataoka discusses growing up in LA, meeting Edmund Zane in high school, how the two became friends, how Zane picked up the legal case of …
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Interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 7 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1804)
From left to right: Minerich, Nomiyama, Kataoka, Hayakawa. Nomiyama discusses why it took so long to restart efforts to get the court-martials of the DB Boys reversed. Kataoka discusses the efforts of Edmund Zane, why he decided to try again, and his frustration with the US government. Minerich discusses why the DB Boys refused service, the …
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Interview with Akiko, Brian Yamakoshi, Kenny and Chizuko, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1719)
Akiko, a Japanese national, discusses her time in the US, meeting a Nisei couple from Watsonville, CA, being a minority in the US, the differences between Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals, and racial discrimination in the US. Original title: 226, II JA #58, Brian Yamakoshi, Fri. Feb. 7. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1720/
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Interview with Henry (Hank) Gosho, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1768)
Gosho discusses returning to Seattle from Japan before the war, his brothers being conscripted into the Japanese army, Pearl Harbor, his father's arrest by the FBI, assuming the Nisei wouldn't be evacuated, being relocated to Puyallup/Camp Harmony, realizing that he was a prisoner, his time at Minidoka, deciding early on to join the military, and the …
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Interview with Ray Aka, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1686)
Aka discusses being drafted in San Francisco, his reaction to Pearl Harbor (which happened two months after he was drafted), being relieved from duties after Pearl Harbor, his prospects as a Nisei growing up in Hawaii, his father's arrest in Hawaii and incarceration in mainland US. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. …