Personal recollections

vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-102-9)

Hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor while on leave from Fort Lewis

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-257-4)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while teaching Sunday school; father's arrest by the FBI

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vh Shigeko Sese Uno Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-98-16)

Violating the curfew to see sick mother-in-law, and father-in-law is detained

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vh Shigeko Sese Uno Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-98-13)

Days following Pearl Harbor, "We're gonna put those Japs ... in camp, behind barbed wire"

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vh Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-138-3)

Memories of FBI raid on family home on December 7, 1941

William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their …

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vh May Ota Higa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-174-17)

Hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor while visiting with Japanese American soldiers

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vh Arthur Ogami Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-154-8)

Hearing of the onset of World War II: "I was devastated"

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vh Thomas T. Kobayashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-238-14)

Being told by Issei father: "the government will take care of us"

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-130-4)

Upon hearing of the Pearl Harbor attack, believing that the U.S. government would speak up and protect Japanese Americans: "but I was wrong"

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vh Bill Thompson Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-90-12)

Hawaiian Japanese Americans rush to volunteer for service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, …

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vh Akiko Kurose Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-42-5)

Attending school the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Mrs. Kurose was undergoing treatment for cancer and required frequent breaks and medication to help her with pain management.

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vh Toshio Moritsugu Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-318-14)

Seeing the military planes fly over during the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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 …

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vh Jimi Yamaichi Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-106-3)

Events following Pearl Harbor: a Caucasian friend's tearful warning, and opportunistic farmers look to cash in on the mass removal

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vh Jimi Yamaichi Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-106-4)

A friend's offer to care for the farm while family is incarcerated

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vh 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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vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-316-9)

Witnessing planes and smoke during the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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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vh Kiyoko Morey Kaneko Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-225-20)

Living in Hawaii during the bombing of Pearl Harbor: seeing the planes fly overhead

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-92-14)

Remembering the Pearl Harbor bombing and a visit from the FBI

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

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vh Tomiye Terasaki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-122-8)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor: "I was just so shocked" (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English, …

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vh Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-428-6)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, evading curfew

This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any …

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