Personal recollections

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Misa Taketa Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-436-7)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a search of home by the county sheriff
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1002-4-16)
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Thoughts on the bombing of Pearl Harbor; preparing for mass removal: slaughtering chickens, disposing of belongings

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1002-11-17)
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Publishing a Nisei magazine and working in a flower market when World War II broke out

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1002-5-2)
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Memories of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and attending school the next day: being identified with Japan

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in …

Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1001-9-2)
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Hearing news of bombing of Pearl Harbor along with visiting soldiers
Fumiko Hayashida Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1001-1-1)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "we were unhappy and scared"
Spady Koyama Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-38-17)
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Reaction to bombing of Pearl Harbor, "This is your country no matter who says what"
Art Abe Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-206-17)
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Feeling bitter upon being removed: "I couldn't believe what the government was doing to us"
Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview I Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-208-23)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while in a movie theater: "we were actually panic-stricken"
Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1002-10-4)
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Memories of hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: a question over citizenship

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

Harry Ueno Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1002-7-4)
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Encountering prejudice after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thoughts on anti-Japanese propaganda

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not …

Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-338-15)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, attending school the next day

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 …

Nobu Suzuki Interview I Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-84-21)
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Japanese physicians are hampered by curfew restrictions

References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.

Frank Saburo Sato Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-445-11)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, attending school the next day
Ed Tsutakawa Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-196-13)
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Coincidentally sketching a battleship upon hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Sadaichi Kubota Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-40-11)
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Cleaning up the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, seeing the "puffs of smoke"

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on …

Grace Watanabe Kimura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-249-11)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; preparing for removal while father is very ill
Masao Watanabe Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-103-12)
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Finding out about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while on a skiing trip

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

Kazuko Iwahashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-337-10)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: father's angry reaction

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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