Responses of non-Japanese Americans

The reactions of non-Japanese friends, neighbors and classmates were mixed. Some turned their heads and refused to recognize their former friends. Others believed the government propaganda and became outright hostile. Still others helped their Japanese American neighbors by storing belongings and driving them to the places where they were to be picked up. Perhaps only a handful of people understood the true implications of the course of events.

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vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-117-19)

A soldier's desire to shoot Japanese Americans while ushering them to concentration camps

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-117-19/

vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-117-16)

Stories of suspicion and fear of sabotage by Japanese Americans on the West Coast

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-117-16/

vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-117-15)

"It was just incredible, the feeling that gave us, of hatred," memories of and reaction to bombing of Pearl Harbor as a young soldier from the East Coast

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-117-15/

vh Rae Takekawa Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-89-13)

Classmates' reactions after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-89-13/

vh Bob Santos Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-339-9)

The changed atmosphere in school after the Japanese Americans had been removed

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-339-9/

vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-213-7)

Feeling that others couldn't distinguish between Japanese and Japanese Americans following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-213-7/

vh Akiko Okuno Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-133-16)

The shock of being shunned by best friend after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-133-16/

vh Alfred "Al" Miyagishima Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-27-14)

Returning to school on December 8th

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-27-14/

vh Gladys Koshio Konishi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-26-14)

Supportive family friends after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-26-14/

vh Martha Shoaf Interview Segment 2 (ddr-manz-1-9-2)

Losing Japanese American friends during mass removal: "There was kind of a void there"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-9-2/

vh Rose Tanaka Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-145-11)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, support from a family friend, a retired military officer

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-145-11/

vh Rose Tanaka Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-145-12)

Father's arrest by the FBI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-145-12/

vh Bo T. Sakaguchi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-manz-1-8-2)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, having the support of a schoolteacher

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-8-2/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-38-8)

Assisting Japanese Americans during mass removal

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-8/

vh Lois Shikami Interview Segment 4 (ddr-chi-1-8-4)

Being able to store belongings in rented house

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-8-4/

vh Ben Chikaraishi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-chi-1-11-3)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father's arrest by the FBI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-11-3/

vh Ben Chikaraishi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-chi-1-11-4)

Ben Chikaraishi Interview Segment 4

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-11-4/

vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1008-4-7)

Going to school on December 8th, reactions of other students

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-4-7/

vh Ernest Uno Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1007-7-1)

Being accused of theft in school after 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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-7-1/

vh Joseph Norio Uemura Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1014-3-20)

Receiving aid from white church officials

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-3-20/

vh Yoshimi Matsuura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1014-6-11)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: changed relationships with friends

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-6-11/

vh Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1013-7-11)

Going to school the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: students were unusually serious

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1013-7-11/

vh Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-10)

Returning to school after Pearl Harbor: classmates "turned against me"; father taken in FBI raid

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-4-10/

vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1002-6-2)

Facing a hostile reaction in school and community following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-6-2/

vh Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-8-3)

A senior in high school when Pearl Harbor bombing took place: "we were treated with a sort of disdain"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-8-3/