Education
Schools were quickly organized in the concentration camps, but they suffered from crude facilities and lack of teaching materials. Instruction was given for nursery through high school, and adult education was offered. Trained teachers were in short supply, however, and uncertified Japanese Americans with college degrees often filled in. The War Relocation Authority (WRA) deliberately emphasized Americanization in the education program. Some found it painfully ironic to watch incarcerated youth recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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![Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1013-7-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/44/e0/44e0b51285699cf67b5273c8941998fc.jpg)
![Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1013-7-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/44/e0/44e0b51285699cf67b5273c8941998fc.jpg)
![Helen Harano Christ Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1013-6-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/94/bc/94bc2d4aa177548c3916907c0265dabc.jpg)
![Nobu Shimokochi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1011-7-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/72/50/72504d8ecebb8bb4138583dfa2435346.jpg)
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![Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-122-17-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/41/4f/414fe4bc904ffbcc383b26914ba4862f.jpg)
This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …
![Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 14 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3f/0f/3f0fb3bd060ed4d6a2f389d9869c5f7d.jpg)
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.
![Yoshiko Kanazawa Segment 5 (ddr-jamsj-2-15-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/34/03/34035723b794678063c59cc7b155969b.jpg)
![George Nakata Interview Segment 18 (ddr-one-7-29-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2c/22/2c22fc98ceb4a93de8f41bd48320a5f0.jpg)
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![Mas Okui Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1003-13-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/99/e0/99e03ce7846c21fc7f59422f8b056102.jpg)
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 the Interior.
![Sam H. Ono Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1003-2-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6c/38/6c3855b61066c42994275044ded63cde.jpg)
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 the Interior.
![Victor Takemoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1001-8-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9c/d1/9cd10ff34cf7faa99c1fe7187fc6fc27.jpg)
![Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1001-9-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b1/46/b1464c3803ff542c48cb52b87336ffc0.jpg)
![Eiko Shibayama Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1001-14-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e9/df/e9dfaf224beec3db22c2ff581b510b29.jpg)
![David Sakura Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-498-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/bc/1b/bc1b7a51c7fa5ed3b87a1630e763ca5f.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-54-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-54-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-54-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-54-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-54-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-54-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-54-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-54-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-54-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-54-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)
![Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-54-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/80/f680932de2a81b9958d525d6b8c21935.jpg)