An Oral History with Woodrow Odanaka
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-29-14 (CSUJAD Local ID: 1382_T01, CSUJAD Project ID: csufccop_jaoh_0024)
PARENT COLLECTION
CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Japanese American Oral History Project Collection
DESCRIPTION
Impressions of a Nisei concerning pre-World War II family produce business in Los Angeles, California; removal to Santa Anita Assembly Center in California, and the Granada incarceration camp in Colorado; wartime college experiences in Minnesota; and Army military intelligence duties in the Philippines and occupied Japan. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0023. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1382_T01
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DATE
7/16/1973
OBJECT GENRE
Interviews
OBJECT FORMAT
Audio/Visual
TOPICS
- Geographic communities -- California -- Los Angeles
- Identity and values -- Nisei
- Industry and employment -- Agriculture
- World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation")
- World War II -- Concentration camps
- World War II -- Leaving camp -- Student leave
- Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan
- Military service -- Post-World War II service
- Race and racism -- "Yellow Peril"
- Race and racism -- Discrimination
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FACILITY
CREATORS
- Odanaka, Woodrow (interviewee)
- West, Patrick (interviewer)
- California State University, Fullerton. Center for Oral and Public History (publisher)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History
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Copyright restricted