ddr-densho-1000-121-3 (Legacy UID: denshovh-ocharles-01-0003)

Working as a relocation officer in Poston concentration camp, Arizona: "A very positive experience"

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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July 3, 2000

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Charles Olds

Charles Olds Interview

00:34:27 — 6 segments

July 3, 2000

Klamath Falls, Oregon

White male. Born 1913 in Karuizawa, Japan, to missionary parents. Attended Canadian school in Kobe, Japan, before coming to the United States with his older brother. He attended the University of Chicago School of Social Work, then volunteered to work for the War Relocation Authority (WRA). He later worked as a relocation officer in the concentration camps in Poston, Arizona, and Tule Lake, California. Mr. Olds was inducted into the army in 1945.

(This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.)

Alice Ito, interviewer; Steve Hamada, videographer

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