Ted Kitayama Interview Segment 1

Parents' family background (ddr-densho-1000-334-1) - 00:06:20
Description of childhood home (ddr-densho-1000-334-2) - 00:05:09
Parents' nursery business (ddr-densho-1000-334-3) - 00:04:15
The Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island (ddr-densho-1000-334-4) - 00:02:59
Beach activities growing up (ddr-densho-1000-334-5) - 00:06:30
Attending elementary school (ddr-densho-1000-334-6) - 00:04:28
Recreational activities: mushroom hunting (ddr-densho-1000-334-7) - 00:03:36
Visiting Seattle (ddr-densho-1000-334-8) - 00:02:46
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-334-9) - 00:03:20
Feeling like the Bainbridge Island Japanese Americans were targeted by the U.S. government (ddr-densho-1000-334-10) - 00:06:29
Memories of "evacuation day": taking the ferry to Seattle (ddr-densho-1000-334-11) - 00:05:25
The train ride to camp (ddr-densho-1000-334-12) - 00:07:10
First impressions of camp (ddr-densho-1000-334-13) - 00:05:42
Meeting Japanese Americans from other parts of the country (ddr-densho-1000-334-14) - 00:06:21
Transferring to Minidoka (ddr-densho-1000-334-15) - 00:03:26
Leaving camp temporarily to work on a farm (ddr-densho-1000-334-16) - 00:05:00
Occasionally visiting nearby town of Twin Falls (ddr-densho-1000-334-17) - 00:03:56
Staying in camp until it closed (ddr-densho-1000-334-18) - 00:04:17
Moving to Seattle and attending high school (ddr-densho-1000-334-19) - 00:09:44
Establishing a very successful nursery operation (ddr-densho-1000-334-20) - 00:08:24
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ddr-densho-1000-334-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-kted-01-0001)

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Parents' family background

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.

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May 25, 2011

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Ted Kitayama

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Ted Kitayama Interview

01:45:17 — 20 segments

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May 25, 2011

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San Jose, California

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Nisei male. Born July 27, 1929, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge where parents ran a nursery business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, along with many other Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island. After leaving camp, moved to Seattle, Washington, eventually establish a very successful nursery business.

(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.)

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Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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