Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 2 of 6
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-1007-1590
PARENT COLLECTION
Loni Ding Oral History and Film Research Collection
DESCRIPTION
Ken is on the left, Harry on the right. The two discuss growing up as Nisei, anti-Japanese sentiment in the US, their relationship with their mother, the difference between Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans, Pearl Harbor, their time in internment at Merced and Amache, and their decision to volunteer for the military. Video starts at 0:28. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #17, Akune II, Harry & Ken, 7-24-85. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1591/
00:21:08
DATE
July 24, 1985
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Interviews
OBJECT FORMAT
Audio/Visual
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Ding, Loni (interviewer)
- Akune, Ken (interviewee)
- Akune, Harry (interviewee)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of David Welsh, The Center for Educational Telecommunications (CET)
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.