Interview with Shiro Tokuno, part 3 of 4
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-1007-1783
PARENT COLLECTION
Loni Ding Oral History and Film Research Collection
DESCRIPTION
Tokuno discusses the role of Nisei in the occupation, the attitudes Japanese nationals and American officers had toward Nisei, his service managing agricultural/forestry/fisheries/mining in occupied Japan, the policies he helped implement, moving to Sacramento and farming after the war, deciding to go into military intelligence, his mother's thoughts on him joining the military, and working with the land reform program in Japan. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II SAC #3, 9-7-85, Shiro, Ag. situation, policies after war. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1784/
00:19:22
DATE
September 6, 1985
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Interviews
OBJECT FORMAT
Audio/Visual
TOPICS
- Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Film -- Documentaries
- Japan -- Government and politics
- Race and racism -- Discrimination
- Geographic communities -- California -- Sacramento
- Industry and employment -- Agriculture -- Farming
- World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service
- Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Ding, Loni (interviewer)
- Tokuno, Shiro (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.