Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 1
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Alameda Japanese American History Project
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ddr-ajah-1-3-1 ()
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Parents' family backgrounds
0:03:25 — Segment 1 of 18
PARENT COLLECTION
Alameda Japanese American History Project Oral History Collection
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Densho
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Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project
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Alameda Japanese American History Project
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-ajah-1-3
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Kenji Tomita Interview
1:55:53 — 18 segments
DATE
November 20, 2021
LOCATION
San Rafael, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born August 25, 1924, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a food wholesaling business. Was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left Topaz on student leave to attend the University of Cincinnati. Drafted into the military in 1944, and served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan. After discharge, returned to the Bay Area, graduated from college with a business degree, and worked for the Department of Public Health. Longtime volunteer with the Japanese American Services of the East Bay.
PRODUCTION
Jo Takeda, interviewer; Brad Shirakawa, videographer
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PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Alameda Japanese American History Project
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.