Mas Takano Interview Segment 1

Family background: immigration to San Francisco (ddr-ajah-1-5-1) - 0:06:42
Childhood memories of Alameda, California (ddr-ajah-1-5-2) - 0:06:53
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-ajah-1-5-3) - 0:05:43
Forced to leave Alameda early (ddr-ajah-1-5-4) - 0:02:13
Learning how to farm (ddr-ajah-1-5-5) - 0:04:34
Memories of the Merced Assembly Center (ddr-ajah-1-5-6) - 0:06:06
Attending school in camp (ddr-ajah-1-5-7) - 0:04:26
Father's short-term leave from camp to work (ddr-ajah-1-5-8) - 0:03:29
Working as a janitor in camp (ddr-ajah-1-5-9) - 0:04:49
Returning to California after leaving camp (ddr-ajah-1-5-10) - 0:04:36
Father's reestablishment of his gardening business (ddr-ajah-1-5-11) - 0:03:21
Observing changes in post-World War II Alameda (ddr-ajah-1-5-12) - 0:08:54
Graduating high school and attending UCLA (ddr-ajah-1-5-13) - 0:05:07
Getting a job in sales (ddr-ajah-1-5-14) - 0:06:18
Being drafted into the army and serving in Okinawa (ddr-ajah-1-5-15) - 0:08:18
Mother's skill in Japanese arts (ddr-ajah-1-5-16) - 0:05:39
Establishing a career in the travel industry (ddr-ajah-1-5-17) - 0:07:51
Getting married and moving to Hawaii (ddr-ajah-1-5-18) - 0:09:57
Working for Hawaiian Airlines (ddr-ajah-1-5-19) - 0:01:58
Visiting the former site of the Amache concentration camp (ddr-ajah-1-5-20) - 0:04:00
Reflections (ddr-ajah-1-5-21) - 0:04:52
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ddr-ajah-1-5-1 ()

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION

Family background: immigration to San Francisco

0:06:42 — Segment 1 of 21

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DATE

5-Apr-22

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Alameda Japanese American History Project Oral History Collection

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Densho

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ddr-ajah-1-5

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Mas Takano

INTERVIEW TITLE

Mas Takano Interview

1:57:34 — 21 segments

DATE

5-Apr-22

LOCATION

Emeryville, California

DESCRIPTION

Nisei male. Born June 15, 1932, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father was a gardener. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Cortez, California, for a few months before being removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California. Drafted into the military in the 1950s. Established a career in the travel industry.

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Brian Niiya, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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Alameda Japanese American History Project

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