ddr-chi-1-4-4 — Susumu Mukushina Interview Segment 4

Susumu Mukushina Interview Segment 4

Father's role as a Buddhist priest in Seabrook Farms (ddr-chi-1-4-4) - 0:04:41

Moving to Chicago (ddr-chi-1-4-5) - 0:04:29

Meeting kids of different ethnicities (ddr-chi-1-4-6) - 0:05:10

Attending Japanese language school (ddr-chi-1-4-7) - 0:04:37

Father's humble nature (ddr-chi-1-4-8) - 0:03:06

Struggling with academics (ddr-chi-1-4-9) - 0:07:42

Father's establishment of a Buddhist temple in Chicago (ddr-chi-1-4-10) - 0:02:45

Hearing very little about wartime histories from family (ddr-chi-1-4-11) - 0:07:07

Lessons learned from a museum exhibit on the Japanese American experience (ddr-chi-1-4-12) - 0:04:54

Connecting Japanese American history to current events (ddr-chi-1-4-13) - 0:05:38

Caution This object is protected by copyright. You must ask permission from the rights holder if you re-use or publish it elsewhere, unless your project falls under a fair-use exception.

Learn more...

Segment info
Interview info

Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) Oral History Project Collections
Visit partner

ddr-chi-1-4-4 ()

Father's role as a Buddhist priest in Seabrook Farms

0:04:41 — Segment 4 of 13

Previous segment Next segment

September 14, 2017

Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) Oral History Project Collection

Religion and churches -- Buddhism

Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS)

Courtesy of the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS)

Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) Oral History Project Collections
Visit partner

ddr-chi-1-4

Susumu Mukushima

Susumu Mukushima Interview

1:00:44 — 13 segments

September 14, 2017

Nisei male. Born October 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, mother and father received special dispensation to delay going to the Santa Anita Assembly Center to give birth. After Susumu was born, the family was sent to Santa Anita and then the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and later transferred to Tule Lake, California. After leaving camp, went to live at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, where father was a Buddhist priest. Eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois.

Anna Takada, interviewer

Mukushina, Susumu

Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS)

Courtesy of the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS)

API

Susumu Mukushina Interview Segment 4

PARTNER

SEGMENT ID

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION

DATE

LOCATION

PARENT COLLECTION

TOPICS

FACILITY

PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS

CONTRIBUTOR

PREFERRED CITATION

RIGHTS

PARTNER

INTERVIEW ID

NARRATOR

INTERVIEW TITLE