Bill Nishimura Interview Segment 2

Family background, father's involvement with the Gardena Valley Japanese Association (ddr-densho-1000-119-1) - 00:07:22
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; feeling startled by the power of the Japanese navy (ddr-densho-1000-119-2) - 00:04:29
Father picked up by FBI, detained at federal detention center in Lordsburg, New Mexico (ddr-densho-1000-119-3) - 00:04:16
Family undertakes "voluntary evacuation" to Visalia, California (ddr-densho-1000-119-4) - 00:03:20
Daily activities at Poston concentration camp, Arizona (ddr-densho-1000-119-5) - 00:06:56
Responding "no-no" to so-called "loyalty questionnaire" (ddr-densho-1000-119-6) - 00:02:58
Reaction to two violent incidents at Tule Lake concentration camp, California (ddr-densho-1000-119-7) - 00:05:02
Decision to renounce U.S. citizenship: "We really didn't have any choice"; forming the Hoshidan, moving to Santa Fe internment camp, New Mexico; a chaotic incident with the border-patrol (ddr-densho-1000-119-8) - 00:07:58
Awaiting expatriation to Japan, but instead, reuniting with father in Crystal City, Texas (ddr-densho-1000-119-9) - 00:08:18
Returning to Gardena, California, and restoration of U.S. citizenship with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ddr-densho-1000-119-10) - 00:03:12
Reflections upon returning to Tule Lake for the pilgrimage (ddr-densho-1000-119-11) - 00:07:18
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; feeling startled by the power of the Japanese navy

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

00:04:29 — Segment 2 of 11

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July 2, 2000

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Bill Nishimura

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Bill Nishimura Interview

01:01:09 — 11 segments

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July 2, 2000

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Klamath Falls, Oregon

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Nisei male, born June 21, 1920, in Compton, California. Raised on a farm in Lawndale, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his father was picked up by FBI and detained at a Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. His family voluntarily moved to Visalia, California, then was forcibly moved to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Sent to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as a result of answering "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questions." He renounced his U.S. citizenship in protest of the incarceration, and was transferred to the DOJ's Santa Fe internment camp, then to an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) camp in Crystal City, Texas. After his release from Crystal City, he resettled in California. Mr. Nishimura regained his U.S. citizenship in 1953.

(This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.)

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Alice Ito, interviewer; Steve Hamada, videographer

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