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James Yamazaki Interview Segment 4
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Mother's family background: raised by a Canadian missionary
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00:04:50 — Segment 4 of 42
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INTERVIEW TITLE
James Yamazaki Interview
04:44:15 — 42 segments
DATE
February 4, 2005
LOCATION
Van Nuys, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born July 6, 1916. Grew up in the Los Angeles area, where father was a Buddhist minister. Attended medical school before World War II. During the war, served in the U.S. Army as a doctor with the 106th Infantry Division in Europe. Captured during the Battle of the Bulge and was held in several prisoner of war camps in Germany. After returning to the U.S., worked as a pediatrician for a time before moving to Japan to study the effects of the atomic bombings on children in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)
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Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Carl Wakamoto, videographer
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