Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 21
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ddr-densho-1000-269-21 (Legacy UID: denshovh-ysumiko-01-0021)
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Feeling obligated to renounce citizenship due to family's wishes
00:05:59 — Segment 21 of 31
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Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview
02:16:45 — 31 segments
DATE
December 8, 2009
LOCATION
Sacramento, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei female. Born May 12, 1925, in Spreckels, California. Moved frequently with family as a child, eventually settling in Gilroy, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Following father's desire to repatriate to Japan, transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, when it was designated a segregation center. Joined, the Joshidan, a subgroup of the Hoshidan, a pro-Japanese group in Tule Lake. Expatriated to Japan with family, and worked for the U.S. military government in Fukuoka. Remained in Japan until the 1970s, eventually regaining U.S. citizenship and moving to Sacramento, California.
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Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Barbara Takei, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer
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