Thomas Shigekuni Interview Segment 1

Family background: description of siblings (ddr-densho-1000-297-1) - 00:03:24
Growing up in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-1000-297-2) - 00:05:28
As a child, believing a relative of mother's was a spy (ddr-densho-1000-297-3) - 00:04:19
Age twelve when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-297-4) - 00:03:02
Witnessing FBI arrests of neighbors (ddr-densho-1000-297-5) - 00:03:19
Remembering the day of mass removal (ddr-densho-1000-297-6) - 00:03:44
Older brother's interest in car racing (ddr-densho-1000-297-7) - 00:07:17
Witnessing the beginnings of the riot in Santa Anita (ddr-densho-1000-297-8) - 00:01:20
Hitching rides on army trucks in camp (ddr-densho-1000-297-9) - 00:00:44
The journey by train to the Granada concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-1000-297-10) - 00:03:22
First impressions of Amache: "this is in the middle of nowhere" (ddr-densho-1000-297-11) - 00:02:54
Parents' roles in camp (ddr-densho-1000-297-12) - 00:01:59
Establishment of school in camp (ddr-densho-1000-297-13) - 00:02:54
Speaking out against the draft to camp high school teacher (ddr-densho-1000-297-14) - 00:02:33
Exposure to unsavory elements in camp (ddr-densho-1000-297-15) - 00:05:52
Working on the camp farm (ddr-densho-1000-297-16) - 00:02:24
Leaving camp and living in Illinois briefly before returning to California (ddr-densho-1000-297-17) - 00:04:13
Parents' try to re-establish life near prewar home (ddr-densho-1000-297-18) - 00:05:49
Joining the National Guard (ddr-densho-1000-297-19) - 00:04:05
Reflections (ddr-densho-1000-297-20) - 00:10:24
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ddr-densho-1000-297-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-sthomas-01-0001)

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Family background: description of siblings

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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August 31, 2010

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Thomas Shigekuni

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Thomas Shigekuni Interview

01:19:06 — 20 segments

DATE

August 31, 2010

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Los Angeles, California

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Nisei male. Born August 4, 1929, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where parents ran a nursery business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived briefly in Illinois before returning to California.

(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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Martha Nakagawa, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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