Hannah Lai Interview Segment 3

Father's family background (ddr-densho-1000-324-1) - 00:03:30
Mother's family background (ddr-densho-1000-324-2) - 00:08:02
Father's work in a fish cannery (ddr-densho-1000-324-3) - 00:06:15
Parents move to Seattle and run a hotel (ddr-densho-1000-324-4) - 00:02:18
Attending Bailey Gatzert elementary school (ddr-densho-1000-324-5) - 00:08:22
Attending Japanese language school (ddr-densho-1000-324-6) - 00:02:12
Going to Japan (ddr-densho-1000-324-7) - 00:09:19
Visiting Manchuria while living in Japan (ddr-densho-1000-324-8) - 00:06:40
(ddr-densho-1000-324-9) - 00:04:02
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-324-10) - 00:02:34
Community feelings about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-324-11) - 00:05:57
Description of family members (ddr-densho-1000-324-12) - 00:04:00
First impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center (ddr-densho-1000-324-13) - 00:03:10
Becoming a teacher in camp (ddr-densho-1000-324-14) - 00:10:00
Leaving camp to be a teacher (ddr-densho-1000-324-15) - 00:03:53
Attending Milwaukee State Teachers' College (ddr-densho-1000-324-16) - 00:06:03
Getting a Fulbright scholarship to go to Japan (ddr-densho-1000-324-17) - 00:10:44
Studying special education programs in Japan (ddr-densho-1000-324-18) - 00:06:39
Returning to the United States and moving to Oakland (ddr-densho-1000-324-19) - 00:06:56
Thoughts on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan (ddr-densho-1000-324-20) - 00:02:51
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Father's work in a fish cannery

00:06:15 — Segment 3 of 20

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March 14, 2011

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Hannah Lai

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Hannah Lai Interview

01:53:27 — 20 segments

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March 14, 2011

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Emeryville, California

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Nisei female. Born April 11, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents ran a hotel. Went to live in Japan for several years prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in Minidoka, recruited to teach elementary school, and later left camp to attend a teaching college in Wisconsin. After World War II, received a Fulbright scholarship to study special education methods in Japan. Returned to the United States and settled in Oakland, California.

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Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Tani Ikeda, videographer

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