Tom Matsuoka Segment 22

Family background and motivation for immigration (ddr-densho-1000-47-1) - 00:07:18
Father recruited to work in Hawaiian sugarcane fields (ddr-densho-1000-47-2) - 00:06:20
Living with mother's family in Japan (ddr-densho-1000-47-3) - 00:07:12
Attending elementary school in Japan (ddr-densho-1000-47-4) - 00:08:54
Father's work farming on Vashon Island (ddr-densho-1000-47-5) - 00:10:18
Returning to the United States (ddr-densho-1000-47-6) - 00:07:18
Attending night school to learn English (ddr-densho-1000-47-7) - 00:05:10
Working with father at a sawmill (ddr-densho-1000-47-8) - 00:02:58
Finding a job at a sawmill in Port Angeles (ddr-densho-1000-47-9) - 00:07:45
Opening a stall at the Public Market (ddr-densho-1000-47-10) - 00:05:49
Playing baseball with sawmill teams (ddr-densho-1000-47-11) - 00:06:27
Working at a furniture factory (ddr-densho-1000-47-12) - 00:05:08
Meeting future wife (ddr-densho-1000-47-13) - 00:07:53
Description of wedding reception (ddr-densho-1000-47-14) - 00:05:18
Moving to Bellevue, Washington (ddr-densho-1000-47-15) - 00:07:01
Establishing the Seinenkai and the Kokaido, the Japanese Community Hall (ddr-densho-1000-47-16) - 00:05:31
Changes in farming business lead to the establishment of the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association (ddr-densho-1000-47-17) - 00:15:40
The ups and downs of agricultural life (ddr-densho-1000-47-18) - 00:05:26
Traveling to Japan in 1940 shortly before World War II (ddr-densho-1000-47-19) - 00:12:36
Establishment of Japanese language school in Bellevue (ddr-densho-1000-47-20) - 00:02:46
Noticing hardships in Japan just prior to World War II (ddr-densho-1000-47-21) - 00:02:56
Being picked up by the FBI and detained by the INS after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-47-22) - 00:07:06
Life in the Justice Department internment camp at Fort Missoula, Montana (ddr-densho-1000-47-23) - 00:05:38
Receiving a Justice Department hearing (ddr-densho-1000-47-24) - 00:06:48
Joining family at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California: "So doggone hot..." (ddr-densho-1000-47-25) - 00:03:17
Farming at Tule Lake concentration camp, California (ddr-densho-1000-47-26) - 00:09:07
Returning to find family's home destroyed (ddr-densho-1000-47-27) - 00:09:13
Farming in Chinook, Montana (ddr-densho-1000-47-28) - 00:05:22
Obtaining birth certificate from Hawaii (ddr-densho-1000-47-29) - 00:09:36
Thoughts on redress (ddr-densho-1000-47-30) - 00:02:01
Overall impact of the camp experience (ddr-densho-1000-47-31) - 00:05:49
Reflections (ddr-densho-1000-47-32) - 00:02:36
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Being picked up by the FBI and detained by the INS after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

00:07:06 — Segment 22 of 32

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May 7, 1998

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Tom Matsuoka

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Tom Matsuoka Interview

03:32:17 — 32 segments

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May 7, 1998

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Ridgefield, Washington

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Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked up by the FBI on December 8, 1941, detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Seattle, then interned at the Department of Justice camp at Fort Missoula, Montana. Was transferred to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana, with his family as work crew. Established a farm in Chinook.

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