Isami Nakao - Kazuko Nakao Segment 1

Sam's family background, working for the Port Blakely mill (ddr-densho-1000-68-1) - 00:04:23
Prewar working conditions in the lumber mills: "Jap 1, Jap 2..." (ddr-densho-1000-68-2) - 00:03:37
Description of prewar "Jap Village" in Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington (ddr-densho-1000-68-3) - 00:01:51
Father's beginnings in farming after the mill shut down (ddr-densho-1000-68-4) - 00:04:01
Kay's family background: parents' arrival in the U.S., getting into farming (ddr-densho-1000-68-5) - 00:04:06
Helping on family's strawberry farm (ddr-densho-1000-68-6) - 00:02:06
Recreational activities as a child (ddr-densho-1000-68-7) - 00:01:35
Description of "picture bride" system (ddr-densho-1000-68-8) - 00:03:01
Becoming affiliated with Christian church (ddr-densho-1000-68-9) - 00:01:29
Memories of attending church as a child (ddr-densho-1000-68-10) - 00:04:05
Pearl Harbor: "Japan seemed so far away that it's not going to affect us... but I was wrong" (ddr-densho-1000-68-11) - 00:01:53
FBI officers erroneously believe a Buddhist shrine contains a shortwave radio (ddr-densho-1000-68-12) - 00:01:37
Witnessing an FBI raid on family home (ddr-densho-1000-68-13) - 00:03:38
Preparing for mass removal: eight hectic and confusing days (ddr-densho-1000-68-14) - 00:06:23
Choosing what to pack for mass removal with limited information (ddr-densho-1000-68-15) - 00:03:01
"Evacuation day," leaving Bainbridge Island, Washington (ddr-densho-1000-68-16) - 00:05:16
The train ride into the desert: traveling to Manzanar concentration camp (ddr-densho-1000-68-17) - 00:01:50
Arrival at Manzanar concentration camp (ddr-densho-1000-68-18) - 00:02:36
Remembering the Manzanar "riot" (ddr-densho-1000-68-19) - 00:01:44
Working at the camp hospital (ddr-densho-1000-68-20) - 00:02:43
Transferring to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-1000-68-21) - 00:01:49
Getting married at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho (ddr-densho-1000-68-22) - 00:03:05
Having a son in camp (ddr-densho-1000-68-23) - 00:00:50
Leaving camp to work on a ranch (ddr-densho-1000-68-24) - 00:02:31
Trying to keep up with news back home (ddr-densho-1000-68-25) - 00:02:24
Returning home to Bainbridge Island to find tenant refusing to leave (ddr-densho-1000-68-26) - 00:04:36
Memories of those first anxious days back home after the war (ddr-densho-1000-68-27) - 00:03:25
Feeling some cynicism about wartime experiences, but not bitterness (ddr-densho-1000-68-28) - 00:02:54
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Sam's family background, working for the Port Blakely mill

00:04:23 — Segment 1 of 28

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June 18, 1998

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Isami Nakao
Kazuko Nakao

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Isami Nakao - Kazuko Nakao Interview

01:22:29 — 28 segments

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June 18, 1998

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Bainbridge Island, Washington

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This interview is with Isami and Kazuko Nakao, both from Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, they were removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then later transfer to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. They married while at Minidoka, and returned to Bainbridge Island after the war.

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Donna Harui, interviewer; Matt Emery, videographer

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