Harry Ueno Interview Segment 17
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ddr-densho-1002-7-17 (Legacy UID: denshovh-uharry-01-0017)
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Accusing the camp administration of covering up knowledge of food shortages in camp
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.
00:09:41 — Segment 17 of 40
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Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection
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Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection
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Courtesy of Emiko and Chizuko Omori
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Densho
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-densho-1002-7
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Harry Ueno Interview
03:58:49 — 40 segments
DATE
February 18, 1994
LOCATION
San Mateo, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. Accused of beating up a suspected government informant and was placed in jail, sparking the so-called "Manzanar Riot." Was moved to various jails and the Citizen Isolation Centers Leupp, Arizona, and Moab, Utah, before being reunited with his family in Tule Lake Segregation Center. After release from camp, moved to the Santa Clara Valley, raised three children, and became a farmer.
(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)
PRODUCTION
Emiko Omori, interviewer; Emiko Omori and Witt Mons, videographer
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CONTRIBUTOR
Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Emiko and Chizuko Omori
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.