Aya Fujii - Taka Mizote Interview Segment 1

Description of siblings (ddr-manz-1-101-1) - 00:05:15
Description of parents (ddr-manz-1-101-2) - 00:09:11
Father begins operating a farm (ddr-manz-1-101-3) - 00:11:08
Prewar recreational activities (ddr-manz-1-101-4) - 00:03:46
Celebrating holidays (ddr-manz-1-101-5) - 00:05:27
Attending Japanese language school (ddr-manz-1-101-6) - 00:04:20
Helping out on family farm (ddr-manz-1-101-7) - 00:02:02
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-101-8) - 00:04:56
Emotions upon finding out about mass removal (ddr-manz-1-101-9) - 00:08:47
The journey to camp by bus (ddr-manz-1-101-10) - 00:03:29
First impressions of the Portland Assembly Center (ddr-manz-1-101-11) - 00:08:06
Two brothers drafted into the military (ddr-manz-1-101-12) - 00:06:49
Living and working for a farmer during the war (ddr-manz-1-101-13) - 00:05:51
Avoiding camp by working as farm laborers (ddr-manz-1-101-14) - 00:05:17
Creating a community at farm labor camp (ddr-manz-1-101-15) - 00:09:22
Moving to a farm labor camp with slightly better conditions (ddr-manz-1-101-16) - 00:04:04
Attending college (ddr-manz-1-101-17) - 00:03:50
Working for a farmer as sharecroppers (ddr-manz-1-101-18) - 00:04:49
(ddr-manz-1-101-19) - 00:05:24
Looking back on wartime experiences (ddr-manz-1-101-20) - 00:04:23
Returning home after the war (ddr-manz-1-101-21) - 00:04:46
Postwar activities (ddr-manz-1-101-22) - 00:04:56
Reflections (ddr-manz-1-101-23) - 00:05:26
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SEGMENT ID

ddr-manz-1-101-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-faya_g-01-0001)

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION

Description of siblings

00:05:15 — Segment 1 of 23

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DATE

July 22, 2010

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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ddr-manz-1-101

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Aya Fujii
Taka Mizote

INTERVIEW TITLE

Aya Fujii - Taka Mizote Interview

02:05:58 — 23 segments

DATE

July 22, 2010

LOCATION

Portland, Oregon

DESCRIPTION

Nisei females, sisters. Aya Fujii born March 31, 1927, in Nyssa, Oregon. Taka Mizote born May 30, 1924, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Both sisters grew up in Oregon where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. Instead of going on to an incarceration camp, moved with family to a nearby farm labor camp. After the war, eventually returned to Oregon.

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Richard Potashin, interviewer; Kirk Peterson, videographer

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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