Akiko Okuno Interview Segment 13

Mother's family background: teacher in Japan (ddr-manz-1-133-1) - 00:05:57
Oldest sister was born and raised in Japan (ddr-manz-1-133-2) - 00:05:28
Father's family background: samurai family (ddr-manz-1-133-3) - 00:08:41
Parents' meeting and marriage (ddr-manz-1-133-4) - 00:04:21
Parents' early life in the U.S. raising children (ddr-manz-1-133-5) - 00:07:49
Growing up close to non-Japanese American neighbors (ddr-manz-1-133-6) - 00:10:02
Mother's role as a prewar Japanese language school teacher (ddr-manz-1-133-7) - 00:07:04
Memories of Japanese children's stories and songs (ddr-manz-1-133-8) - 00:12:28
Interest in arts: music and singing (ddr-manz-1-133-9) - 00:05:16
Driving into town in the family's car (ddr-manz-1-133-10) - 00:04:22
Memories of elementary school and friends (ddr-manz-1-133-11) - 00:08:43
Description of family's home (ddr-manz-1-133-12) - 00:07:59
Attending high school, planning for college (ddr-manz-1-133-13) - 00:05:50
Destroying family's belongings after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-133-14) - 00:06:26
Hearing about arrests within the Japanese American community after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-133-15) - 00:07:08
The shock of being shunned by best friend after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-133-16) - 00:03:47
Hearing about violent attacks in the community (ddr-manz-1-133-17) - 00:09:39
Preparing for mass removal: selling cars (ddr-manz-1-133-18) - 00:08:15
Leaving family's dog behind during mass removal (ddr-manz-1-133-19) - 00:06:26
First impressions of camp: typhoid inoculation, lack of privacy (ddr-manz-1-133-20) - 00:07:20
Remembering the train ride to Poston (ddr-manz-1-133-21) - 00:03:14
First impressions of Poston: heat and dust (ddr-manz-1-133-22) - 00:05:44
Working in the camp mess hall (ddr-manz-1-133-23) - 00:06:28
Memories of the mess hall (ddr-manz-1-133-24) - 00:02:59
Father's illness in camp (ddr-manz-1-133-25) - 00:05:47
Attending school in camp (ddr-manz-1-133-26) - 00:05:01
Father's hospitalization in camp (ddr-manz-1-133-27) - 00:03:34
Corresponding with a friend from before the war (ddr-manz-1-133-28) - 00:04:05
Hearing about conflict and uprisings in camp (ddr-manz-1-133-29) - 00:04:43
Working for the block managers in camp (ddr-manz-1-133-30) - 00:10:40
Memories of animals in camp (ddr-manz-1-133-31) - 00:03:37
Leaving camp to attend college (ddr-manz-1-133-32) - 00:06:27
Working for and living with a family while attending college (ddr-manz-1-133-33) - 00:10:12
Returning to camp to visit parents (ddr-manz-1-133-34) - 00:06:04
Moving to California and training as a medical technician (ddr-manz-1-133-35) - 00:08:55
Meeting future husband and getting married (ddr-manz-1-133-36) - 00:03:19
Visiting historic sites on the East Coast (ddr-manz-1-133-37) - 00:05:43
Description of father's funeral (ddr-manz-1-133-38) - 00:03:01
Building a home (ddr-manz-1-133-39) - 00:05:08
Description of children (ddr-manz-1-133-40) - 00:11:59
Meeting older sister in Japan (ddr-manz-1-133-41) - 00:12:26
Speaking to schoolchildren about wartime experiences (ddr-manz-1-133-42) - 00:05:26
Mother's life after World War II (ddr-manz-1-133-43) - 00:08:49
Reflections: the importance of faith (ddr-manz-1-133-44) - 00:05:09
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Attending high school, planning for college

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January 30, 2013

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Akiko Okuno

Akiko Okuno Interview

04:51:31 — 44 segments

January 30, 2013

Saratoga, California

Nisei female. Born 1926 in Gilroy, California. Grew up in the Gilroy area, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to attend university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, eventually becoming a medical technician. After the war, returned to California.

Kristen Luetkemeier, interviewer; Alisa Lynch, videographer

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