Minoru J. Shibata Interview Segment 6

Father's family background (ddr-manz-1-148-1) - 00:09:27
Mother's family background (ddr-manz-1-148-2) - 00:05:01
Father's grocery supplier business in San Francisco (ddr-manz-1-148-3) - 00:04:02
Earliest years in Burbank, California (ddr-manz-1-148-4) - 00:04:15
Moving to Terminal Island, California: fluent in Japanese (ddr-manz-1-148-5) - 00:06:01
Father's work as a fisherman (ddr-manz-1-148-6) - 00:05:36
Attending school with mostly other Japanese Americans (ddr-manz-1-148-7) - 00:02:01
Going to Japanese language school (ddr-manz-1-148-8) - 00:07:54
Prewar recreational activities (ddr-manz-1-148-9) - 00:04:09
Helping on neighbor's fishing boat (ddr-manz-1-148-10) - 00:07:07
Mother's work in fish canneries on Terminal Island (ddr-manz-1-148-11) - 00:06:54
Going to Japan as a child (ddr-manz-1-148-12) - 00:05:48
Childhood memories of Terminal Island (ddr-manz-1-148-13) - 00:05:45
Attending school (ddr-manz-1-148-14) - 00:06:08
Meeting kids of other ethnicities in school (ddr-manz-1-148-15) - 00:08:56
Going to school the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-148-16) - 00:04:28
Witnessing father's pick-up by the FBI (ddr-manz-1-148-17) - 00:05:25
Deciding to leave Terminal Island and move to Utah (ddr-manz-1-148-18) - 00:09:53
Difficulties of preparing for mass removal (ddr-manz-1-148-19) - 00:03:33
First impressions of Utah (ddr-manz-1-148-20) - 00:08:33
Reuniting with father in Utah (ddr-manz-1-148-21) - 00:08:53
Attending school (ddr-manz-1-148-22) - 00:06:45
Hearing about Manzanar from others (ddr-manz-1-148-23) - 00:02:48
Thoughts on the atomic bombings in Japan (ddr-manz-1-148-24) - 00:05:45
Serving in the Army Air Corps (ddr-manz-1-148-25) - 00:13:27
The stigma of mother's mental illness (ddr-manz-1-148-26) - 00:09:18
Studying aikido (ddr-manz-1-148-27) - 00:18:56
Varying responses to redress and reparations (ddr-manz-1-148-28) - 00:10:29
The experience of being a Japanese American serving in Japan (ddr-manz-1-148-29) - 00:10:10
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ddr-manz-1-148-6 (Legacy UID: denshovh-sminoru-01-0006)

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION

Father's work as a fisherman

00:05:36 — Segment 6 of 29

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DATE

December 4, 2013

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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ddr-manz-1-148

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Minoru J. Shibata

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Minoru J. Shibata Interview

03:27:27 — 29 segments

DATE

December 4, 2013

LOCATION

West Los Angeles, California

DESCRIPTION

Nisei male. Born 1928 in San Francisco, California. Spent most of childhood on Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and the rest of the family moved to Ogden, Utah, to farm. Served in the Army Air Corps in Japan during the U.S. occupation.

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Kristen Luetkemeier, interviewer; Whitney Peterson, videographer

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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