James Nishimura Interview Segment 1
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ddr-manz-1-33-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-njames-01-0001)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Born in Seattle, Washington
00:03:48 — Segment 1 of 18
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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INTERVIEW ID
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INTERVIEW TITLE
James Nishimura Interview
01:28:05 — 18 segments
DATE
November 7, 2007
LOCATION
Las Vegas, Nevada
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born February 6, 1930, in Seattle, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in camp, was allowed to leave to attend high school for one year in the nearby town of Eden, Idaho. After leaving camp, Mr. Nishimura moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he pursued a successful career in the cable television industry.
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Richard Potashin, interviewer; Kirk Peterson, videographer
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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Courtesy of the Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.