Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 1
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ddr-manz-1-50-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-ttaketora-01-0001)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Family background, origins of name
00:05:56 — Segment 1 of 23
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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INTERVIEW ID
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview
01:40:29 — 23 segments
DATE
October 19, 2008
LOCATION
Sacramento, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born January 2, 1926, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Drafted into the army, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy. Following the war, returned to California.
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Kirk Peterson, interviewer; Richard Potashin, 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.