Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 1

Family background, origins of name (ddr-manz-1-50-1) - 00:05:56
Losing mother at an early age (ddr-manz-1-50-2) - 00:04:37
Attending grammar school with very few other Japanese Americans (ddr-manz-1-50-3) - 00:02:24
Helping out on family's farm (ddr-manz-1-50-4) - 00:02:55
Attending junior high school (ddr-manz-1-50-5) - 00:03:03
Celebrating holidays (ddr-manz-1-50-6) - 00:04:45
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-50-7) - 00:02:19
Dealing with restrictions following the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-50-8) - 00:05:03
Preparing for mass removal: "we lost everything" (ddr-manz-1-50-9) - 00:05:07
Memories of the Marysville assembly center (ddr-manz-1-50-10) - 00:09:16
First train ride: the journey to Tule Lake (ddr-manz-1-50-11) - 00:01:32
First impressions of Tule Lake: guard towers, barbed wire fence, military police (ddr-manz-1-50-12) - 00:05:59
Choosing to sign 'yes-yes' on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" (ddr-manz-1-50-13) - 00:01:53
Painting seagulls to look like Japanese planes (ddr-manz-1-50-14) - 00:04:56
Purchasing goods from catalogs (ddr-manz-1-50-15) - 00:03:56
Family's experiences in camp (ddr-manz-1-50-16) - 00:05:31
Transferring to Topaz (ddr-manz-1-50-17) - 00:05:18
Thoughts on being drafted (ddr-manz-1-50-18) - 00:02:25
Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as a replacement soldier (ddr-manz-1-50-19) - 00:08:23
Returning to California after the war (ddr-manz-1-50-20) - 00:02:17
Meeting future wife (ddr-manz-1-50-21) - 00:02:43
Receiving redress: "it never could replace the freedom we lost" (ddr-manz-1-50-22) - 00:01:54
Reflections: speaking to schoolchildren (ddr-manz-1-50-23) - 00:08:17
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ddr-manz-1-50-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-ttaketora-01-0001)

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Family background, origins of name

00:05:56 — Segment 1 of 23

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DATE

October 19, 2008

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Taketora Jim Tanaka

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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview

01:40:29 — 23 segments

DATE

October 19, 2008

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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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