Annie Sakamoto Interview Segment 1

Family background: sent to an orphanage shortly after birth (ddr-manz-1-77-1) - 00:04:29
Life in a Los Angeles orphanage before World War II (ddr-manz-1-77-2) - 00:02:43
Early memories of living in Children's Village (ddr-manz-1-77-3) - 00:04:14
Being a child in Children's Village (ddr-manz-1-77-4) - 00:01:58
Leaving camp for a foster mother's home (ddr-manz-1-77-5) - 00:01:44
Description of foster mother, Miss Stuart (ddr-manz-1-77-6) - 00:03:38
Gravitating towards Catholicism as a child (ddr-manz-1-77-7) - 00:02:21
Description of Celeste, friend and foster sister (ddr-manz-1-77-8) - 00:01:51
Being rejected by biological mother after the war (ddr-manz-1-77-9) - 00:01:04
Attending elementary school (ddr-manz-1-77-10) - 00:03:00
Friend Celeste's rocky relationship with foster mother (ddr-manz-1-77-11) - 00:02:52
Budding interest in art (ddr-manz-1-77-12) - 00:03:14
Graduating from high school and deciding to become a nurse (ddr-manz-1-77-13) - 00:02:01
Growing up in a foster home (ddr-manz-1-77-14) - 00:06:35
Meeting future husband and getting married (ddr-manz-1-77-15) - 00:04:02
Miss Stuart's strict rules about dating (ddr-manz-1-77-16) - 00:04:23
Description of children (ddr-manz-1-77-17) - 00:02:31
Telling husband about background as an orphan (ddr-manz-1-77-18) - 00:03:13
First telling story publicly (ddr-manz-1-77-19) - 00:02:07
Friend Celeste's troubled relationship with Miss Stuart (ddr-manz-1-77-20) - 00:01:50
Attending the first Children's Village reunion (ddr-manz-1-77-21) - 00:02:58
Thoughts on redress (ddr-manz-1-77-22) - 00:01:50
Revisiting Manzanar and Children's Village (ddr-manz-1-77-23) - 00:08:42
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SEGMENT ID

ddr-manz-1-77-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-sannie-01-0001)

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION

Family background: sent to an orphanage shortly after birth

00:04:29 — Segment 1 of 23

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DATE

August 12, 2009

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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INTERVIEW ID

ddr-manz-1-77

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Annie Sakamoto

INTERVIEW TITLE

Annie Sakamoto Interview

01:13:20 — 23 segments

DATE

August 12, 2009

LOCATION

Las Vegas, Nevada

DESCRIPTION

Nisei female. Born January 17, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. Given up for adoption after birth, and placed in the Shonien orphange in Los Angeles. After World War II broke out, removed to the Children's Village in Manzanar. Left camp to live with a foster mother in Los Angeles, eventually becoming a registered nurse.

PRODUCTION

Alisa Lynch, 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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