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Influence of Japanese culture and heritage

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August 27, 1994

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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe

Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview

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August 27, 1994

Medford, New Jersey

Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in San Jose, California. Grew up in Cupertino, California. Attending San Jose State College when World War II broke out. Sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp with the help of the National Student Relocation Council to attend graduate school. Completed a doctorate degree at Cambridge College in Boston before getting married and moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Taught at the University of Pennsylvania.

Herbert J. Horikawa, interviewer

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