ddr-phljacl-1-25-5 — A. Hirotoshi Nishikawa Interview Segment 5

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A. Hirotoshi Nishikawa Interview Segment 5

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Origins of name (ddr-phljacl-1-25-1) - 0:03:45

Parents' family backgrounds (ddr-phljacl-1-25-2) - 0:09:54

Grandparents' backgrounds in Japan (ddr-phljacl-1-25-3) - 0:02:51

Family's experiences in 1942 (ddr-phljacl-1-25-4) - 0:06:00

A child's memories of camp (ddr-phljacl-1-25-5) - 0:03:15

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-phljacl-1-25-6) - 0:02:34

Living conditions at Poston (ddr-phljacl-1-25-7) - 0:10:05

Attending school in camp (ddr-phljacl-1-25-8) - 0:03:20

Returning to California and living in temporary government housing (ddr-phljacl-1-25-9) - 0:06:20

Attending school in the years after camp (ddr-phljacl-1-25-10) - 0:07:36

Celebrating New Year's, church events (ddr-phljacl-1-25-11) - 0:11:31

Memories of high school (ddr-phljacl-1-25-12) - 0:03:47

Attending Berkeley (ddr-phljacl-1-25-13) - 0:03:36

Meeting future wife in college (ddr-phljacl-1-25-14) - 0:07:29

Going on to earn a PhD (ddr-phljacl-1-25-15) - 0:07:22

Description of children (ddr-phljacl-1-25-16) - 0:06:55

Getting involved with the Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-phljacl-1-25-17) - 0:11:21

Sharing a little bit about wartime experiences with children (ddr-phljacl-1-25-18) - 0:03:05

Reflections: intergenerational trauma (ddr-phljacl-1-25-19) - 0:10:32

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A child's memories of camp

0:03:15 — Segment 5 of 19

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World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Living conditions

Poston (Colorado River)

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A. Hirotoshi Nishikawa

A. Hirotoshi Nishikawa Interview

2:07:09 — 19 segments

May 22, 2023

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sansei male. Born in April 23, 1938, in San Francisco, California. Spent first few years in San Francisco where parents were farming. During World War II, removed with family to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After the war, returned to California and Hirotoshi attended school and eventually the University of California at Berkeley. Earned a PhD in biochemistry and worked in the pharmaceutical industry. Later became involved with the Japanese American Citizens League.

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