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RB: For the purpose of the recording, my name is Rob Buscher, I'm conducting the interview. Today is Monday, June 19, 2023. Can you please state your name for the camera and what generation that you identify as?

MA: Yes. My name is Michael Asada, and I'm a Sansei.

RB: Great. So we're going to start with just some kind of family backgrounds. What was your father's name and where was he born?

MA: My father's name was Mark Asada, and he was born in Dinuba, California, in 1928.

RB: And your mother's name and place of birth?

MA: My mother's name was Itsuko Taniguchi, and she was born in... I'm sorry, my father was born in 1925, my mother was born in 1928, in Salinas, California.

RB: And they are both deceased now?

MA: They are both deceased now, yes.

RB: So since your parents were both born in the States, do you know how your grandparents on either side came to the United States?

MA: Yes. Both sets were from Hiroshima, and they arrived in California in the late 1890s, and they came as farmers to work the fields.

RB: And were they in California that whole time?

MA: Yes. So they arrived in California and my mother's side farmed the lands in Salinas, California, and my father's family was near Fresno, California, central California.

RB: Do you have any siblings?

MA: I do not have any siblings, so I'm an only child.

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