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doc George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-4)

English translations of handwritten annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 6: [Right top] I (George Naohara) and Keny Kuwahara [Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara], who had been drafted but was discharged. He was fluent in Japanese and English. Immediately after arriving at the C.C.C. Camp, an announcement of the U.S. government order was made in English. …

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vh Lorraine Bannai Interview (ddr-densho-1012-14)

Sansei female. Born 1955 in Los Angeles, CA. Grew up in Gardena, CA, surrounded by a large Japanese American community. Influenced by father's role in community and politics, and mother's emphasis on education. Attended University of California, Santa Barbara where she became increasingly aware of Japanese American history, issues of ethnic identity and racial inequality. Attended …

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vh Paul Satoh Interview (ddr-densho-1021-9)

Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1936, Paul Satoh spent a happy childhood as the only child of a chemist and a homemaker. Satoh's extended family included an uncle who had studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his wife, a US-born Nikkei from Hawai'i who occasionally had received a "care pack from the United …

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Narrator Thomas T. Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained …

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-463-4)

Older sisters traumatized by difficult living conditions in camp

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-463-7)

Growing up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles: meeting people with different ethnic backgrounds

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-463-13)

Introducing cultural programs into the public schools

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-463-11)

Childhood memories of relatives' farm in Lancaster, California

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-463-6)

Keeping ties to family friends from camp

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-463-9)

Finding out about lesser-known detention facilities of World War II

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-463-10)

The stigma of being from Boyle Heights

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-463-12)

Becoming a public school teacher

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-463-8)

Speaking out about wartime experiences

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-463-1)

Parents' family backgrounds: mother a Nisei, father a Kibei

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-463-3)

Family's wartime story: parents in Poston, Colorado, then father was transferred to Tule Lake and held in the stockade

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-463-2)

Parents' meeting and marriage

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-463-5)

Returning to California after the war where father taught judo

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-463-14)

Reflections: the challenges of teaching

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