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Tom Akashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-164)
vh Tom Akashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-164)
Nisei male. Born June 7, 1929, in Merced, California. Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164/
Takeo Nakata, a Keio University baseball player (ddr-njpa-4-1327)
img Takeo Nakata, a Keio University baseball player (ddr-njpa-4-1327)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "6,943 Takeo Nakata. Keio baseball team (graduated from Akashi Elementary)."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1327/
Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-341)
img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-341)
A family portrait photographed by "T. Akashi." It is probably taken in the early 1900s. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_003
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-341/
Postcard from Frank Akashi to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-69)
doc Postcard from Frank Akashi to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-69)
1 postcard dated 6/14/42 from Fred Akashi, Poston, AZ to John Bonomi, c/o Brunswig Drug Co., L.A., CA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-21-69/
Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-77)
doc Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-77)
1 envelope to mail letter from Fred Akashi, Poston, AZ, to John Bonomi, L.A., CA No letter found.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-21-77/
Photograph and article regarding Keio University baseball player (ddr-njpa-4-1326)
doc Photograph and article regarding Keio University baseball player (ddr-njpa-4-1326)
Article [translation]: "Takeo Nakata. (Grade) Department of Law, Political major, Sophomore. (Graduated) Akashi Junior High School. (Birthday) August 23, 1915. (Age) 26. (Defense) Backbone. (Height) [?]. (Weight) [?]. (Hobby) Walking. He became a really good player when he hit 25 pitches from pitcher Yoshida when he was in Akashi Junior High School. After he entered Keio …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1326/

Narrator Tom Akashi

Nisei male. Born June 7, 1929, in Merced, California. Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/178/
Helen Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-471)
vh Helen Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-471)
Sansei female. Born February 27, 1935, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, family lived for a short time in Oregon before returning to California and finding temporary housing in Hunters Point. Eventually …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-471/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 53 (ddr-densho-1000-164-53)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 53 (ddr-densho-1000-164-53)
Description of Fort Stanton internment camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-53/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 50 (ddr-densho-1000-164-50)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 50 (ddr-densho-1000-164-50)
Writing a book about personal experiences and life of father as "a gift to my children and my grandchildren"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-50/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-164-35)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-164-35)
Father arrested by the FBI and removed from Tule Lake along with sixty-nine others
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-35/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-164-11)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-164-11)
Father's arrest by the FBI: targeted because of childhood friendship with Japanese admiral
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-11/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-164-16)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-164-16)
Observing the generational shift in camp: Nisei take over the primary roles, while Issei are supporting
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-16/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-164-34)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-164-34)
Observing changes in the pro-Japan organizations during the institution of the renunciation program
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-34/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-164-10)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-164-10)
Destroying Japanese possessions: "We don't want anything that would incriminate us as being Japanese"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-10/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-164-44)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-164-44)
Life in Japan, postwar: working for a land reclamation project, then finding a job with a Japanese construction company as an interpreter
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-44/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-164-12)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-164-12)
Returning to school after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, getting in fights with other students over racist name-calling
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-12/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-164-43)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-164-43)
Initial experiences in Japan: freezing cold, living on army surplus rations
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-43/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 51 (ddr-densho-1000-164-51)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 51 (ddr-densho-1000-164-51)
Many years later, piecing together father's wartime experiences in a Department of Justice internment camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-51/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 55 (ddr-densho-1000-164-55)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 55 (ddr-densho-1000-164-55)
Thoughts on current events and the aftermath of September 11, 2001: "history is repeating itself"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-55/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 52 (ddr-densho-1000-164-52)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 52 (ddr-densho-1000-164-52)
Recounting father's experiences at the Fort Stanton internment camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-52/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-164-17)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-164-17)
Discussion with father on journey to Topaz concentration camp, father indicates desire to leave camp as soon as possible
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-17/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-164-6)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-164-6)
Childhood memories of Mount Eden, California: kenjinkai picnics, father is community's Japanese school teacher
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-6/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-164-4)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-164-4)
Parents met and married in California
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-4/
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 46 (ddr-densho-1000-164-46)
vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 46 (ddr-densho-1000-164-46)
Reflecting on father's immigration experience upon own return to U.S.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-46/
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