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vh Yooichi Wakamiya Interview (ddr-manz-1-87)

Nisei male. Born July 10, 1933, in Hawthorne, California. Grew up in Hawthorne where parents ran a flower growing business. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived with family for a time in a trailer camp in Los Angeles, …

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vh Robert Coombs Interview (ddr-densho-1000-146)

White male. Born May 26, 1918, in Visalia, California. Attended school in Sacramento, California, and then enrolled in the University of Southern California. Involved in the development of the new progressive education theory at Stanford University in the 1930s, and was teaching high school in Sacramento, California when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Worked as a teacher …

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vh Karlene Koketsu Interview (ddr-manz-1-95)

Nisei female. Born January 7, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Sawtelle area of Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving Manzanar, lived briefly with family in Utah before eventually returning to California.

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vh Marion I. Masada Interview (ddr-manz-1-155)

Nisei female. Born in California. Grew up in Salinas, California. During World War II, incarcerated in the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived and worked in San Francisco for a time before moving to Ogden, Utah.

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vh Dorothy Ikkanda Interview (ddr-manz-1-42)

Nisei female. Born February 10, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Santa Monica, California. Married prior to World War II. During the war, removed with husband to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp for Reno, Nevada, and eventually moved to Los Angeles.

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vh Chiyoko Yagi Interview (ddr-densho-1015-1)

Nisei female. Born July 25, 1920, in San Juan Bautista, California. Raised in Watsonville, California, and married prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to Watsonville.

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img Soldier relaxing on the beach (ddr-densho-201-642)

Caption in album: "Noboru Sakguchi / Terminal Is. California."

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img Soldier smoking (ddr-densho-201-506)

Caption in album: "Akira Washio / 'Wa Hoo' / California."

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img Concentration camp postwar (ddr-densho-28-16)

Former site of Tule Lake concentration camp, California.

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img Concentration camp postwar (ddr-densho-28-17)

Former site of Tule Lake concentration camp, California.

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img Hayward Grammar School postcard (ddr-densho-357-32)

Postcard caption: "774- Hayward Grammar School, Hayward, California"

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img Two women posing with statues (ddr-densho-328-441)

Caption in album: "Ghost Town / California / Oh Baby!"

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