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vh Bruce T. Kaji Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-289-9)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a high schooler: "We were lost"

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vh Art Hansen Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-310-1)

Conducting interviews of social scientists who had been connected with the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study

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vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-316-8)

Parents receive a phone call from Japan days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Esther Takei Nishio Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-370-18)

Leaving camp as part of a test group allowed to return early to the West Coast

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vh Cedrick M. Shimo Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-260-23)

Meeting Mr. Finch: "he tried to convince me to get out of the outfit"

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vh Harry Kawahara Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-368-4)

Returning to school after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "I was a little bit edgy"

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vh Larry R. Pacheco Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-397-13)

Seeing a jet for the first time while a prisoner of war in Germany

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vh Sat Kuwamoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1010-7-11)

Weeks following the bombing of Pearl Harbor: community leader sends a letter to President Roosevelt

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vh Kenji Maruko Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1010-8-21)

Signing "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," attending meetings of other resisters

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1007-10-4)

Being asked to help select the group of volunteers for a secret mission (audio only)

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vh James Lovell Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1007-12-2)

Witnessing the reactions of white officers to an all-Japanese American unit (audio only)

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vh Kay Ochi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1020-10-4)

Working with people to testify at the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

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vh Homer Yasui Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-26-9)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "My heart sank down to my toes"

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vh Jessie Hatsue Akiyama Okazaki Harry Interview Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-59-9)

First seeing Minidoka: "Is this where I'm going to be for the rest of my life?"

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vh Shizuko "Suzie" Sakai Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-4-5)

Memories of the Portland Assembly Center: "Life there was just a noisy terrible confusion"

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vh Mary Iwasaki Interview Segment 11 (ddr-one-7-53-11)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while attending college: "it was just something unbelievable"

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vh Kiyo Maruyama Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1003-1-18)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: needing birth certificate to buy a train ticket

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vh Kiyo Yoshimura Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-344-2)

Father's early work for the Santa Fe railroad company, living in a commune of Japanese American families

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vh Earl Hanson Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-160-16)

Description of atmosphere on Bainbridge Island, Washington, after the Japanese Americans had been removed

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vh Akira Otani Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-321-13)

Reaction to being removed from the Hawaiian Territorial Guard because of Japanese American background

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-287-32)

Feeling like an outcast and being bullied because of going to camp on the mainland

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vh Dan Aoki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1007-11-3)

The role the World War II Nisei veterans had on the Hawai'i statehood movement (audio only)

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vh Tokio Yamane Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-432-31)

Learning of Japan's surrender (Japanese language)

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vh Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 17 (ddr-janm-13-1-17)

Discussion of differences between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. during World War II, and the Hawaiian spirit of aloha

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vh Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-janm-13-1-10)

The aftermath of the bombing of Pearl Harbor: volunteering as supply clerk at a first aid station, handing out gas masks

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