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av Interview with Hideko Seo, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1537)

Hideko Seo talks about her life during the war, her brother's feelings about service, and seeing her brother in New York before he was sent overseas. Video starts at 0:52. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 41, II NY #21, 6-85, Hideko Seo. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1538/

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av Interview with Kiyofumi Kojima, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1696)

Interview conducted in Japanese, ends at 11:05. Rest of tape is Kojima reading a poem he wrote while a prisoner of war in Hawaii. Original title: 211, II JA #35, Kiyofumi Kojima, Feb. 1, 1986

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av B-roll and interview with Ray Aka, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1725)

Footage of Ray Aka walking around the Dai Ichi building in Tokyo, the former headquarters of the US military during occupation. Aka discusses the work he did in the building, General MacArthur's occupation policies, and the impact of the occupation. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 232, II JA #64, …

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av Interview with Monroe Sweetland, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1663)

Sweetland discusses meeting and befriending Frank Hachiya during service, Hachiya's death at Leyte, finding Frank's father after the war, arranging for Hachiya's burial in Hood River, and Hachiya's funeral. Video starts at 0:40. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 147, II MON #15, 9-9-85, Monroe interview, how met Frank, time …

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av Interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1777)

Yamashita discusses serving with Minoru (Min) Hara, his family's business ventures (farming and produce), being deployed to the 6th Infantry Division in New Guinea, how he kept himself busy while serving, the story of a boy who was shot in a friendly fire incident, his issues with his officers, not getting furlough, and the death of …

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av Interview with John Fujii, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1691)

Fujii, who was born and lives in Japan, discusses growing up in Livingston, CA, realizing he was Japanese as a child, going to college at Pomona, segregation in the schools he attended as a child, and his family's internment during the war. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 202, II …

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av Interview with Jim Ariyasu, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1598)

Ariyasu discusses military language school, his medical issues after the service, his life before the military, an argument he had with his peers over whether their section leader was qualified, and his service in New Caledonia. Video starts at 0:24. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 84, II LA #25, …

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av Interview with Shiro Tokuno, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1784)

Tokuno discusses his work in the land reform program in occupied Japan, his lifelong interest in Japanese agriculture, his relationship with Mr. Matsumoto (a high-ranking Japanese official working in agriculture), California's water distribution system, and what the US could learn from Japanese agriculture. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II …

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av Interview with Kazuko Iijima, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1534)

Iijima discusses joining her husband at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, witnessing discrimination against others, the Nisei experience in camp, and the importance of talking about the past. Video starts at 0:53. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 39, II NY #18, 6-85, Kazuko Iijima

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av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1703)

Saiki discusses his mother's reaction to his father's arrest and imprisonment, his time at Stockton Assembly Center, the attitudes of incarcerees at Stockton, the difficulty Nisei faced trying to find jobs at the time, and being relocated to the Rohwer camp. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #42, …

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av Interview with John Aiso, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1575)

Aiso discusses his feelings about serving the US in WWII, his community's reaction to Pearl Harbor, his high school years, his time as academic director of the MISLS, and the difficulties of living at Camp Savage. Video starts at 0:26. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 72, II LA #2, …

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av Interview with Monroe Sweetland, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1664)

Sweetland discusses meeting Frank Hachiya's father, Hachiya's father's decision to have Frank buried in Hood River, Frank's funeral, what he knew of Frank's family during the war, Frank's death, and the political climate of Hood River. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 148, II MON #16, 9-9-85, Monroe interview, father …

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av Interview with Hideko Seo, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1535)

Seo discusses her experiences growing up in Portland, moving to Chicago during evacuation, her brother Jimmy's service/camp visits, and her family's time in Minidoka. Also mentions her brother's death during the war. Video starts at 0:52. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II NY #19, 6-85, Hideko Seo. Interview continues …

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av Interview with Sen Nishiyama, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1673)

Nishiyama discusses being in Japan during the war, his and Japan's general reactions to the surrender, the American soldiers that came over during the occupation, and the foundation of the Japanese chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #7, Sen Nishiyama, Fri. …

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av Interview with Jacob Herzog, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1539)

Herzog discusses his service in Okinawa, meeting and working with Nisei soldiers. Includes a few stories from the Pacific theater. Video starts at 0:54. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II NY #23, Jacob Herzog. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1540/

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av Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1609)

Matsumura discusses growing up in Wyoming, his mother's cooking, moving to Los Angeles in 1936, getting his radio license, Pearl Harbor, evacuation to Pomona and Heart Mountain, his attempts to join the Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines, being drafted, his basic training in Fort Hood, TX, his deployment in Europe, and the Hollywood store …

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av Interview with John Aiso, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1577)

Aiso discusses the difficulty Nisei had becoming commissioned officers, the qualities of Nisei MISLS students, how he himself learned Japanese, his time at Harvard Law School and difficulty finding a job, his time working for the British American Tobacco Company in Manchukuo, being drafted and founding the MISLS, and the role of Nisei soldiers during the …

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av Interview with Jacob Herzog, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1541)

Herzog discusses WWII military intelligence, particularly in the Pacific (Saipan, Okinawa, the Gilbert Islands). Talks about the difficulty of getting Japanese soldiers to surrender. Video starts at 1:00. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II NY #25, Jacob Herzog. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1542/

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av Interview with Manny Goldberg, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1563)

Goldberg discusses the different reasons he and the Nisei joined the army and his service in Saipan. Interview is cut short to move location after background noise becomes an issue. Video starts at 0:51. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 61, II NY #47, 6-85, Goldberg. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1564/

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av Interview with Frank Emi, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1794)

Emi discusses the racial discrimination he experienced as a child, not speaking up for himself in high school, the impact of racism on Nisei, the lessons he learned from his parents, the Fair Play Committee's case in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, and the charges levied against the Committee. Interview starts at 0:31. …

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av Interview with Shiro Tokuno, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1783)

Tokuno discusses the role of Nisei in the occupation, the attitudes Japanese nationals and American officers had toward Nisei, his service managing agricultural/forestry/fisheries/mining in occupied Japan, the policies he helped implement, moving to Sacramento and farming after the war, deciding to go into military intelligence, his mother's thoughts on him joining the military, and working with …

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av Interview with Sho Nomura, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1611)

Nomura discusses his family's internment at Gila River, volunteering and testing for the MIS language school, and the difficulty his family faced in camp after he volunteered. Video starts at 0:22. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 94, II LA #41, 7-25-85, Sho Nomura Interview II. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1612/

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av Interview with Shigeo Yamada, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1707)

Yamada discusses attending Keio University, being drafted into the Japanese navy, serving on the cruiser Yahagi, a "suicide mission" to occupied Okinawa, and learning Japanese in America as a child. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #46, Shigeo Yamada, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1708/

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av Interview with Yoshio Miwa, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1667)

Miwa, a Japanese national, discusses the end of the war, submitting a protest paper to the occupying Americans, and his role in the Home Ministry during the occupation. Interview conducted mostly in Japanese with the aid of an interpreter. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #1, Yoshio Miwa, …

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av Interview with George Nakamura, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1679)

Nakamura discusses moving to Japan in 1955, growing up in Arroyo Grande, CA, evacuation, his time at Tulare and Gila River, volunteering for the military from camp, and camp attitudes toward volunteering. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #13, George Nakamura, Fri. Jan. 31. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1680/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1679/

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