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Kay Uno Kaneko - Hana Shepard - Mae Matsuzaki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1007-8-3)
Eldest sister Hana's role as head of the family
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Kay Uno Kaneko - Hana Shepard - Mae Matsuzaki Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1007-8-4)
Mother's concern about her children during the war
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Hollywood Judo Dojo footage, part 3 of 3; interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 1 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1798)
From start of tape until 3:00, footage of Frank Emi and Gary (last name unknown) sparring at the Hollywood Judo Dojo. Interview with (from left to right) Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka and Kenjiro Hayakawa starts at 3:08. Nomiyama, Kataoka and Hayakawa were part of the "DB Boys", Nisei soldiers who were court-martialed for disobeying …
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Harry Akune and Jim Ariyasu on balcony (ddr-densho-1007-1595)
Harry Akune and Jim Ariyasu talking to each other about their service. Video starts at 0:26. Original title: 81, II LA #22, 7-24-85, Bakery meeting, Harry Akune & Jim Ariyasu
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Interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 4 of 4; interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1608)
Jimmie Matsumura discusses his time teaching Japanese at the Pentagon and his work as a prosecutor for the Far East military tribunal. His interview ends at 17:23, at which time an interview with Clarence Matsumura begins. Clarence discusses growing up in Wyoming and his father's work as a railroad foreman. Video starts at 0:25. Loni Ding …
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Conversation between John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1653)
Burden and Kihara discuss Burden's childhood in Japan, his service in Southeast Asia with the 37th Division, leading the first Nisei soldiers into battle at Guadalcanal, the early days of the Military Intelligence Service Language School, Video starts at 0:43. Original title: 138, II B/K #1, Burden/Kihara, Cressey Field, 12/18/85. Conversation continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1654/
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1590)
Ken is on the left, Harry on the right. The two discuss growing up as Nisei, anti-Japanese sentiment in the US, their relationship with their mother, the difference between Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans, Pearl Harbor, their time in internment at Merced and Amache, and their decision to volunteer for the military. Video starts at 0:28. …
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San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 7 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1628)
Sansei lawyers Karen Kai and Dale Minami discuss the stakes of the Korematsu case, why redress legislation took so long, the difficulty camp survivors had talking about their experiences, and the role of Sansei in the fight for redress. Video starts at 0:43. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 107, …
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Roger Daniels interviewed by Kent Hori, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1758)
Daniels discusses what may have happened if the Japanese American community resisted evacuation en masse, how Japanese Americans were placed under 4C (enemy alien, undraftable) status and the military's eventual interest in Japanese Americans (particularly Kibei) for intelligence work, the importance of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the loyalty questionnaire, the persecution …
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Interview with a woman of the Watsonville Issei Singers, part 2 of 2; interview with unnamed man; b-roll of Kizuka Hall exterior; Monroe Sweetland and Shig Kihara walking (ddr-densho-1007-1661)
An Issei woman (not named) discusses becoming an American citizen (and losing Japanese citizenship). An interpreter translates her answers into English. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Interview ends at 5:10; another interview starts after, where a man (not named) discusses the Watsonville Issei Singers and how many Issei became citizens. That …
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Conversation between John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1654)
Burden and Kihara discuss their service in the Pacific theater, Kihara's time in Japan after college, Kihara's time teaching at the Military Language Service Language School, and Kihara's father's thoughts on his joining the military. Original title: 139, II B/K #2, Burden/Kihara, Cressey Field, 12/15/85, needs color correction. Conversation continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1785/
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Monroe Sweetland and Shig Kihara walking and talking about the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center; exterior shots of the Center (ddr-densho-1007-1662)
Exterior shots of Sweetland and Kihara walking into Hachiya Hall; stills of signage outside; Kihara and Sweetland walking together and discussing the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Video starts at 0:29. Original title: 146, II MON #14, 9-9-85, DF Walk, Shig & Monroe
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1589)
Ken is on the left, Harry on the right. The two discuss growing up together in Turlock, CA, the years they spent in Japan as children, their father's relationship with the Caucasian community in Turlock, and the racial discrimination they faced in Turlock. Video starts at 0:28. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …
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Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1806)
Grace discusses working with her husband-to-be before the war, her husband asking for a divorce (knowing that he would be imprisoned for refusing to serve), her husband Henry's reasons for refusing to serve, her husband's family preventing him from going to college, trying and failing to live outside of camp in Arizona, evacuation and closing her …
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San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 5 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1626)
B-roll and footage of a monologue by Sansei lawyer Dale Minami about the history of the Superior Court of San Francisco given in a courthouse room. Loni asks additional interview questions starting at 12:45. Original title: 105, II SF CT #5, 8-9-85, SF Court. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1627/
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Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1747)
Gary discusses the legal efforts to reverse the charges of the DB Boys, his role in the hearings, and the reasons it took so long for the DB Boys to pursue legal action. Grace discusses why she buried her husband in Japan. Video starts at 0:51. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. …
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Kanegai family dinner and Moose (John) Fujikawa interview, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1582)
Footage of the Kanegai family eating in their backyard. Unscripted. The younger mustached man is Bruce Kanegai; the older man to his right is his father George. Video starts at 0:29. Interview with Fujikawa starts at 10:44. Fujikawa talks about his childhood in LA, his decision not to go to college, his reaction to Pearl Harbor, …
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1591)
Ken Akune discusses his time at Amache, his decision to join the military from camp, his time at Camp Savage, his basic training with the 442nd, community objection to his volunteering, and his time in the China-Burma-India theater. Video starts at 0:27. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 77, II …
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Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1807)
Grace discusses moving to Orange County after her husband's death, her impressions of the DB Boys and her relationship with them, Gary discusses learning about the DB Boys, his father's plans for his children, how going to Japan helped broaden his worldview, and his father's philosophy. Interview starts at 0:55. Loni Ding can be heard asking …
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Roger Daniels interviewed by Kent Hori, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1757)
Daniels discusses the reaction to Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese sentiment and hysteria, the decision to incarcerate, reactions to EO 9066, James Omura's testimony against internment (and reads a letter Omura wrote), the treatment of German and Italian Americans during the war, the process of evacuation, and resistance to evacuation. Part 1 of this interview is not in …
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Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1789)
Burden discusses an operation attempting to get Japanese soldiers in a cave to surrender, translating captured documents, how his superiors reacted to translated information, serving in Fiji, the attitudes of Nisei whose parents were interned, his time serving with a soldier named Miyazaki, and some close calls he and his soldiers had. Loni Ding can be …
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Conversation between John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1785)
Conversation continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1654/. Burden and Kihara discuss Burden and his wife predicting that Japan would fight the US before Pearl Harbor, the story of Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the founding of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. Around 6 minutes, tape shifts to b-roll shots of the two walking around and their surroundings. Video …
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Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1788)
Burden discusses the diaries collected from Japanese soldiers, translating the souvenirs American soldiers collected, Nisei soldiers attempting to get Japanese citizens and soldiers to surrender, and speaking to Japanese prisoners of war. Kihara discusses the efforts of Nisei on Saipan/Iwo Jima/Okinawa to rescue Japanese citizens and soldiers. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …
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Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 4 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1746)
Interview continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1807/. Gary Itano and his mother, Grace, discuss Gary's childhood. Gary talks about initially wanting to join the army, learning more about politics, getting a degree in economics from UCLA, shifting to the computer industry, and his involvement with the DB Boys and their legal efforts. Video starts at 0:52. Loni Ding …
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Interview with Jim Ariyasu, part 5 of 5; interview with Harry Akune, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1600)
Ariyasu discusses saving a peer from a court martial, his real estate work, and racial solidarity. At 15:10, interview with Ariyasu ends and interview with Harry Akune begins. Akune discusses his time at Merced and Amache, volunteering for the army from camp, and his community's reaction to his decision to volunteer. Loni Ding can be heard …