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Narrator Mary Montoya

Female of Japanese and Mexican ancestry. Born 1916 in El Paso, Texas. Father was an Issei from Japan, and mother was from Mexico. Mary grew up in several cities in New Mexico. She was married and living in California when the war broke out, but was not identified as being of Japanese ancestry. Returned to Gallup, …

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vh Mary Montoya Interview (ddr-densho-1009-2)

Female of Japanese and Mexican ancestry. Born 1916 in El Paso, Texas. Father was an Issei from Japan, and mother was from Mexico. Mary grew up in several cities in New Mexico. She was married and living in California when the war broke out, but was not identified as being of Japanese ancestry. Returned to Gallup, …

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1009-2-12)

Feeling accepted by the people of Gallup, New Mexico

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1009-2-2)

Mother's family background

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1009-2-13)

Parents' postwar lives

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1009-2-6)

Working in restaurants at a young age

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1009-2-5)

Feeling ostracized because of ethnic heritage

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1009-2-4)

Living in a "Japanese camp" for railroad workers

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1009-2-7)

Memories of prewar life in New Mexico

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1009-2-10)

Career as a restaurant waitress

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1009-2-8)

Meeting future husband and getting married

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1009-2-1)

Family background: Japanese father and Mexican mother

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1009-2-3)

Father's prewar restaurant in Albuquerque

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1009-2-11)

Family's experiences during the war

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1009-2-14)

Raising a family

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1009-2-9)

Moving to California, hiding Japanese American identity when the war broke out

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1009-2-15)

Reflections

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