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Seichi Hayashida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-14)
Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

Narrator Seichi Hayashida
Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-14-19)
Layout of the Pinedale Assembly Center, description of barracks

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-14-32)
Leaving camp on permanent work release and farming in Idaho

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-14-6)
Leasing or purchasing land in Bellevue, how Issei were able to buy

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-14-14)
Deciding what to take and what to leave behind during mass removal


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Seichi Hayashida Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-14-4)
Description of family's farm in Bellevue, Washington

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-14-17)
Description of Pinedale Assembly Center: climate, impact on camp inmates' health

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-14-16)
Feelings upon arrival at the Pinedale Assembly Center

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-14-27)
Meeting people from different regions in camp

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-14-9)
Deciding to work in family's farm instead of attending college

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-14-1)
Motivation for Issei immigration: to earn money and return

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-14-13)
Preparing for mass removal: continuing to grow crops

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-14-3)
Living in prewar Bellevue: farming, community center, and Buddhist church

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-14-5)
Daily routine: helping on the farm and going to school

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-14-28)
Administration in camp: block managers and camp managers

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-14-21)
Making the best of the situation, impact of incarceration on Issei vs. Nisei

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-14-31)
Supporting the Japanese American Citizens League's wartime stance

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-14-8)
Vegetable Growers Association and relations with those outside the Japanese American community

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-14-15)
Traveling to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-14-38)
Deciding not to return to Bellevue after leaving camp

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-14-22)
Traveling to the Tule Lake concentration camp by train

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Seichi Hayashida Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-14-12)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "we're in trouble now"

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