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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1013-7-22)
Learning about democracy and student government while in camp

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1013-7-3)
Mother's background, arranged marriage

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1013-7-7)
Prewar Japanese American community picnics


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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1013-7-20)
Teaching classes in camp as a high school senior

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1013-7-36)
Teaching in military schools in postwar Japan

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1013-7-14)
Arriving at Tanforan: description of barracks, facilities

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1013-7-6)
Speaking Japanese at home, English in school

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1013-7-16)
Being transferred to Topaz concentration camp, Utah

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1013-7-8)
Attending a large Japanese language school

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1013-7-10)
Attending school in Berkeley, including Japanese language school

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1013-7-12)
Selling household possessions in preparation for mass removal

Narrator Norman I. Hirose
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …



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Thanksgiving Menu (ddr-densho-368-686)
This souvenir menu includes the Thanksgiving menu as well as listing all the men stationed at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas.

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