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Norman I. Hirose Interview (ddr-densho-1013-7)
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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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1013-7-35)
Moving to Japan, having an arranged marriage


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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1013-7-38)
Reflections: not bitter because, "I have to get on with my life"

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1013-7-27)
Being sent to the Santa Fe Department of Justice internment camp

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1013-7-9)
Thoughts on ethnic composition of neighborhood in Berkeley

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1013-7-34)
Being drafted into the U.S. Army despite having renounced citizenship

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1013-7-2)
Father's family background: successful rice growers


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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1013-7-17)
Arrival at Topaz: "it's just all flat"

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1013-7-30)
Security in a Department of Justice camp: "Santa Fe felt more like a prisoner of war camp"

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1013-7-25)
Father's health condition precludes family's move to Japan

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1013-7-26)
"No-no" status, renouncing U.S. citizenship, and a draftee

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1013-7-29)
Working in the hospital clinic in Santa Fe internment camp

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1013-7-21)
Participating in a science club in high school

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1013-7-11)
Going to school the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: students were unusually serious

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1013-7-23)
Father's work during camp: temporary leave to work on local farms

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1013-7-1)
Father's choice of names for his children

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1013-7-24)
Answering "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" because mother wanted to go to Japan

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1013-7-5)
Memories of childhood home in Oakland, California

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1013-7-32)
Description of fellow detainees at Santa Fe

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1013-7-33)
Returning to Berkeley after release from Santa Fe

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1013-7-19)
Establishment of schools in camp: "the first week of school was confusion"

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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1013-7-15)
Social activities in camp: Fourth of July celebration, talent shows
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