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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-23-2)

Family background, Tokio Hirotaka

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-2/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-23)

Mr. Hirotaka was born in 1910, Mr. Matsuzawa was born in 1913, and Mr. Ito in 1922. All three are Nisei males, born and raised in Bellevue, Washington. They and their families were incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, their families were part of a …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23/

img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-8)

Japanese Americans harvesting sugar beets on the Lundeen farm. The Tom Matsuoka family relocated permanently to Montana. Other workers were from Tule Lake concentration camp who received permission to leave during the sugar beet harvest. Front (left to right): Ray Marks, Gus Lundeen, and John Matsuzawa. Back: Rulee Matsuoka (child on far left), unidentified, Itaro Ito, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-5-8/

Narrator Tokio Hirotaka

Nisei male. February 17, 1910, in Bellevue, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, family was part of a Japanese American "Eastside" community that cleared and farmed a large portion of what is now the Bellevue-Kirkland-Redmond area.

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-23-33)

Working outside camp, labor crews: topping sugar beets in Utah

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-23-41)

Mr. Ito's military service

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-41/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-23-6)

Importance of Nisei sports and social events

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-23-17)

Clearing the land, contributions of farmers to Seattle's Eastside land development

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-17/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-23-26)

Working at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, a makeshift fire department

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-23-38)

A Japanese American draftee: basic training

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-23-8)

Tom Matsuoka and the Vegetable Growers Association, Bellevue, Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-8/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-23-44)

Reestablishing farms after the war

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-23-37)

Mr. Hirotaka's experiences on an agricultural work crew

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-37/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-23-24)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-24/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-23-12)

Animals on prewar farms

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-12/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-23-20)

Events following Pearl Harbor: curfew, wasted farm work

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-20/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-23-36)

Returning to camp after working outside

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-23-22)

Military service: from 1-A to "enemy alien" to volunteer

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-22/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-23-31)

Sports and other activities in camp

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-23-45)

Description of families

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-45/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-23-13)

Typical day on a family farm

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-13/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 47 (ddr-densho-1000-23-47)

Thoughts on redress

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-47/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-23-35)

Mr. Matsuzawa's continued work outside camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-35/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-23-43)

Returning home and restarting farm

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-43/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 46 (ddr-densho-1000-23-46)

Reflecting on the incarceration experience, both the good and the bad

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-46/

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