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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-92-39)

Getting an inside perspective on company and headquarters

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 62 (ddr-densho-1000-92-62)

Continuing work on the National Japanese American Monument

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 46 (ddr-densho-1000-92-46)

Maintaining a sense of humanity during the war

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-92-32)

The effect of racism on the Nisei soldiers

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-92-6)

Life in Japan, hierarchy within the grade schools

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-92-27)

Determination to join the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-92-35)

Training with Sadao Munemori, Medal of Honor recipient

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Narrator Grace Sugita Hawley

Sansei female. Born September 28, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, where parents owned and operated a bakery. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. Family was removed to the mainland in order to reunite with father, and was …

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vh Daniel Inouye Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-28-4)

Attitude and recollections of Japanese Americans living in Hawaii during the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the …

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Narrator Edward H. Mitsukado

Nisei male. Born June 1, 1912, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, where father ran a taxi business. Was serving with the Hawaii Territorial 298th Infantry when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Went to the mainland for training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Transferred to the Military Intelligence Service and was asked to help select the Nisei …

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Narrator Harriet Sato Masunaga

Nisei female. Born November 25, 1930, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in the Aala neighborhood of Honolulu before the war, where parents operated a hat cleaning business. Directly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and interned in several camps.

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Narrator William "Bill" Kaneko

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii. During the Redress Movement, the Department of Justice's Office of Redress Administration (ORA) was established to identify and administer reparations payments to eligible individuals. As President of the Honolulu chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, worked with the ORA from 1989 to 1998. Later pursued a legal career in Honolulu with …

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-92-28)

Nisei soldiers befriend black soldiers and break segregation rules

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-92-19)

An accident while working in the camp mess hall

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-92-24)

Called up for military duty at seventeen years old

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-92-7)

Political climate in Japan shortly before World War II

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-92-4)

Taking care of people within the community, kenjinkai associations

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-92-10)

Deciding to return to the U.S. as war approaches

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-92-16)

Learning to cook in the Salinas Assembly Center, California

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-92-37)

Memories of a fellow soldier's stint in the stockade

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-92-1)

Father immigrates to start anew and avoid Japan's civil strife

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 47 (ddr-densho-1000-92-47)

Finding a common language, communicating in Japanese with Brazilian officers

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 65 (ddr-densho-1000-92-65)

The challenge of finding resources for Japanese American community projects

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-92-40)

Having the ability to make independent decisions during dangerous situations

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 63 (ddr-densho-1000-92-63)

The importance of honoring the World War II veterans' story

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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