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73 items
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Joe Ishikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-205)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the …
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-205-11)
Attending UCLA, joining the wrestling team
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-205-5)
Mother's personality: "she was always the life of the party"
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-205-17)
Impressions of Amache concentration camp: rattlesnakes
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-205-8)
Getting into political arguments with a relative in Japan
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-205-4)
Early life growing up in Los Angeles, California
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-205-25)
Leading a successful effort to desegregate a city swimming pool
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-205-15)
Feelings upon finding out about mass removal: "I thought this is insane"
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-205-18)
Leaving camp to attend the University of Nebraska
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-205-6)
Dealing with the shock and grief of mother's passing
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-205-7)
Going to Japan as a college student to strengthen family ties
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-205-19)
Working in the art department at the University of Nebraska
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-205-9)
Writing a politically-charged article regarding Japan's overseas policies
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-205-12)
Volunteering for the military on December 7, 1941
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-205-24)
Description of wife, challenges of interracial marriage
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-205-26)
Thoughts on current political climate in the United States
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-205-3)
Parents' immigration to the U.S. with a daughter
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-205-20)
Working with kids in a settlement house as part of a social service program
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-205-14)
Working for Hollywood actor Basil Rathbone
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-205-13)
Continuing to attend UCLA after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: some strange encounters
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Joe Ishikawa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-205-10)
Returning to the United States just prior to World War II