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2364 items
![George Yoshida Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-132-39)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/86/fa/86fa5dea4bc3f12d6d7e0f144fc7a7b1.jpg)
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-132-39)
Philosophy and experiences while teaching: "I think my special approach to educating these kids was a sense of humor"
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-132-33)
Initial thoughts upon leaving camp for Chicago: "Free at last"
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-132-45)
Cultural differences experienced while living in Japan
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-132-8)
Meeting different ethnic groups: becoming "assimilated," absorbing the surrounding culture
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 49 (ddr-densho-1000-132-49)
Reflections on life: "I just feel very fulfilled"
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-132-6)
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School: becoming more "Americanized," learning to play the harmonica in music class
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-132-27)
Comparing incarceration experience with Native American situation
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-132-30)
Enjoying playing in the Music Makers, Poston's dance band: "We played more for ourselves than for the entertainment of others"
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-132-12)
Activities in high school: Boy Scouts, drum & bugle corps
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-132-4)
Being the first-born boy; growing up on Seattle's Main Street
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-132-2)
Memories of helping father with various jobs, disappointment at not getting paid
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-132-11)
Ethnic diversity in Los Angeles; making friends with Jewish classmates
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-132-48)
Forming the J-Town Jazz Ensemble, mostly made up of Sansei musicians
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-132-14)
Introduction to jazz music on the radio; learning how to dance
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-132-10)
Father's decision to move family to Los Angeles, California because of unprofitable Seattle business
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-132-43)
Taking a one-year sabbatical from teaching to live in Japan with family
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-132-13)
Life in high school: working part-time at a fruit and vegetable stand
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-132-7)
Attending Japanese language school: "It was something we hated, but it was ... expected of us"
![George Yoshida Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-132-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/86/fa/86fa5dea4bc3f12d6d7e0f144fc7a7b1.jpg)
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-132-5)
Childhood games: kite-flying, "jintori"
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-132-23)
Arrival at Poston concentration camp: registering, filling own mattress with straw
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-132-28)
Vague memories of internal unrest at Poston
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-132-20)
Feeling self-conscious after the bombing of Pearl Harbor; hearing racist propaganda, rumors
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-132-15)
Feeling a lack of academic motivation; not many professional role models within the Japanese American community
![George Yoshida Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-132-36)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/86/fa/86fa5dea4bc3f12d6d7e0f144fc7a7b1.jpg)
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-132-36)
Getting married, moving to Berkeley, California
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-132-38)
Teaching at the Washington School in Berkeley; one of the first Japanese American instructors to teach there