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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-146-25)
As Minidoka concentration camp closed, leaving for a teaching job in California
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-146-4)
Growing up with exposure to a few different ethnic groups in school
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-146-14)
Traveling to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, choosing to live within the camp itself
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-146-5)
Attending junior high and high school in "bungalow schools"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-146-1)
Family background: parents met and married in Los Angeles, California
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-146-29)
Observing a youth services program in California, postwar
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-146-13)
Encountering mixed reactions when telling others of decision to teach at Minidoka concentration camp
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-146-17)
Description of the incarcerated children working out on neighboring sugar beet farms; physical description of school conditions
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-146-16)
Participating in a new style of education, teaching core classes at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-146-22)
Encouraging Japanese American students to believe in a positive future
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-146-15)
First impressions of Minidoka; meeting Jerome Light
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-146-8)
Participating in the development of the new progressive education theory at Stanford University
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-146-30)
Reaction to hearing about the redress and reparations received by Japanese Americans: "it's about time"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-146-7)
Learning to be self-sufficient while attending the University of Southern California
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-146-10)
Memories of December 7, 1941: "it was a shock"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-146-3)
Fond memories of grade school: "your teachers were your friends"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-146-21)
Thoughts on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-146-19)
Description of a typical day of teaching in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-146-26)
Thoughts on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: "that bomb is still a horrible thing"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-146-12)
Being accepted to teach at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho: "I was thrilled"
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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-146-33)
Sharing wartime experiences with children