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116 items
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Paul Bannai Interview I Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-128-18)
Making the best of life in Manzanar concentration camp, California
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Paul Bannai Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-128-15)
Reporting to draft board, changed from 1-A to 4-C, "enemy alien" status
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Paul Bannai Interview I Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-128-21)
Photography not permitted in camp without War Relocation Authority (WRA) permission
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Paul Bannai Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-128-10)
Working weekends and summers in agricultural labor camps while still in school; active in athletics, student government
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Paul Bannai Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-128-17)
Reflecting on role of Japanese American Citizens League during mass removal, personal decision to comply with the exclusion orders
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-150-7)
Getting married and serving one additional year of military service
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-150-21)
Reflecting on the Hirabayashi, Korematsu and Yasui coram nobis cases
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-150-23)
Reflecting on involvement within Japanese American community and community at-large
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-150-14)
Reflecting on the turbulent 1960s, serving on draft board during the Vietnam War
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-150-17)
Serving as administrator of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC)
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-150-24)
Receiving an award from the Japanese government
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-150-20)
Commission report leads to passage of redress legislation
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-150-15)
Election to the California State Assembly
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-150-9)
Encountering housing discrimination in Gardena, California, after World War II
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-150-5)
Foregoing commission as lieutenant in order to help family resettle
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-150-10)
Working on projects to recognize wartime experiences of Nisei veterans and Japanese Americans
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-150-12)
Raising children, becoming active in the Japanese American community in Gardena, California
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-150-13)
Encouraging daughters to become involved in Japanese American issues
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-150-1)
Serving as language interpreter and translator overseas in the Pacific; setting up prisoner of war camp in the Philippines; wearing an Australian army uniform to avoid being mistaken for a Japanese soldier
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-150-6)
Visiting postwar Kyoto, Japan, prior to returning to the United States
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-150-16)
Carrying a bill to legalize acupuncture