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img Man standing outside brick building with tower (ddr-densho-466-396)

Caption on photo: Toshio Ito

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-466-396/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-23-3)

Family background, Toshio Ito: father's arrival in the United States, working odd jobs in Seattle

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-3/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-23)

Mr. Hirotaka was born in 1910, Mr. Matsuzawa was born in 1913, and Mr. Ito in 1922. All three are Nisei males, born and raised in Bellevue, Washington. They and their families were incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, their families were part of a …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23/

Collection Ito Collection (ddr-densho-5)

The Ito collection, 1940s, features photographs of WRA camp inmates working on farms in Utah and Montana under the seasonal leave program. Also included are photographs of a family that relocated to Spokane, Washington, after World War II. Densho interviewed collection donor Toshio Ito in 1998.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-5/

img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-16)

Ted Matsushita (left) and Toshio Ito received permission to leave the Tule Lake concentration camp in California to harvest sugar beets for Orly Garner in Utah. They are doing their laundry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-5-16/

img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-8)

Japanese Americans harvesting sugar beets on the Lundeen farm. The Tom Matsuoka family relocated permanently to Montana. Other workers were from Tule Lake concentration camp who received permission to leave during the sugar beet harvest. Front (left to right): Ray Marks, Gus Lundeen, and John Matsuzawa. Back: Rulee Matsuoka (child on far left), unidentified, Itaro Ito, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-5-8/

Narrator Toshio Ito

Nisei male. Born October 23, 1922, in Bellevue, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, family was part of a Japanese American "Eastside" community that cleared and farmed a large portion of what is now the Bellevue-Kirkland-Redmond area.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/24/

img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-9)

These Japanese Americans received permission to leave the Tule Lake concentration camp in California to work on the Garner farm for the sugar beet harvest. They are standing in front of the bunkhouse. Front (left to right): Toshio Ito, Kenji Yoshino, and Kay Yamaguchi. Back: Joe Matsuzawa, Ted Matsushita, and Roy Matsuzawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-5-9/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-23-33)

Working outside camp, labor crews: topping sugar beets in Utah

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-33/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-23-41)

Mr. Ito's military service

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-41/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-23-6)

Importance of Nisei sports and social events

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-6/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-23-17)

Clearing the land, contributions of farmers to Seattle's Eastside land development

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-17/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-23-26)

Working at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, a makeshift fire department

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-26/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-23-38)

A Japanese American draftee: basic training

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-38/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-23-8)

Tom Matsuoka and the Vegetable Growers Association, Bellevue, Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-8/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-23-44)

Reestablishing farms after the war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-44/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-23-37)

Mr. Hirotaka's experiences on an agricultural work crew

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-37/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-23-24)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-24/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-23-12)

Animals on prewar farms

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-12/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-23-20)

Events following Pearl Harbor: curfew, wasted farm work

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-20/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-23-36)

Returning to camp after working outside

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-36/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-23-22)

Military service: from 1-A to "enemy alien" to volunteer

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-22/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-23-31)

Sports and other activities in camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-31/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-23-45)

Description of families

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-45/

vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-23-13)

Typical day on a family farm

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-13/

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