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vh Yoneo Yamamoto Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1003-12-4)

Attending Japanese language school

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vh Kazuo Yamane Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1007-9-1)

Attending Japanese language school

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Narrator George Yoshida

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

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vh Jimmie S. Matsuda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-311)

Nisei male. Born June 16, 1927, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where parents ran a farm. At the age of thirteen, went to Japan with family for a vacation and ended up staying there. Attended school in Japan and then was trained in the Japanese air force as a kamikaze pilot. Instead …

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img A funeral at the Seattle Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-293-1)

Reverend Hoshin Fujii presiding over the funeral. Buddhism first came to Seattle in 1896, and when Rev. Fujii took over the Seattle Buddhist Temple in 1908, there were congregations looking to build temples in places as discrete as Auburn, Vancouver, B.C., Spokane, and Yakima. By 1908, the Seattle Temple housed a dormitory for boys and played …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 15 (October 12, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-41)

Selected article titles: " Masaoka ill, postpones trip to Japan a week" (p. 1), "55 of 65 Nisei public office seekers win in Hawaii primaries" (p. 1), "Tabulate 141,000 Japanese in U.S.; 85,000 in California" (p. 1), "Temporary farm workers continue to arrive by air" (p. 1), "Fresno-born Nisei interprets for Japanese emperor" (p. 2), "One …

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vh Asano Terao Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-108-15)

Memories of school, riding the trains (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to recreate …

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vh Asano Terao Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-108-14)

Respect for a particular high school teacher (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to …

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vh Asano Terao Interview I Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-108-18)

Nostalgic memories of high school, teachers (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to recreate …

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vh Tokio Yamane Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-432-19)

Attending high school (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and …

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vh Kazuko Iwahashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-337-5)

Childhood memories: Japanese language school, recreational activities

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vh Margaret Junko Morita Hiratsuka Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-342-7)

Attending church and Japanese language school

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vh Nancy Shimotsu Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-391-17)

Attending Japanese language school and church

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vh Mo Nishida Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-380-14)

Attending Japanese language school and studying judo

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vh Frank K. Omatsu Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-373-6)

Childhood memories: Japanese language school, judo, Boy Scouts

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vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 53 (ddr-densho-1000-153-53)

Dynamic between Kibei and Nisei at the MIS language school

Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as such.

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vh Cedrick M. Shimo Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-260-6)

Community activities: mother was Japanese language school teacher

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-350-5)

Attending Japanese language school

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …

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vh Betty Tanakatsubo Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-343-5)

Community activities: Japanese language school, church, picnics

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vh Kay Ikeda Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1010-11-6)

Attending Japanese language school and church

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vh Jessie Hatsue Akiyama Okazaki Harry Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-59-5)

Childhood memories: Japanese language school and family trips

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vh Lury Sato Interview Segment 2 (ddr-one-7-6-2)

Memories of childhood: Japanese language school

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vh George Katagiri Interview Segment 2 (ddr-one-7-24-2)

Childhood memories: attending Japanese language school

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vh Sam H. Ono Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1003-2-6)

Attending Japanese language school and church

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vh Akira Kageyama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1003-15-2)

Childhood memories: holidays and Japanese language school

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