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![Nikkei children on a farm (ddr-densho-259-273)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/16/42/1642414dccaa76b360106871517519c3.jpg)
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Nikkei children on a farm (ddr-densho-259-273)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Nikkei children at the Mosier farm Front row, [left to right]: Kingo Kanemasu; I think a Kajita boy; Shigenobu Yamaki; Takaaki Yasui; I think another Kajita boy; 3 unidentified girls in a row; Shizue Yasui; Reverend Isaac Inouye. Second & back rows: Mr. Hatsutaro Kajita; Michi Yasui (looking over Yakaaki Yasui's shoulder); …
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-494)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/05/81/05812604dc5fc9a53d1af76fb18670dd.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-494)
This interview is with two sisters, Mary Kato and Frances Kajita Nishi. Ten years apart in age, they grew up in Mosier, Washington, where their parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, the family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following …
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-494-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/23/02/2302ea863da14abea5fc0f8cfd5d4400.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-494-7)
Growing up around other Japanese American families
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-494-14)
Positive and negative memories of camp
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-494-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c4/b7/c4b7fc03b5813d6a75d3963fec5258e0.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-494-18)
Meeting future husbands and getting married
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-494-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/25/07/2507a18cdd13c375d5cd2b2b487d2653.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-494-10)
Memories of the train ride to the Pinedale Assembly Center
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-494-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/81/1c/811c6ca9c2f1715310c45e5f080e5ec6.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-494-21)
Positive aspects of living in Walla Walla
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-494-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a6/2e/a62eeff86e8c3d05332b4a75429a217d.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-494-17)
Establishing lives in Walla Walla
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-494-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/cc/a7/cca799502859da6c647be441865150f3.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-494-5)
Memories of growing up in Mosier, Oregon, where parents worked on an orchard and farm
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-494-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/52/3b/523b7716f9c351636b4765cbdd4aa878.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-494-15)
Moving to Walla Walla, Washington, after leaving camp
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-494-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b5/f9/b5f91f39a67e4c0ae1a3b5fb613119a1.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-494-9)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, receiving help from neighbors
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-494-2)
Description of paternal grandfather
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-494-16)
Adjusting to life in Walla Walla after the war
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-494-12)
Living conditions at Tule Lake
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-494-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ac/66/ac66e9f5e156a2a8ec8c00a6364ba4e3.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-494-3)
Parents' meeting and marriage
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-494-13)
Transferring to Topaz after the controversy around the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-494-8)
Daily life and activities as children
![Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-494-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/05/81/05812604dc5fc9a53d1af76fb18670dd.jpg)
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-494-1)
Receiving an American name
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-494-11)
First impressions of Pinedale, a graduation ceremony in camp
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Narrator Frances Kajita Nishi
Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 24, 1934, in Mosier, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, …
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