239 items
239 items
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Mary Hirata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-22)
Nisei female. Born November 27, 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington. Grew up in Wenatchee and moved to Seattle with family in 1938. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during World War II in Pocatello, Idaho. Returned to Seattle after World War II.
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Speak Out for Justice: August 4, 1981 - Part 3 (ddr-densho-1024-101)
Testifiers speak out on the heartbreaking accounts of camp experiences, post-war trauma, and the racial prejudice endured by many Japanese Americans.
Introduction by Harry Kawahara, Former Redress Committee Chairman.
Part 3 Testifiers:
Henry S. Yamaga,
Alfred Nabeta,
Robert O'Brien,
Morris Kight,
Harry Kawahara,
Hannah Tomiko Holmes,
Raymond Wiedman
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1981 …
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Football team (ddr-densho-23-17)
Organized sports such as baseball and football were important for the Japanese American community because they encouraged cohesiveness. Teams composed entirely of Nisei competed against one another. Several Nisei sports leagues were formed in the 1930s. Front (left to right): Torazo Hikida, Ken Shimbo, George Ishii, Jackson Sonada, Genji Nishimura (holding football), "Nap" Nishisaka, Fred Kosaka, …
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Shigeko Sese Uno Interview (ddr-densho-1000-98)
Nisei female born April 6, 1915, in Seattle, Washington's International District. At an early age became active in the Japanese Baptist Church. Parents owned and operated a dairy plant called White River Dairy. Was a student at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago, Illinois. Took a group of young women on an eye-opening trip to …
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Frank S. Fujii Interview (ddr-densho-1000-8)
Nisei male. Born January 14, 1930, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Jackson Street neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Resettled in Seattle. Former teacher and varsity basketball coach at Seattle's Franklin High School and administrator at Seattle Central Community College.
(This interview was conducted …
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June Takahashi Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-88-2)
Father's early work in a Petersburg, Alaska cannery
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June Takahashi Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-88-12)
Speculating on reasons for father's arrest following Pearl Harbor
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June Takahashi Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-88-15)
Considering what to take when preparing for mass removal
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June Takahashi Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-88-36)
Redress, testifying at the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings
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June Takahashi Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-88-18)
Arrival at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington
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June Takahashi Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-88-23)
Memories of "Camp Minidoka" as a teenager: school and work
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June Takahashi Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-88-13)
Continuing life after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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June Takahashi Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-88-21)
Conditions in Puyallup Assembly Center: barracks, food, activities
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June Takahashi Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-88-5)
Interethnic relations in prewar Petersburg, Alaska
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June Takahashi Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-88-34)
Moving to Seattle, working for the Seattle Public Schools