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img Skyline of coastal Alaskan town (ddr-densho-383-342)

Possibly Ketchikan, Alaska.

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img View of Ketchikan, Alaska (ddr-densho-128-87)

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img Ohashi Family Photo album (ddr-densho-442-1)

Photo album of the Ohashi family and the Japanese American community in Ketchikan, Alaska.

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

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 concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to Ketchikan.

(Nisei male. …

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Narrator Robert T. Ohashi

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 concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to Ketchikan.

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img Japanese Center in Ketchikan (ddr-densho-442-88)

Photograph of four men standing outside the Japanese Center in Ketchikan, Alaska. Identified left to right is Kichijiro "George" Suzuki, unidentified, Mr. Hagiwara, and Jasomatsu "George" Ohashi.

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-350-1)

Father's family background: immigration to Alaska

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-350-14)

Leaving Alaska by ship: mother brings a washing machine along

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-350-3)

Growing up in Ketchikan

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 Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-350-18)

Returning to Ketchikan

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 to …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-350-6)

The shadier side of Ketchikan: Creek Street

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-350-11)

The significance of growing up in Ketchikan

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-350-22)

Becoming a pharmacist

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 to …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-350-4)

Attending 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 to Ketchikan.

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-350-10)

Recreational activities growing up

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 Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-350-2)

Parents' arranged marriage

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 to …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-350-24)

Reflections

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 to Ketchikan.

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-350-20)

Serving in the military

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 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 Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-145-14)

Memories of visit to Ketchikan, Alaska, on the trip to the Waterfall Cannery; discussion of native Americans and the canneries

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-350-19)

Reestablishing business after the war

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-350-9)

Hearing about gambling in the canneries

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-350-8)

Meeting Japanese Americans from Seattle in the canneries

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-350-12)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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 …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-350-17)

Attending school in Minidoka, not studying very hard

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 …

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