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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-287)

Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. …

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Narrator Masamizu Kitajima

Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. …

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-287-10)

Buddhist ministry training in Japan

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-287-13)

Visiting father after his pick-up by FBI

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-287-20)

Unprepared for winter weather conditions in Arkansas

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-287-5)

Moving to Kauai where father establishes a new church

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-287-2)

Father's family background: prominent Buddhist priests

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-287-8)

Description of mother: counseling older women in the community

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-287-16)

Receiving aid from teacher; family decides to move to Crystal City internment camp on the mainland

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-287-4)

Memories of growing up on a Hawaiian plantation

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-287-9)

Sent to Japan to live with grandfather and enter ministry training

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-287-35)

Moving to New York and becoming an airplane mechanic

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-287-23)

Remembering visits by Nisei soldiers in camp

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-287-14)

Though only a child, feeling responsible for the family after father's arrest

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-287-31)

Returning to family home and church

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-287-32)

Feeling like an outcast and being bullied because of going to camp on the mainland

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-287-19)

Arrival in Jerome, Arkansas: a welcoming group

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-287-30)

Returning by ship to Hawaii with 442nd Regimental Combat Team soldiers

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-287-27)

Participating in Hoshidan activities as a ten year old

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-287-24)

Reuniting with father: "he wasn't himself when he came in"

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-287-6)

Childhood memories of Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-287-11)

Description of siblings

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-287-21)

Mother's role in camp: caring for five children and doing janitorial work

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-287-22)

As the eldest son, enforcing rules within the family in the absence of father

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-287-18)

A difficult journey by ship and train to the mainland internment camp

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