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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-164-14)
The day of mass removal, receiving aid from a Jewish man
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-164-48)
Mother and siblings eventually return to live in United States, father chooses to remain in Japan for rest of his life
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-164-32)
Hearing about the murder of a suspected informant in camp
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-164-28)
Father forms a small group to propose to the camp administration the idea of "resegregating" Tule Lake, separating the pro-Japanese factions from everyone else
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-164-30)
Formation of the Sokoku Kenkyu Seinen Dan, the Young Men's Association for the Study of the Motherland
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-164-29)
Father circulates a petition to support his resegregation idea after the camp administration rejects it; obtains 6,500 signatures
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-164-38)
Mother communicates via coded letters to try to discover father's whereabouts after his removal from Tule Lake
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-164-3)
After immigrating to the United States, father attends school to learn English, then graduates from college in three years
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-164-25)
Talking with father on journey to Tule Lake concentration camp, the so-called "segregation camp"
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-164-45)
Working for the Saga Prefecture military government, encouraged by boss to return to the United States
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-164-18)
Arrival at Topaz concentration camp: "desolate, dry, dusty"
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-164-21)
The confusing questions 27 and 28 on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-164-24)
Feeling shocked upon hearing of family's decision to go to Japan; labeled a "disloyal" by peers
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-164-1)
Family background: mother an older Nisei, born in California
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-164-36)
Personal feelings after father's arrest: angry, but "kind of proud"
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-164-33)
A shift in the objectives and leadership of the pro-Japan organizations after announcement that people would be allowed to renounce their U.S. citizenship
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 47 (ddr-densho-1000-164-47)
Gaining father's approval to leave Japan and return to the U.S.: "he gave me his blessing"
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-164-27)
Witnessing the "chaos" of Tule Lake: disputes between factions of people
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-164-41)
Preparing for life in Japan: learning the language, feeling worried
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-164-15)
Memories of mass removal: "Gee, where's my rights? What's happening to me?"
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-164-2)
Father's background in Japan: attended a prestigious high school
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-164-39)
Observing mother's peers turning against her after her husband's arrest and removal from Tule Lake
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-164-42)
Arrival in Japan: confronted with poverty and despair: "it was a dismal, dismal situation"
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Jimi Yamaichi Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-106-2)
Description of the family farm in San Jose, California, "[W]e worked three days for $10..."