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Shoichi Kobara Interview (ddr-densho-1015-8)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1922, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville until age six, then family moved to Salinas. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Utah for a time before serving in Japan in the …
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1015-8-17)
Working as a dispatcher for the camp fire department
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1015-8-4)
Father's thoughts on living in the U.S.: "The future is here"
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1015-8-6)
Moving to Salinas: hearing prejudice expressed by teachers
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1015-8-11)
Father's thoughts on the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1015-8-28)
Establishing a successful farming operation postwar
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1015-8-26)
Thoughts on the value of Nisei serving in the Military Intelligence Service
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1015-8-19)
Working as a truck driver for a coal mining operation in Utah
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1015-8-13)
Arrival in the Salinas Assembly Center
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1015-8-14)
Temporarily leaving camp to receive an operation for appendicitis
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1015-8-8)
Playing karuta, a card game based on Japanese traditional sayings
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1015-8-2)
Father's family background: grandfather's involvement in Japanese politics
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1015-8-27)
Being discharged from the military; father's passing
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1015-8-12)
Trying to recoup financial losses after the war
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1015-8-25)
Working as a driver and interpreter for military officers in Japan
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1015-8-24)
Description of the black market for goods in occupied Japan
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1015-8-3)
Father's arrival in the U.S., losing his first wife
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Shoichi Kobara Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1015-8-23)
First impressions of Japan during the early days of the U.S. occupation
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