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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-107)

Nisei male. Born 1923 in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in South Park and Belltown areas of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in draft, imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for resisting the draft. Resettled in Seattle.

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-107-4)

Ethnic make-up of childhood neighborhood; first exposure to Italian culture

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-107-6)

Raising Nisei children within the community, Issei methods of parental control

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-107-7)

Encountering racial discrimination: denial of access to public pool

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-107-26)

Standing trial for resisting the draft: "it became a farce"

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-107-10)

Language barriers: mother's difficulties with language and customs

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-107-15)

Former teacher visits camp: loss of "happy-go-lucky" adolescence in Puyallup

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-107-25)

Family's response to decision to resist the draft

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-107-30)

Daily life at McNeil Island Penitentiary; work and visitors

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-107-24)

Making the decision to resist the draft: "just pure gut"

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-107-12)

Preparing for mass removal: selling the family business and packing for the unknown

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-107-5)

Maintaining traditional Japanese community activities

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-107-33)

Intimidation by other Japanese Americans in response to wartime draft resistance

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-107-13)

"Evacuation day": "Everyone was dressed in their Sunday best"

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-107-14)

Teenage activities in Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-107-19)

Increased leisure time for the Issei in camp

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-107-27)

Resisting the draft on principle

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-107-21)

Deciding to leave camp and go to Spokane, Washington

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-107-34)

Starting over after the war: denial of all things Japanese, and attitude toward pardon of draft resisters

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-107-11)

Ostracization by classmates following bombing of Pearl Harbor: "I'm still bitter"

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-107-1)

Description of parents' early life adjusting to the U.S.

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-107-2)

Choosing an "American" name: from "Hideo" to "Frank"

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-2/

vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-107-32)

Career decisions upon being released from prison: interest in art

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-32/

vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-107-29)

Serving sentence at McNeil Island Penitentiary for draft resistance, thoughts on other inmates

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-29/

vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-107-23)

Meeting Gordon Hirabayashi and gaining a civil rights perspective

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-23/

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