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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-23-8)
vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-23-8)
Tom Matsuoka and the Vegetable Growers Association, Bellevue, Washington
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-23-8/
Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
vh Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47/
Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-8)
img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-8)
Japanese Americans harvesting sugar beets on the Lundeen farm. The Tom Matsuoka family relocated permanently to Montana. Other workers were from Tule Lake concentration camp who received permission to leave during the sugar beet harvest. Front (left to right): Ray Marks, Gus Lundeen, and John Matsuzawa. Back: Rulee Matsuoka (child on far left), unidentified, Itaro Ito, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-5-8/
T. Matsuoka Collection (ddr-densho-78)
Collection T. Matsuoka Collection (ddr-densho-78)
The T. Matsuoka collection consists of two photographs from the personal collection of Tom Matsuoka, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-78/
Father and children in front of car (ddr-densho-78-2)
img Father and children in front of car (ddr-densho-78-2)
Tom Matsuoka and two of his children stand in front of the Bellevue Vegetable Growers' Association building.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-78-2/

Narrator Tom Matsuoka

Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/56/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-47-4)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-47-4)
Attending elementary school in Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-4/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-47-31)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-47-31)
Overall impact of the camp experience
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-31/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-47-18)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-47-18)
The ups and downs of agricultural life
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-18/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-47-11)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-47-11)
Playing baseball with sawmill teams
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-11/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-47-32)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-47-32)
Reflections
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-32/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-47-29)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-47-29)
Obtaining birth certificate from Hawaii
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-29/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-47-21)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-47-21)
Noticing hardships in Japan just prior to World War II
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-21/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-47-15)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-47-15)
Moving to Bellevue, Washington
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-15/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-47-27)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-47-27)
Returning to find family's home destroyed
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-27/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-47-1)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-47-1)
Family background and motivation for immigration
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-1/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-47-10)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-47-10)
Opening a stall at the Public Market
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-10/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-47-19)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-47-19)
Traveling to Japan in 1940 shortly before World War II
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-19/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-47-25)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-47-25)
Joining family at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California: "So doggone hot..."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-25/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-47-7)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-47-7)
Attending night school to learn English
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-7/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-47-2)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-47-2)
Father recruited to work in Hawaiian sugarcane fields
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-2/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-47-22)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-47-22)
Being picked up by the FBI and detained by the INS after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-22/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-47-30)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-47-30)
Thoughts on redress
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-30/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-47-17)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-47-17)
Changes in farming business lead to the establishment of the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-17/
Tom Matsuoka Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-47-28)
vh Tom Matsuoka Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-47-28)
Farming in Chinook, Montana
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47-28/
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