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![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-23-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-23-1)
Family background, Joe Matsuzawa
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-23)
Mr. Hirotaka was born in 1910, Mr. Matsuzawa was born in 1913, and Mr. Ito in 1922. All three are Nisei males, born and raised in Bellevue, Washington. They and their families were incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, their families were part of a …
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Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-9)
These Japanese Americans received permission to leave the Tule Lake concentration camp in California to work on the Garner farm for the sugar beet harvest. They are standing in front of the bunkhouse. Front (left to right): Toshio Ito, Kenji Yoshino, and Kay Yamaguchi. Back: Joe Matsuzawa, Ted Matsushita, and Roy Matsuzawa.
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Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-13)
These workers received permission to leave the Tule Lake concentration camp in California to harvest sugar beets on this farm in Utah. Left to right: Ted Matsushita, Orly Garner (the farm's owner), and Joe Matsuzawa.
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Narrator Joe Matsuzawa
Nisei male. Born February 7, 1913, in Bellevue, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, family was part of a Japanese American "Eastside" community that cleared and farmed a large portion of what is now the Bellevue-Kirkland-Redmond area.
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-23-33)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-23-33)
Working outside camp, labor crews: topping sugar beets in Utah
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-23-41)
Mr. Ito's military service
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-23-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-23-6)
Importance of Nisei sports and social events
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-23-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-23-17)
Clearing the land, contributions of farmers to Seattle's Eastside land development
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-23-26)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-23-26)
Working at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, a makeshift fire department
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-23-38)
A Japanese American draftee: basic training
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-23-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-23-8)
Tom Matsuoka and the Vegetable Growers Association, Bellevue, Washington
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-23-44)
Reestablishing farms after the war
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-23-37)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-23-37)
Mr. Hirotaka's experiences on an agricultural work crew
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-23-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-23-20)
Events following Pearl Harbor: curfew, wasted farm work
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-23-36)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-23-36)
Returning to camp after working outside
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-23-22)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-23-22)
Military service: from 1-A to "enemy alien" to volunteer
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-23-31)
Sports and other activities in camp
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-23-13)
Typical day on a family farm
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-23-35)
Mr. Matsuzawa's continued work outside camp
![Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-23-43)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/d2/fad2c7afbfea2d1bc62f535aca1e945d.jpg)
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-23-43)
Returning home and restarting farm