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502 items
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Scene at a wedding reception (ddr-densho-321-912)
Caption: "Wedding reception of Takao & Kiku Fujii."
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"Topaz Welcomes Kuroki" (ddr-densho-122-524)
Report by WRA on Ben Kuroki's visit to Topaz Camp, Project Reports Division, Historical Section
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A group at dinner (ddr-densho-321-536)
Caption on reverse: "Takezo Grandma Mori's Uncle / Yanagida & wfie & daughter / Left to right / Grandpa Mori 7th from right / Yanagida - head of Yakuza (gambling, prostitution, etc) in Tacoma. / Killed by rival gang while playing cards. / Circa 1920."
Narrator Helen Mori
Nisei female. Born November 11, 1933, in Long Beach, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Los Angeles area.
Narrator Osamu Mori
Nisei male. Born July 13, 1928, in Wilmington, California. Grew up in San Pedro, California, where parents operated a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Family answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and was …
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Helen Mori Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-92-9)
First impressions of camp, getting to know neighbors
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Helen Mori Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-92-24)
Comparing school on the outside to camp schools
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Helen Mori Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-92-8)
Mother destroys Japanese items and photographs after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Helen Mori Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-92-5)
Growing up in California: losing father at an early age