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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-293)
Nisei female. Born September 8, 1943, in Naha, Okinawa, to a Nisei mother born in Hawaii and father from mainland Japan. Father was killed during World War II while serving in Okinawa in Japan's medical corps. Aiko barely survived infancy due to the devastation in Okinawa during the war. Moved to Los Angeles at the age …
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-293-12)
Memories of childhood during the U.S. occupation and rebuilding of Okinawa
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-293-18)
Involvement with the Okinawa Kenjinkai
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-293-13)
Introduction to traditional dance and music
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-293-19)
Going back to Okinawa to study dance
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-293-17)
Meeting Japanese Americans in school and learning about the World War II incarceration
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-293-15)
Reuniting with mother in Los Angeles
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-293-1)
Mother's family background: born in Hawaii
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-293-9)
Attending school in Okinawa during the U.S. occupation
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-293-3)
Description of mother's adopted family in Okinawa
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-293-7)
Family's memories of hiding in caves with a newborn baby
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-293-22)
Thoughts on Japanese wartime politics
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-293-10)
Coping with devastation in Okinawa
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-293-4)
Mother's move to Tokyo, marriage
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-293-11)
Mother's decision to return to Hawaii
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-293-6)
Father's death while serving in the medical corps in Okinawa
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-293-8)
Family's struggles to survive in Okinawa during the war
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-293-2)
Mother's adoption, move to Okinawa
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-293-23)
Reflections: The importance of the Okinawan community in the United States
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 79 (February 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-164)
Selected article titles: "Army Purpose Here Is To Register Citizens: Lt. Carrol Says Choice Cannot be Remade After Once Done" (p. 1), "Data Requested When Buying Scrip" (p. 1), "Ration Books... Those Seeking to Resettle Will Apply Before Leaving" (p. 1), "Nurses Aide... Feels Hospital Work Contributes to Colony" (p. 1), "5 Leave Project For East …