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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1008-5-27)

An incident with laundry service while managing the Dai Ichi Hotel

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1008-5-8)

Drafted into the army prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1008-5-28)

Hiring a band to provide entertainment at the Dai Ichi Hotel

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1008-5-9)

Hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor while at Fort Lewis

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1008-5-7)

Being followed by the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps while serving in Australia

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1008-5-25)

Refusing bodyguards: "People in Japan are people like you and me"

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1008-4-20)

Deciding to stay in Japan: hearing that Seattle was "very unfriendly..."

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1008-4-8)

Hearing about some community members who were arrested by the FBI

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1008-3-16)

A growing respect and demand for Military Intelligence Service Language School graduates

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1008-3-8)

Sent to the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George S. Matsui Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1008-2-10)

Memories of John Aiso, Director of the Military Intelligence Service Language School

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George S. Matsui Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1008-2-5)

The reclassification and discharge of Nisei soldiers to an enlisted reserve unit

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George Koshi Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1008-1-21)

Working as a defense attorney in Japan's war crimes trials: memorable cases

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George Koshi Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-1-18)

Assigned to the Pacific Military Intelligence Research Section (PACMIRS) Washington Document Center

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1008-5-22)

Reaction to the news of the atomic bombs destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1008-4-19)

Reaction to atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, realizing the devastating effects

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1008-3-11)

Finally receiving letter from brother still in Japan, finding out he's still alive

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George Koshi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1008-1-17)

Visiting relatives in Japan postwar: meeting a cousin who had fought for Japan

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1008-4-11)

Leading a group of Nisei soldiers to Camp Robinson, Arkansas, for basic training

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George Koshi Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1008-1-15)

Returning to Japan at the end of the war: a firsthand look at the destruction

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1008-5-14)

Watched by armed guards while visiting family in an concentration camp: "I was in uniform"

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George Koshi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1008-1-6)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor: "What a stupid act on the part of Japan"to Denver

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-4-18)

Teaching at Military Intelligence Service Language School, Camp Savage, Minnesota: Emphasizing strict discipline, relationship with students

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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Narrator George Yoshida

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-4)

Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …

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