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Seven Japanese American soldiers posed (ddr-densho-201-371)
Caption on front: "Manbu Hongo, Kazuo Izuka, Eddie Iwataki, Takashi Okamoto, Geo Abe, Tom Kobayaka, [?] Eguchi."
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Group photo of men, women and children in Buddhist Temple (ddr-ajah-3-260)
Caption below photo: 1948-1953 Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. Rev. Shozen Naito is front row, just right of center
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Group at picnic (ddr-ajah-3-301)
Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of alameda, CA., picnic circa 1950s
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-240)
Nisei male. Born October 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Renton, Washington, where father operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Briefly transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army and served in Italy as a replacement …
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto II (ddr-densho-1000-248)
Nisei male. Born October 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Renton, Washington, where father operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Briefly transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army and served in Italy as a replacement …
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-240-15)
Memories of the day of mass removal
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-240-16)
A young person's memories of assembly center: hot weather, orange trees outside the fence
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-240-4)
Mother's family background
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-240-17)
Living conditions in Tule Lake
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-240-10)
Childhood recreation: going hunting with a friend
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-240-14)
Preparing for mass removal, feeling worried and concerned
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-240-9)
Speaking Japanese at home, English in school
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-240-11)
Father's business selling produce at the Pike Place Market
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-240-7)
Meeting older stepbrothers
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-240-1)
Father's family background
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-240-6)
Moving south of Seattle with family, attending school
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-240-5)
Description of older stepsiblings
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-240-12)
Growing up on a farm: having pets, killing chickens and rabbits for food
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-240-13)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "I had this real ominous feeling"
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-240-2)
Father's previous marriage
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-240-8)
Childhood memories growing up on a farm
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-248-13)
Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as a replacement troop
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-248-14)
Guard duties in Italy "kind of like a joke"
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-248-11)
Left behind when unit shipped out