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vh Tom Akashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-164)

Nisei male. Born June 7, 1929, in Merced, California. Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, …

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doc Densho eNews, June 2008 (ddr-densho-431-21)

Article titles: "From the Director," "From the Archive: New Neighbors Among Us: The Japanese American 'Resettlement,'" "Densho News: Densho and Collaborators Interview in Denver," "Densho Wins History Award," "Please Forward! Share the eNews with a Friend and Win a Prize," "National News and Events: Report to Congress for Camps Preservation Grants," "Reminders of National Conferences," "Honorary …

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 53 (ddr-densho-1000-164-53)

Description of Fort Stanton internment camp

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 50 (ddr-densho-1000-164-50)

Writing a book about personal experiences and life of father as "a gift to my children and my grandchildren"

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-164-35)

Father arrested by the FBI and removed from Tule Lake along with sixty-nine others

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-164-11)

Father's arrest by the FBI: targeted because of childhood friendship with Japanese admiral

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-164-16)

Observing the generational shift in camp: Nisei take over the primary roles, while Issei are supporting

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-164-34)

Observing changes in the pro-Japan organizations during the institution of the renunciation program

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-164-10)

Destroying Japanese possessions: "We don't want anything that would incriminate us as being Japanese"

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-164-44)

Life in Japan, postwar: working for a land reclamation project, then finding a job with a Japanese construction company as an interpreter

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-164-12)

Returning to school after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, getting in fights with other students over racist name-calling

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-164-43)

Initial experiences in Japan: freezing cold, living on army surplus rations

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 51 (ddr-densho-1000-164-51)

Many years later, piecing together father's wartime experiences in a Department of Justice internment camp

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 55 (ddr-densho-1000-164-55)

Thoughts on current events and the aftermath of September 11, 2001: "history is repeating itself"

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 52 (ddr-densho-1000-164-52)

Recounting father's experiences at the Fort Stanton internment camp

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-164-17)

Discussion with father on journey to Topaz concentration camp, father indicates desire to leave camp as soon as possible

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-164-6)

Childhood memories of Mount Eden, California: kenjinkai picnics, father is community's Japanese school teacher

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-164-4)

Parents met and married in California

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 46 (ddr-densho-1000-164-46)

Reflecting on father's immigration experience upon own return to U.S.

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 49 (ddr-densho-1000-164-49)

Mother's postwar life in San Francisco, California

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-164-40)

An emotional reunion with father on ship bound for Japan

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-164-20)

Memories of father's friend who was shot and killed by a sentry in camp

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 54 (ddr-densho-1000-164-54)

Demolition of Fort Stanton

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-164-7)

Mother's role raising five children, taking odd jobs to supplement family income

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-164-26)

Arrival at Tule Lake, witnessing confusion as many people are arriving and leaving

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