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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 12, December 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-328)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Discussion on bilingual education, Seattle JACL supports; article on Matsunaga Redress Bill; new JA Community Directory almost complete; Tim Otani, new Regional PNWRO Director.
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Osaka School of Foreign Languages student (ddr-njpa-4-1455)
Caption on front [translation]: "Osaka, Sakiko Takenaka. 1, Student of [?]; 2, Osaka city; 3, 1902; 4, Otani [?]. Graduate of the Department of English at Osaka School of Foreign Languages; 5, ; 6, ; 7, ."
Narrator Kunio Otani
Nisei male. Born July 31, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in Raymond, Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming; he worked on the staff of both camp newspapers, the Tulean Dispatch and the Heart Mountain Sentinel, respectively. Resettled in Seattle after the war and entered the greenhouse business. He …
Narrator Akira Otani
Nisei male. Born January 26, 1921, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu where father owned a successful fish auction business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, volunteered for the Hawaiian Territorial Guard. Eventually was able to join the U.S. Army, and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Returned to Honolulu …
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Suyeko Sue Murakami (ddr-densho-467-11)
Caption on page: Sue and Isoko in Twin Falls, Idaho - 1945. Written on photo: Mitzi / Sue
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Kunio Otani Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-75-32)
Reflecting on the positive and negative aspects of the incarceration experience
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Kunio Otani Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-75-36)
Early days working at the Columbia Greenhouse: "things were quite primitive"
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Kunio Otani Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-75-9)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor: being asked to be the neighborhood night warden
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Kunio Otani Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-75-18)
The controversy surrounding the so-called "loyalty questions"
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Kunio Otani Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-75-35)
Limited employment opportunities for Nisei after the war
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Kunio Otani Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-75-15)
Dancing, talent shows, playing "Go," and drinking in camp
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Kunio Otani Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-75-22)
First impressions of Heart Mountain concentration camp