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vh Bruce T. Kaji Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-289-9)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a high schooler: "We were lost"

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vh Hikaru Morohoshi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-303-6)

Being drafted into the U.S. military and hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Bill Thompson Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-90-12)

Hawaiian Japanese Americans rush to volunteer for service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, …

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vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-316-8)

Parents receive a phone call from Japan days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Harry Kawahara Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-368-4)

Returning to school after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "I was a little bit edgy"

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vh Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 16 (ddr-janm-13-1-16)

Reading from Time magazine article which published letters to the editor refuting Pearl Harbor rumors

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vh Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 11 (ddr-janm-13-1-11)

Writing letters to the editor of Time magazine refuting rumors regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Sat Kuwamoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1010-7-11)

Weeks following the bombing of Pearl Harbor: community leader sends a letter to President Roosevelt

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vh Kazuo Shiroyama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1011-6-2)

Father and other Issei arrested by the FBI after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Homer Yasui Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-26-9)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "My heart sank down to my toes"

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vh Homer Yasui Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-one-7-27-14)

The effects of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the Hood River Japanese American community

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 15 (ddr-one-7-36-15)

Separated with other Japanese Americans in the military after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Mary Iwasaki Interview Segment 11 (ddr-one-7-53-11)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while attending college: "it was just something unbelievable"

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vh Shigeya Kihara Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1004-23-5)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while already working for the army's language school

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vh Kazuo Yamane Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1004-20-1)

Already in the military when Pearl Harbor was bombed, being segregated from non-Japanese soldiers

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vh Kiyo Maruyama Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1003-1-18)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: needing birth certificate to buy a train ticket

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vh Minoru Kiyota Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-36-8)

Reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the incarceration, and Japanese American Citizens League's wartime actions

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Tule Lake Pilgrimage held at Klamath Falls, Oregon and at the site of Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Given the limited time available during this event, the length and breadth of this …

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-282-7)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; brother was working in Japan at the time

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vh Earl Hanson Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-160-10)

Memories of Pearl Harbor bombing and aftermath; watching Japanese American friends prepare for mass removal

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vh Fred Matsumura Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-46-7)

Community responses to Pearl Harbor: no animosity towards Japanese Americans in Hawaii; FBI pick-ups

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews. Beverly Kashino, one of the interviewers, …

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vh Frank Emi Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-122-20-2)

Memories of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, curfew

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

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vh Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1007-3-5)

Being stripped of weapons by the War Department after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Narrator Taketo Omoto

Nisei male. Born September 20, 1917, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Drafted into the army in 1941 prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After World War II, started a wholesale greenhouse business.

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Narrator George Izumi

Nisei male. Born February 22, 1921, and raised in California. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After World War II, attending baking school and became a professional baker.

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Narrator Howard H. Furumoto

Nisei male. Grew up in Hilo, Hawaii. Was a veterinary student at Kansas State University when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service, and served in Burma with the Merrill's Marauders.

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