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Art Shibayama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-151-2)
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Memories of childhood in Lima, Peru: Spanish as a first language, attending a private Japanese school
Art Shibayama Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-151-8)
vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-151-8)
Grandparents deported to Peru after the bombing of Pearl Harbor; rest of family taken away by ship
Jimmy Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-480)
vh Jimmy Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-480)
Born May 23, 1936, in Callao, Peru. Spent early childhood in Peru, where parents ran a laundry business, and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested Jimmy's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After …
Art Shibayama Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-151-14)
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Learning English from a Japanese American Nisei; finding out that Peru didn't want the Japanese Peruvians to return
Sarah Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-81)
vh Sarah Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-81)
Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was …
Kazumu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-482)
vh Kazumu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-482)
Born July 28, 1942, in Callao, Peru. Before World War II, parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. When Kazumu was still an infant, the FBI arrested his father and sent the entire family to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …
Elsa Kudo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-388)
vh Elsa Kudo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-388)
Sansei female. Born September 29, 1936, in Canete, Peru. Grew up in Peru where parents ran a successful store. During World War II, father was arrested by the FBI and removed from the family. Elsa and her mother and siblings were deported from Peru and taken by ship to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, and …
Maurice H. Yamasato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-396)
vh Maurice H. Yamasato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-396)
Nisei male. Born June 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Parents had originally immigrated to Peru from Okinawa, Japan. During World War II, removed with family to Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After leaving Crystal City, moved to Kauai, Hawaii. Established a successful career as an architect.

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George Kazuharu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-481)
vh George Kazuharu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-481)
Born August 20, 1938, in Lima, Peru. Parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested George's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …
Art Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-151)
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Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work …
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