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

Nisei male. Born in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Oregon, where parents ran a farm. In 1941, volunteered for the army and served as a medic during World War II. After military discharge, returned to Oregon and continued farming.

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img Group of soldiers (ddr-densho-201-525)

Back row, left to right: Joe Sakamoto, Asada [?], Otsaka, Koshiba, Kuwahara, Saiyuki, Sakata, Masao Sakagami, Okamoto, Wataki, Fujihara, Inukai, Yoshimura. Front row, left to right: Fujimori, Arisumi, Watanabe, Ezuka, Saito, Shiroma, Sam Fujii, Thomas Fujimoto.

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Narrator Joe Saito

Nisei male. Born in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Oregon, where parents ran a farm. In 1941, volunteered for the army and served as a medic during World War II. After military discharge, returned to Oregon and continued farming.

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 6 (ddr-one-7-36-6)

Description of the tanomoshi system

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 24 (ddr-one-7-36-24)

Meeting future wife

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 2 (ddr-one-7-36-2)

Description of siblings

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 18 (ddr-one-7-36-18)

Description of work as an army medic

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 26 (ddr-one-7-36-26)

Farming after the war

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 11 (ddr-one-7-36-11)

Moving to Ontario, Oregon

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-36-10)

Parents' early life in the United States

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 13 (ddr-one-7-36-13)

Attending elementary school

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-36-9)

Father's brewing of sake at home

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 22 (ddr-one-7-36-22)

Reflecting on military service

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 23 (ddr-one-7-36-23)

Getting involved in community groups

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-36-8)

Learning about business by taking produce to market

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 16 (ddr-one-7-36-16)

Memories of military training

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 21 (ddr-one-7-36-21)

Military service experiences in the South

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 4 (ddr-one-7-36-4)

Selling family's vegetables at the farmer's market

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 1 (ddr-one-7-36-1)

Growing up in Oregon

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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 Joe Saito Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-36-3)

Leaving school and helping on family farm

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 17 (ddr-one-7-36-17)

Becoming a medic

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 19 (ddr-one-7-36-19)

Talking about wartime experiences

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-36-5)

Father's role in the Japanese American community

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 14 (ddr-one-7-36-14)

Volunteering for the military

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