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![Bob Y. Sakata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-216)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-216)
Nisei male. Born April 15, 1926 in Alameda, California. Spent childhood in Alameda where family operated 10-acre farm. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Resettled in Brighton, Colorado, and resumed farming. Along with wife and son, owns and operates Sakata Farms, currently one of the top produce growers in the country.
![Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Sakata family (ddr-densho-491-137)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c8/5a/c85aab8c1462fea578081ac28f8760fb.jpg)
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Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Sakata family (ddr-densho-491-137)
Including Washington Township JACL property survey, property report, family record
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-216-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-216-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-216-10)
The journey to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-216-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-216-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-216-17)
Discussion of Japanese American communities in other parts of Colorado
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-216-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-216-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-216-6)
Coping with curfew and travel restrictions
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-216-12)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-216-12)
A huge responsibility: working with the camp's farm supervisor
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![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-216-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-216-13)
Relocating to Colorado after hearing about the policies of Colorado Governor Carr
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-216-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-216-21)
Leadership roles in the agricultural industry
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-216-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-216-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-216-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-216-14)
Meeting an incredible influence, farmer Bill Schluter
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-216-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-216-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-216-16)
The significance of the Brighton Japanese American Association
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-216-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-216-4)
Japanese American community organizations prewar
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-216-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-216-9)
Temporary living conditions in Tanforan: "it was sort of a lonely feeling"
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-216-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-216-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-216-5)
Memories of hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-216-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-216-15)
Settling in Brighton, Colorado, feeling welcomed by community
![Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-216-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/a7/07a7a230912892dcf96d98c5cde8bcc1.jpg)
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-216-19)
The vision of Sakata Farms: influence of Issei
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Narrator Bob Y. Sakata
Nisei male. Born April 15, 1926 in Alameda, California. Spent childhood in Alameda where family operated 10-acre farm. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Resettled in Brighton, Colorado, and resumed farming. Along with wife and son, owns and operates Sakata Farms, currently one of the top produce growers in the country.
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