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Tad Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-82)
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Nisei male. Born May 9, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Moved to Seattle with father after parents divorced. Grew up in Seattle's Nihonmachi where father ran a secondhand store. Disinterested in college after seeing a lack of employment opportunities for graduating Japanese Americans. Went to work for Great Northern Railway, laying and maintaining tracks on the West …
Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-33)
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In this interview, three Nisei, Chris Kato, Yoshi Mamiya, and Tad Sato recall their memories of growing up in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown) and their respective Japantown family businesses. This informal three-way conversation captures a bit of what Nihonmachi was like before the World War II incarceration forever changed the Japanese American business and social community. Unless …
Four men standing on a path (ddr-densho-518-190)
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Written next to photograph in scrapbook: [left to right] Tak Hori, Bob Ikeda, Tad Sato, Norio Mitsuoka.

Narrator Tad Sato

Nisei male. Born May 9, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Moved to Seattle with father after parents divorced. Grew up in Seattle's Nihonmachi where father ran a secondhand store. Disinterested in college after seeing a lack of employment opportunities for graduating Japanese Americans. Went to work for Great Northern Railway, laying and maintaining tracks on the West …
Tad Sato Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-82-17)
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Living conditions while working for the Great Northern Railway during the war

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Tad Sato Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-82-12)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while working for the Great Northern Railway

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Tad Sato Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-82-1)
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Family background

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Tad Sato Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-82-23)
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Returning to the railroad after the war

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Tad Sato Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-82-22)
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Working in medical corps, "I hope I never get sick in the army..."

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Tad Sato Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-82-14)
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Mixed reception from neighboring towns while working for a railroad company

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Tad Sato Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-82-24)
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Gradually moving up in the railroad company despite discrimination

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Tad Sato Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-82-8)
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Japanese and Caucasian students, each group "steered clear" of the other

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Tad Sato Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-82-9)
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Memories of games and fundraisers for the Japanese Courier League

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Tad Sato Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-82-5)
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Memories of Ada Mahon, principal at Bailey Gatzert School in Seattle

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Tad Sato Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-82-7)
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Awareness of places were Japanese Americans were not allowed

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Tad Sato Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-82-3)
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Father's retail business in Seattle's Japantown

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Tad Sato Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-82-6)
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Sports and recreational activities prewar

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Tad Sato Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-82-13)
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Working for Great Northern Railway allows some to avoid concentration camps

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Tad Sato Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-82-11)
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Going to work on a railroad gang in Montana

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Tad Sato Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-82-4)
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Father's pick-up by the FBI: the possibility that he was turned in by Japanese "stool pigeons"

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Tad Sato Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-82-21)
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Typical meals, "miso shiru" one day, bread and jam the next while working on the Great Northern Railway during the war

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Tad Sato Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-82-15)
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Spending time in neighboring towns while working for the railroad

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Tad Sato Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-82-2)
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Working in Seattle's Public Market prior to the war

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Tad Sato Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-82-26)
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Redress for Japanese rail workers, not incarcerated but still impacted

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Tad Sato Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-82-18)
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Working alongside white employees of the Great Northern Railway

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