20 items
20 items
![Wilbur Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-455)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/57/ff/57ff393c5e6b0c6c8749ff5dc4f7da9d.jpg)
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Wilbur Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-455)
Nisei male. Born April 26, 1929, in Pasadena, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, family lived for a time in a hostel in Des Moines, Iowa, before returning to California. After the war, became an attorney and longtime community activist.
![An oral history with Wilbur Sato (ddr-csujad-29-41)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e6/8d/e68d7d3aef8db6bbafa7950b3c148cac.jpg)
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An oral history with Wilbur Sato (ddr-csujad-29-41)
An oral interview with Wilbur Sato, an incarceree at the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0136. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2424_T01
![Wilbur Sato Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-455-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f9/98/f998133efca2476000b8e6b18e85be23.jpg)
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Wilbur Sato Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-455-5)
First impressions of Manzanar: "lonely and strange"
![Wilbur Sato Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-455-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/02/ae/02ae2d1788b00f903ff61f2b0f275f7b.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-455-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/57/ff/57ff393c5e6b0c6c8749ff5dc4f7da9d.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-455-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/47/17/4717ebeb83f6bff882e704600a0ccb77.jpg)
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Wilbur Sato Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-455-4)
Father's arrest by the FBI, preparing to leave Terminal Island
![Wilbur Sato Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-455-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/48/9748bd530bb83a613edf1b6253a5ed84.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-455-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fd/1b/fd1b78cac533d7b1dc201417e3afc2ba.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-455-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/44/d7/44d70d3fcee3989832ef384743fd75d0.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-455-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a3/fa/a3fa6353687457a6e7527041b077ae22.jpg)
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Wilbur Sato Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-455-3)
Attending elementary school, interacting with few Japanese Americans
![Wilbur Sato Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-455-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/78/0b/780b18f7280ae57da24a4f81f255c278.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-455-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/49/4b/494b86753de0c3c06c3b73a93d8771ce.jpg)
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Wilbur Sato Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-455-6)
Changes at Manzanar after the War Relocation Authority took control
![Wilbur Sato Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-455-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fb/5b/fb5b257f365807507474c4152285af8e.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-455-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/db/c1/dbc19cc6c0a398ba97a9313c394c5ccc.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-455-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3b/d3/3bd3cccdece067d19a393ddde1724ab4.jpg)
![Wilbur Sato Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-455-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/4f/e5/4fe521070c74f5811f65d6f2ca8b8c3b.jpg)
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Narrator Wilbur Sato
Nisei male. Born April 26, 1929, in Pasadena, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, family lived for a time in a hostel in Des Moines, Iowa, before returning to California. After the war, became an attorney and longtime community activist.
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 23 (June 5, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a8/17/a8170cc2edc94f27d34f17f39cbd7950.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 23 (June 5, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-23)
Selected article titles: "Oregon governor names JACLer to state agricultural board" (p. 1), "Toronto editorial asks Canadian gov't to apologize for its Japanese evacuation" (p. 1), "Control of Seabrook farms transferred" (p. 1), "2,600 U.S. Issei naturalized in 1958 fiscal year" (p. 1), "Editorial samplings of nation's press supports Justice Dept. view on evacuation; one columnist …