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Rick Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-80)
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Nisei male. Born in Wapato, Washington. Family farmed in Yakima Valley, Washington, before the war. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served briefly in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Resettled in Wapato, Washington.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80/
Sugar beet crew (ddr-densho-60-1)
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Sugar beet crew at the Barlow Ranch in Vale, Oregon. Rick Sato is on far right, wearing leather jacket.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-60-1/
Sato Collection (ddr-densho-60)
Collection Sato Collection (ddr-densho-60)
The Sato collection consists of three photographs from the personal family collection of Rick Sato, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-60/
Rick Sato Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-80-9)
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Impressions of Heart Mountain concentration camp: "Out in the middle of nowhere"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-9/
Rick Sato Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-80-17)
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Observing postwar changes in the Yakima Valley
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-17/
Rick Sato Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-80-14)
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Avoiding being sent to Japan because of the ending of the war
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-14/
Rick Sato Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-80-5)
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Community celebrations and holidays
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-5/
Rick Sato Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-80-11)
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Leaving camp to work in the sugar beet fields
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-11/
Rick Sato Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-80-4)
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Prewar race relations between Japanese Americans and Native American landowners in the Yakima Valley, Washington
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-4/
Rick Sato Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-80-1)
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Parents' immigration from Fukushima, Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-1/
Rick Sato Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-80-18)
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Importance of education
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-18/
Rick Sato Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-80-2)
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Working on the family farm in the Yakima Valley
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-2/
Rick Sato Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-80-16)
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Getting married, moving to Seattle
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-16/
Rick Sato Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-80-15)
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Returning to eastern Washington, still a "Jap" to some
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-15/
Rick Sato Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-80-13)
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Completing basic training and then being recruited for the Military Intelligence Service
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-13/
Rick Sato Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-80-6)
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Increasing anti-Japanese sentiment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-6/
Rick Sato Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-80-7)
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Preparing for mass removal: packing pots and pans, but no knives
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-7/
Rick Sato Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-80-10)
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Work opportunities for children inside the camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-10/
Rick Sato Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-80-12)
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Understanding the position of the draft resisters: "you don't have to prove anything"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-12/
Rick Sato Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-80-3)
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Attending school with children of different ethnicities
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-3/
Rick Sato Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-80-8)
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Mass removal: "You don't know where you're going..."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80-8/

Narrator Rick Sato

Nisei male. Born April 27, 1927, in Wapato, Washington. Family farmed in Yakima Valley, Washington, before the war. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served briefly in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Resettled in Wapato, Washington.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/83/
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