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Albert Bunji Ikeda Interview Segment 6 (ddr-phljacl-1-15-6)
The family moves to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey
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Takeshi Minato Interview Segment 21 (ddr-manz-1-57-21)
Leaving camp, working in Chicago and then Seabrook, New Jersey
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Art Shibayama Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-151-16)
Family decides to move to Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce company work camp
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Michael Asada Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-28)
Sansei male. Born 1953 in Seabrook, New Jersey, where parents lived and worked following their incarceration experience during World War II. Grew up in Seabrook, participating in Japanese American community activities. Enrolled in the West Point military academy and spent military career in the armor corps, then became a deputy program executive for the army as …
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Darlene Mukoda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-27)
Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …
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Masaru Ed Nakawatase Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-19)
Sansei male. Born September 29, 1943, in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, parents moved to and worked at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. Masaru grew up in the Seabrook with the families that worked there. Became involved in the Civil Rights Movement and worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the American Friends …
Narrator Michael Asada
Sansei male. Born 1953 in Seabrook, New Jersey, where parents lived and worked following their incarceration experience during World War II. Grew up in Seabrook, participating in Japanese American community activities. Enrolled in the West Point military academy and spent military career in the armor corps, then became a deputy program executive for the army as …
Narrator Darlene Mukoda
Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …
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Shigeo Kihara Interview (ddr-manz-1-114)
Sansei male. Born January 15, 1935, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Florin area where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with family to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Eventually returned to Sacramento.
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Rokuro Kurihara Interview (ddr-manz-1-69)
Nisei male. Born July 11, 1927, in Glendale, California. Grew up in Glendale where parents had a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked briefly with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, then attended college in Cleveland, Ohio. Eventually returned to California.
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Grace K. Seto Interview (ddr-manz-1-140)
Nisei female. Born September 23, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in California, where father worked as a bookkeeper. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with the family to a rural community in Maryland, then to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before eventually returning to California.
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Albert Bunji Ikeda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-15)
Sansei male. Born July 12, 1934, in Salinas, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, the family moved to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Mr. Ikeda attended Drexel University and studied mechanical engineering.
Narrator Masaru Ed Nakawatase
Sansei male. Born September 29, 1943, in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, parents moved to and worked at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. Masaru grew up in the Seabrook with the families that worked there. Became involved in the Civil Rights Movement and worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the American Friends …
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Sumiko Yamauchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-135)
Nisei female. Born January 11, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents ran a florist shop. During World War II, sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before leaving to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eventually returned to …
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Atsumi Ozawa Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-348-16)
Living and working in Seabrook, New Jersey
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Oral history with Judith Matthias Pendleton (ddr-csujad-29-384)
An oral interview with Judith Pendleton, former resident of Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0948. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1514_T01
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Takeshi Minato Interview (ddr-manz-1-57)
Nisei male. Born July 13, 1922, in Park City, Utah. Family moved several times prior to World War II, and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. After the war, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Seabrook, …
Narrator Shigeo Kihara
Sansei male. Born January 15, 1935, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Florin area where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with family to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Eventually returned to Sacramento.
Narrator Rokuro Kurihara
Nisei male. Born July 11, 1927, in Glendale, California. Grew up in Glendale where parents had a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked briefly with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, then attended college in Cleveland, Ohio. Eventually returned to California.
Narrator Grace K. Seto
Nisei female. Born September 23, 1935, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in California, where father worked as a bookkeeper. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with the family to a rural community in Maryland, then to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before eventually returning to California.
Narrator Albert Bunji Ikeda
Sansei male. Born July 12, 1934, in Salinas, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, the family moved to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Mr. Ikeda attended Drexel University and studied mechanical engineering.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 19 (May 8, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-19)
Selected article titles: "Rule Restrictive Covenants Unenforceable. Supreme Tribunal Says Courts Cannot Be Used to Enforce Discrimination in Housing" (p. 1), "The Seabrook Story: Issei at New Jersey Farm Settlement Live, Work for Citizenship Rights" (p. 2), "Ishikawa Stresses Disabilities Facing Issei as Ineligible Aliens" (p. 6), "San Francisco Senator Says Alien Land Law Issue Not …
Narrator Sumiko Yamauchi
Nisei female. Born January 11, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents ran a florist shop. During World War II, sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before leaving to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eventually returned to …
Narrator Takeshi Minato
Nisei male. Born July 13, 1922, in Park City, Utah. Family moved several times prior to World War II, and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. After the war, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Seabrook, …
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Yukiko Miyahara Interview (ddr-manz-1-62)
Nisei female. Born November 29, 1919, in Venice, California. Married in Venice prior to World War II, and had a child only a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred with family to the Tule Lake concentration …
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