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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview (ddr-densho-1013-1)
Nisei/Sansei female. Born November 8, 1939, in San Francisco, California. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Family resettled in Salt Lake City, Utah. Moved to San Francisco after one year and back to Salt Lake City in 1950. Attended University of Utah and studied nursing. Speaks to school groups about family's …

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1013-1-14)
Experiences in high school

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1013-1-12)
Postwar effects of incarceration: observing bitterness in some

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1013-1-11)
Description of Salt Lake City's Japanese American community following World War II

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1013-1-10)
Moving with family back to Salt Lake City

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1013-1-1)
Family background: father an Issei and mother a Nisei

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1013-1-16)
Getting married, having children

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1013-1-18)
Advances in programming for handicapped children

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1013-1-13)
Learning Japanese cultural values during upbringing

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1013-1-6)
Hearing about social ills: molestation and domestic violence

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1013-1-4)
Feeling nurtured by supportive family

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1013-1-9)
Returning to San Francisco, attending elementary school

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1013-1-17)
Postwar activism: programs supporting handicapped children in the school system

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1013-1-15)
Attending the University of Utah


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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1013-1-19)
Speaking out: presenting in classrooms

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1013-1-3)
Learning Obon dances in camp

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Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1013-1-7)
Leaving camp for Salt Lake City

Narrator Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai
Nisei/Sansei female. Born November 8, 1939, in San Francisco, California. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Family resettled in Salt Lake City, Utah. Moved to San Francisco after one year and back to Salt Lake City in 1950. Attended University of Utah and studied nursing. Speaks to school groups about family's …