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vh Emi Somekawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-378)

Nisei female. Born May 10, 1918, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in the small town of Brooks, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. Prior to World War II, became a nurse, married, and had a child. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and worked …

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doc Testimony of Emi Somekawa (ddr-densho-67-202)

Written testimony of Emi Somekawa of Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated in the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, September 10, 1981, in the section titled "Family Impact and Justice." Personal information excised by Densho.

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Narrator Emi Somekawa

Nisei female. Born May 10, 1918, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in the small town of Brooks, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. Prior to World War II, became a nurse, married, and had a child. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and worked …

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-378-6)

Description of father

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-378-12)

Encountering prejudice as a student nurse

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-378-8)

Exposure to people of different ethnic backgrounds

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-378-15)

Preparing for mass removal

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-378-11)

Choosing to go into nurses training

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-378-9)

Participating in Japanese community events

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-378-10)

Prewar recreational activities

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-378-16)

Having a child in camp

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-378-14)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "That was horrible."

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-378-4)

Description of siblings

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-378-17)

Transferring to Tule Lake

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-378-3)

Parents' meeting and early life in the U.S.

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-378-1)

Mother's family background

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-378-2)

Father's family background

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-378-5)

Helping out on family's farm

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-378-20)

Coping with inadequate medical facilities in camp

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-378-25)

Reflections

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-378-21)

A difficult incident on the bus ride to Minidoka

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-378-7)

Learning Japanese before English as a child

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-378-24)

Returning to former nursing job after the war

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-378-19)

Being recruited to work in the camp's hospital: witnessing medical mistakes due to inexperienced staff

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-378-22)

Leaving camp and becoming a nurse at a farm labor camp

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