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Sam Ogo Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-193-1)
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Family background; growing up part of a railroad workers' community

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-191-17)
vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-191-17)
Effect of World War II on personal life; restrictions

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-191-16)
vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-191-16)
Effect of World War II on father's redcap position

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-191-4)
vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-191-4)
Father's job as a redcap at the train station

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-191-19)
vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-191-19)
Deciding to attend trade school and become an electrician

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-192-3)
vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-192-3)
Memories of Japanese language school: "It was very strict"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-192-16)
vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-192-16)
Attending secretarial school after husband's passing, raising three small children

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-192-2)
vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-192-2)
Father's early employment, working for the Alaska Junk Company

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-192-12)
vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-192-12)
Aftermath of Pearl Harbor: travel restrictions, friction with Chinese community

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

George Yamada Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-187-5)
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Memories of parents' hotel business: helping to stoke the boiler

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

George Yamada Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-187-16)
vh George Yamada Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-187-16)
Community reactions to Pearl Harbor; fears of FBI arrests

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

George Yamada Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-187-38)
vh George Yamada Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-187-38)
Thoughts on the evolution of Spokane's Japanese American community

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

George Yamada Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-187-31)
vh George Yamada Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-187-31)
Description of chick-sexing industry: "it was a fascinating career"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

George Yamada Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-187-32)
vh George Yamada Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-187-32)
Working as a chick sexer in upstate New York

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

George Yamada Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-187-33)
vh George Yamada Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-187-33)
Description of Japanese American community in New York City postwar

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

George Yamada Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-187-14)
vh George Yamada Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-187-14)
Recreational activities in high school: dances, amusement parks, fishing

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Narrator Marianne West

Nisei female. Born November 4, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Family lived in Leavenworth, Washington, then moved to the West Coast. After the outbreak of World War II, family was removed from Bellingham, Washington, to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before leaving to resettle in Spokane, Washington.
Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 37 (November 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-113)
doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 37 (November 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-113)
Selected article titles: "Lt. J. Kanaya, Former Portlander Rescues Sgt. Exposes Himself to Shell Fragments Treating Nine Other Wounded Men" (p. 1), "Those Who Fell in Line of Duty" (p. 1), "Four Former Hunt Men Reported Wounded" (p. 1), "Wounded Veteran of Italian Campaign Refused Service" (p. 1), "P.I. Interprets Hosokawa Story in Ht. Mt. Sentinel" …
Chester Earls Interview (ddr-one-7-11)
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White male. Born in Spokane, Washington. Served as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon, with a mainly Japanese American congregation, for thirteen years in the 1960s and '70s.

(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 …

Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-190-20)
vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-190-20)
Witnessing segregation Mississippi: "It was a just completely different world for us"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-190-15)
vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-190-15)
Attending Gonzaga university after being barred from volunteering for the military

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-190-40)
vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-190-40)
Returning home, meeting a member of the "Lost Battalion" from Texas

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-190-10)
vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-190-10)
Hearing news of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor: "I felt vulnerable"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-190-14)
vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-190-14)
Changes in Spokane's Japanese American community with the influx of "voluntary evacuees"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-190-31)
vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-190-31)
Pulled out of rest period for the rescue of the "Lost Battalion"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

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