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vh Kazue Yamamoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-197-1)

Parents' immigration and early life in Wapato, Washington

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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vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-192-17)

Working for the State of Washington 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.

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vh Marianne West Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-120-7)

Leaving camp early to find a house for family in Spokane, Washington

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-190-7)

Memories of traveling into Spokane every weekend to attend Japanese language school

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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vh Mas Akiyama Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-188-12)

Observations of changes within Spokane community after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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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vh Mas Akiyama Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-188-4)

Description of the close-knit Spokane Japanese community: shared funeral expenses

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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vh Mara Mihara Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-194-11)

Thoughts on the influx of new Japanese Americans into the Spokane 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.

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vh Mara Mihara Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-194-13)

Getting married, moving out of the city into the Spokane Valley

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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Narrator Mara Mihara

Nisei female. Born September 20, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. Father worked as a redcap for the Great Northern Railroad, and parents also ran a hotel. Grew up and attended school in Spokane. Graduated from business college during World War II and did bookkeeping and secretarial work for various companies postwar. Married and had a son. Currently …

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vh Margaret Saito Interview (ddr-manz-1-84)

Nisei female. Born March 14, 1933, in El Centro, California. Grew up in California where parents were farmers. During World War II, removed with family to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a short time in Spokane, Washington, before moving to Sacramento with family and finishing …

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vh Mas Akiyama Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-188-16)

Thoughts on Spokane Japanese community after influx of Japanese Americans from concentration camps

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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vh Sam Ogo Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-193-14)

Meeting Japanese Americans moving to Spokane during the war; helping families leave camp

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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vh George Yamada Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-187-29)

Returning to Spokane postwar: thoughts on changes in community, "new" Japanese Americans arriving

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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Narrator Richard H. Yamamoto

Nisei male. Born September 4, 1922, in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in Spokane, where parents operated a downtown Spokane hotel and father worked as a redcap at the local train station. Graduated from Lewis & Clark High School, attended Whitworth College, and then attended trade school where he became an electrician.

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Narrator Ed Tsutakawa

Nisei male. Born May 15, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent much of childhood in Japan, returning to the U.S. at the age of fifteen. Began attending the University of Washington before being removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Created a series of art pieces depicting camp life. Moved to Spokane, Washington, …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/221/

vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-190-42)

Coming back to Spokane after the war, a confrontation with a supposed Pacific war veteran

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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vh Hannah Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-493)

Nisei-Sansei female. Born 1938 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the town of Christopher, now part of Auburn, Washington, where parents ran a grocery store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to the Fort Missoula internment camp, Montana. The rest of the family went to the Puyallup Assembly …

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vh Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)

Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …

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vh Ed Tsutakawa - Heidi Tsutakawa Interview (ddr-densho-1016-5)

Nisei couple. Met in the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and eventually resettled in Spokane, Washington.

(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 …

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Narrator George Yamada

Nisei male. Born November 16, 1923, in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the World Hotel. Father also worked as a mail handler for the Great Northern Railroad. Attended Lewis and Clark High School and Washington State University. During the war remembers seeing train cars pass through Spokane with Japanese Americans headed …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/211/

vh Hiroko Nakashima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-69)

Kibei female. Born 1927 in Spokane, Washington. Went to Japan at the age of twelve with her mother and sister to visit relatives and gain a "Japanese education." Was in Japan when World War II broke out, remaining there for the duration of the war. Returned to the United States soon after the war ended, married …

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