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24 items
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Ikuko "Cookie" Takeshita (ddr-ajah-8-9)
Ikuko "Cookie" Takeshita was born in Alameda, California, where father was on the board of directors of the Alameda Buddhist Temple. During World War II, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war, returned to Alameda.
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Cookie Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-465)
Nisei female. Born April 1, 1929, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a gardening business. During World War II, family was ordered to leave Alameda and moved to Cortez, California, before being sent to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend school in Cleveland, …
![Cookie Takeshita Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-465-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/56/3b/563bbaf65e6aa439ef4ed12046737428.jpg)
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-465-1)
Father's family background, getting into the gardening business
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-465-16)
Returning to California, trying out work as a housecleaner
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-465-18)
Attending college and finding a job at UC Berkeley
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-465-15)
Leaving camp and going to school in Cleveland
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-465-4)
Attending Japanese language school before the war
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-465-17)
Taking the civil service exam and finding a job
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-465-8)
Hearing of families where the father was arrested by the FBI
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-465-3)
Issei father barred from buying property before the war
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-465-14)
The so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and military volunteers
![Cookie Takeshita Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-465-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c7/2c/c72c9ec9b4bddfae05031a694f87a160.jpg)
![Cookie Takeshita Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-465-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b5/be/b5beb2cb2d926cced6a758eee485c959.jpg)
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-465-6)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, remembering the kindness of the school principal
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Cookie Takeshita Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-465-9)
First impressions of the Merced Assembly Center
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Narrator Cookie Takeshita
Nisei female. Born April 1, 1929, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a gardening business. During World War II, family was ordered to leave Alameda and moved to Cortez, California, before being sent to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend school in Cleveland, …
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 13 (March 30, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/41/bf/41bf504efe75a4ded5138589f1cf041a.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 13 (March 30, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-13)
Selected article titles: "Editorial: The Wronged Nisei" (p. 1), " House approves $588,000 for payment of claims in 2nd supplemental bill" (p. 1), "Dick Arimoto named president of Rotary Club in Redwood City" (p. 1), "Vandals blast mailbox of Nisei" (p. 1), "New word: acculturation" (p. 2), "Japanese cultural heritage can enrich America, advises Issei naturalized …