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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview (ddr-manz-1-50)
Nisei male. Born January 2, 1926, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Drafted into the army, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy. Following …
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 13 (ddr-manz-1-50-13)
Choosing to sign 'yes-yes' on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-50-19)
Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as a replacement soldier
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-50-20)
Returning to California after the war
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-50-9)
Preparing for mass removal: "we lost everything"
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-50-8)
Dealing with restrictions following the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-50-3)
Attending grammar school with very few other Japanese Americans
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 23 (ddr-manz-1-50-23)
Reflections: speaking to schoolchildren
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-50-22)
Receiving redress: "it never could replace the freedom we lost"
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-50-10)
Memories of the Marysville assembly center
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-50-12)
First impressions of Tule Lake: guard towers, barbed wire fence, military police
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-50-7)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-50-11)
First train ride: the journey to Tule Lake
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Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-50-14)
Painting seagulls to look like Japanese planes
Narrator Taketora Jim Tanaka
Nisei male. Born January 2, 1926, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Drafted into the army, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy. Following …