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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 6 (ddr-ajah-1-3-6)

Father's prewar job as food wholesaler

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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 5 (ddr-ajah-1-3-5)

Going to one of two Japanese language schools in the community

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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 16 (ddr-ajah-1-3-16)

Raising a family

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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 11 (ddr-ajah-1-3-11)

Being drafted into the army, sent to the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 18 (ddr-ajah-1-3-18)

Important values to pass on to children

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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 7 (ddr-ajah-1-3-7)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 8 (ddr-ajah-1-3-8)

Returning to high school after December 7th, being sent to Tanforan

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vh Kenji Tomita Interview Segment 15 (ddr-ajah-1-3-15)

Meeting future wife and getting married

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Narrator Kenji Tomita

Nisei male. Born August 25, 1924, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a food wholesaling business. Was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left Topaz on student leave to attend the University of …

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img Class picture from Everett School in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-41)

Names identified. Caption above photo: Everett School in Alameda, CA., Everett School operated from 1899 to May 15, 1931. this photo was taken May 14 of the last Everett School class. Inscribed on front: 1899-May 14, 1931

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img Methodist Banquet (ddr-one-1-348)

Black and white photographic negative of a banquet inside a church. Guest are seated in pews around tables. Man standing on far right with tray is Kenji Onishi. Seated at table in foreground facing the camera is: Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, unidentified, and Lew Tomita, looking at Kenji Onishi from foreground table is George Nakata. The …

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img Seven boys with basketball (ddr-ajah-3-227)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei boys pose with a basketball at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. circa early 1930s. Names identified

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-321)

Black and white photographic negative of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. The group is posed in front of the old Epworth Methodist Church building. Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig Tada, and Reverend Francis Hayashi, other unidentified. Second row left to right: …

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-324)

Black and white photographic negative of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. Inscription on photograph reads "Northwest methodis Rally Portland Nov. 23-". The group is posed in front of the old Epworth Methodist Church building. Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig Tada, and …

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-74)

Original black and white photographic print of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. The group is posed in front of the old Epworth Methodist Church building. Inscription on photograph reads "Northwest Methodist Rally Portland Nov. 23-25, 1951". Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig …

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-322)

Black and white photographic negative of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. Inscription on negative reads "Northwest methodis Rally Portla Nov. 23-25, 1951." The group is posed in front of the old Epworth Methodist Church building. Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig Tada, …

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img Northwest Methodist Rally Portland (ddr-one-1-319)

Black and white group photographic negative of the attendees of the Northwest Methodist Rally in Portland on November 23-25, 1951. Inscription on negative reads "Northwest Methodist Rally Portland Nov. 23-25, 1951." The group is posed in front of old Epworth Methodist Church building. Front row left to right starting third from left: Rupert Fujii, Shig Tada, …

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doc Program for "An Old Kentucky Garden" (ddr-ajah-4-56)

Seventh Benefit Entertainment of the Young Peoples Epworth League. Includes ads for local businesses,

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doc University of California, Berkeley honorary degree materials (ddr-densho-433-979)

A collection of materials related to a 2009 event hosted by the University of California, Berkeley to honor students who were removed from the college due to Executive Order 9066.

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