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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-148)
Nisei female. Born December 30, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Lived in Japan for fifteen months as a child, before returning to Seattle to attend junior high school. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Department of Justice camp at Missoula, Montana. Removed to the Puyallup Assembly …

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Tsutakawa Company photo (ddr-densho-128-134)
Tsutakawa Co. employees in front of Jin Tsutakawa's home in Seattle. Back row (L to R): Mr. K. Tsuji, Mr. F. Moriguchi, Mr. Geo. Tsutakawa, Mr. Frank Kubo, Miss M. Kimura, Thomas Tsutakawa, James Tsutakawa. Front row (L to R): Mrs. Moriguchi, Mrs. M. Tsutakawa, Hideko Tsutakawa, Mr. Jim Tsutakawa, Mr. Geo. Tsutakawa, Bob Tsutakawa, Mrs. …

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Tsutakawa Company photo (ddr-densho-128-130)
Tsutakawa Company was an import-export business located in Seattle. Back row (L to R): Masao Tsutakawa, Thomas Tsutakawa, Masuo Tsukinari, Mr. Y. Shimada, Mr. H. Tahara, Toshio Shima, Mina Kimura, Frank Kubo, Shozo Wakamatsu, Marion Tsutakawa, Yuzuru Omi. Front row (L to R): Bob Tsutakawa, Mrs. Kubo, Hideko Tsutakawa, Mrs. J. Tsutakawa, Geo. Tsutakawa, Mr. J. …

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Tsutakawa Company camping trip (ddr-densho-128-115)
Front row (L to R): Marion Tsutakawa, Frank Kubo, Jim Tsutakawa, J.K. Saoka, George Tsutakawa, Mr. Baba, J. Shima. Second row (L to R): Bob, Mrs. Tsutakawa, Dick, Mr. Y. Shimada. Front row (L to R): Thomas, Mr. Y. Omi (?), Kumako.

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-148-28)
Receiving censored letters from father; feeling the uncertainty of future

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-148-42)
Attending Doshisha University in Japan after the war; dealing with the scarcity of food

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-148-23)
Dealing with the difficulties of living in the Puyallup Assembly Center, new responsibilities as the oldest child at age fourteen

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-148-43)
Working for a U.S. army station hospital library; seizing an opportunity to return to the United States

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-148-26)
Attending a makeshift high school in camp: "it was a very sparse situation"

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-148-3)
Birthdate changed by mother due to Japanese customs

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-148-7)
Living in Japan for fifteen months as a child

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-148-15)
Little awareness of the war in Europe and Asia before the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-148-19)
Father sent to Department of Justice camp in Missoula, Montana

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-148-5)
Explanation of names; speaking Japanese while growing up

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-148-33)
Living in Japan during the war: leaving the family home and moving into a house built by father

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-148-21)
Seeing a photo of father being picked up by FBI in local newspaper; coping with life without father

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-148-34)
Attending high school in Japan, being singled out as an American

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-148-30)
Leaving for Japan on the SS Gripsholm, part of the U.S. government-sponsored "exchange"

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-148-32)
Living in father's family home in Japan during the war

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-148-41)
Acting as an interpreter for the American occupation officers who came to the high school

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-148-45)
Studying at St. Mary's teaching hospital; participating in social activities

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-148-38)
Contracting a serious case of pleurisy, leaving school and working in a factory to help the war effort

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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-148-18)
Visiting father at the immigration office: he passes a clandestine message to mother