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vh Iku Amatatsu Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1001-36-9)

Living in Chicago after the war

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vh Setsuko Izumi Asano Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-392-17)

Living in New Orleans after the war

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vh Setsuko Izumi Asano Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-392-10)

Older sisters left in Japan during the war

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-333-22)

Living in Japan after the war, witnessing hardships

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-378-24)

Returning to former nursing job after the war

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vh Emi Somekawa Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-378-23)

Parents work to reestablish lives after the war

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vh Bill Hiroshi Shishima Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-393-24)

Remaining active in the Boy Scouts after the war

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vh Shizue Irei Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-407-6)

Fleeing home village during the war

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vh Art Hansen Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-310-13)

The controversial nature of the World War II camps

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vh Ernest Uno Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1007-7-9)

Looking back on World War II experience

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1007-10-9)

Techniques for interrogating Japanese prisoners of war

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1007-10-1)

Advice when training interrogators of Japanese prisoners of war

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko - Hana Shepard - Mae Matsuzaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1007-8-5)

Older brother's work in Japan during the war

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko - Hana Shepard - Mae Matsuzaki Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1007-8-4)

Mother's concern about her children during the war

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vh Edward H. Mitsukado Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1007-4-11)

Reflections: looking back on the war years

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Narrator Rae Takekawa

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …

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Narrator Shyoko Hiraga

Nisei female. Born 1927 in Denver, Colorado. Grew up in Denver, where father was a tailor, then established a newspaper, the Rocky Nippon. During World War II, father was removed as editor of the newspaper, arrested by the FBI, and interned in a Department of Justice camp. James Omura took over as head of the newspaper, …

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Narrator Grant Hirabayashi

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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Narrator Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto

Nisei male. Born October 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Renton, Washington, where father operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Briefly transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army and served in Italy as a replacement …

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Narrator Jimmy Naganuma

Born May 23, 1936, in Callao, Peru. Spent early childhood in Peru, where parents ran a laundry business, and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested Jimmy's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After …

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Narrator Kazumu Naganuma

Born July 28, 1942, in Callao, Peru. Before World War II, parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. When Kazumu was still an infant, the FBI arrested his father and sent the entire family to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …

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vh Minoru Yasui Interview (ddr-densho-1012-3)

Nisei male. Born October 19, 1916, in Hood River, Oregon. Earned a law degree from the University of Oregon law school and was practicing law prior to World War II. In 1942, deliberately defied the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans in Portland, Oregon, and was arrested. His case was tried, and he was sentenced to one …

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vh Art Hansen Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-295)

White male. Born October 10, 1938, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Education History: BA, MA, Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara. Work History: Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton (1966-Present); Visiting Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980; Editor, Oral History Review, 1980-1987; President, Southwest Oral History Association (1991-1992); …

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vh Art Hansen Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-310)

White male. Born October 10, 1938, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Education History: BA, MA, Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara. Work History: Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton (1966-Present); Visiting Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980; Editor, Oral History Review, 1980-1987; President, Southwest Oral History Association (1991-1992); …

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vh Phil Shigekuni Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-364-7)

The effect of camp and World War II on relationships with white people

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