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![Wesley K. Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-166)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6d/4b/6d4bf16d5e641b10536de41cd0f3ae05.jpg)
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-166)
Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born May 20, 1935, in Tacoma, Washington. Spent early childhood in Kent, Washington, and was removed with family to the Pinedale Assembly Center at age seven. Family was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and then moved to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled and attended grade school and high school in Chicago, …
![Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-166-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6d/4b/6d4bf16d5e641b10536de41cd0f3ae05.jpg)
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-166-19)
Thoughts the aftermath of September 11, 2001: "we just hope that history doesn't repeat itself"
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![Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-166-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6d/4b/6d4bf16d5e641b10536de41cd0f3ae05.jpg)
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-166-13)
Little awareness of changing racial climate during the 1960s
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-166-16)
Impact of the incarceration experience: "a sense of betrayal, anger"
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-166-5)
As a child, having only vague memories of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and mass removal to Pinedale Assembly Center
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-166-3)
Early memories of Kent, Washington
![Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-166-12)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6d/4b/6d4bf16d5e641b10536de41cd0f3ae05.jpg)
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-166-12)
Memories of dental school at University of Illinois
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-166-7)
After leaving camp, resettling in West Chicago: being the only Japanese Americans in neighborhood
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-166-10)
Attending college, deciding to go into dentistry
![Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-166-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6d/4b/6d4bf16d5e641b10536de41cd0f3ae05.jpg)
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-166-21)
Reading of a letter written by father reflecting on events in his life
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-166-8)
Being the only Japanese American in school in West Chicago
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-166-11)
Thoughts on racial identity during college years
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-166-14)
Starting up a dental practice in West Chicago
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-166-17)
Thoughts on the redress movement: thankful for the apology
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-166-6)
Age seven in camps, memories of playing with friends and attending school in Tule Lake, California, and Minidoka, Idaho
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-166-20)
Discussion about depictions of Japanese Americans in movies and books
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-166-2)
Family background: mother an older Nisei
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-166-1)
Family background: parents settled in Tacoma, Washington
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-166-15)
Getting married and raising a family
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-166-9)
Parents' values: importance of education, religion
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Four women sitting at a table (ddr-njpa-5-81)
Caption on reverse: "Nine Isle young women to attend Asilomar confab. Nine young women are leaving Honolulu tonight at 8:30 to attend the annual Western Area Young Adult conference which will be held at Asilomar, Calif., from June 11 to 17. The theme for this year's conference is "Danger -- Women at Work." The Honolulu delegates …
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Scrapbook of newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-483-95)
Loose scrapbook pages containing newspaper and magazine clipping, bulletins, program, school essay, photograph, and ephemera. Selected article titles and additional contents: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Bainbridge Japs prepare to leave" (p. 1), "Tired old woodenface sets new attendance record" (p. 3), Hunt High School Commencement Program (p. 4), "Prober Dies would find dust but no 'coddling' at center" …
![White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League corresponding secretaries (ddr-densho-277-76)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1a/ec/1aec508f4305bb7cf3e5f3c0575288ba.jpg)
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White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League corresponding secretaries (ddr-densho-277-76)
A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who acted as corresponding secretaries from 1930 to 2009.
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