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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 4 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-4)
Moving to Philadelphia and getting married
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 1 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-1)
Growing up in Cupertino, California
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 2 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-2)
Leaving camp to attend graduate school
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 5 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-5)
Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 6 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-6)
Thoughts on the term "Quiet American"
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 8 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-8)
Influence of Japanese culture and heritage
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-9)
Reflections: influences in life, confidence and self-reliance
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 7 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-7)
The problematic "model minority" label
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Sympathy card from Mrs. T. Ohmae to Mrs. Mary T. Okada (ddr-densho-488-16)
Letter and envelope. Message inside written in Japanese.
Narrator Mary Ishimoto Watanabe
Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in San Jose, California. Grew up in Cupertino, California. Attending San Jose State College when World War II broke out. Sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp with the help of the National Student Relocation Council to attend graduate school. …