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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1001-9-19)
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Returning to site of Manzanar incarceration camp many years later
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-9-5)
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Preparing for mass removal; feeling humiliated in school: "we were placed to look like bad people"
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1001-9-16)
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Continuing support from family friends
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1001-9-1)
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Description of family and childhood
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1001-9-10)
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Working in camp: cleaning the living quarters of the administrative staff
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1001-9-17)
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Returning to prewar farm with family
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1001-9-12)
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Leaving camp to work as a schoolgirl in Chicago
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1001-9-7)
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Feeling ashamed on day of mass removal: "I didn't want to look at anybody I knew there"
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1001-9-18)
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The importance of memorials; preservation of Manzanar
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1001-9-8)
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First memories of camp: poor food, living quarters, no privacy
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1001-9-9)
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Attending school in camp
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1001-9-11)
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Older siblings' experiences leaving camp
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1001-9-13)
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Thoughts on the so-called "Manzanar Riot"; knowing someone who was killed
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1001-9-3)
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Witnessing FBI's arrest of father, visiting him in the immigration building
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1001-9-15)
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Living and working in Chicago
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1001-9-6)
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Packing for camp; wearing best clothing
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1001-9-4)
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Memories of registering with family for mass removal
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1001-9-2)
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Hearing news of bombing of Pearl Harbor along with visiting soldiers
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Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1001-9-14)
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Social activities in camp
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Narrator Harvey Watanabe

Nisei male. Born February 7, 1919, in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/103/

Narrator Masao Watanabe

Nisei male. Born December 10, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up near the Nihonmachi area of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In 1943, volunteered for the army while in camp. Served in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company. Returned to Seattle after the war and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/104/

Narrator Matsue Watanabe

Nisei female. Born July 12, 1927, and raised in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Left camp to work and attend school in Chicago, Illinois, before eventually returning with family to Bainbridge Island.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/249/

Narrator Louie Watanabe

Nisei male. Born August 22, 1925, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove, where parents owned and operated a restaurant and rooming house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Chicago, Illinois, and worked in various places, including Colorado Springs …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/423/

Narrator Bill Watanabe

Nisei male. Born January 5, 1944, in the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After World War II, left camp with family for the Los Angeles area, where parents had lived before the war. Established a career as an engineer. Active in the Little Tokyo Service Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/641/

Narrator Martha Watanabe

Born in Chicago, Illinois. During the Redress Movement, worked for the Department of Justice's Office of Redress Administration (ORA), which was established to identify and administer reparations payments to eligible individuals. Worked as an Administrator with the ORA from 1989 to 1991. After leaving the ORA, worked with the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, the Office …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/932/
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