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Two men leaning on fence. Joe Iwataki on right (ddr-ajah-2-580)
Caption below photo: Harvey Watanabe
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Harvey Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1008-5)
Nisei male. Born February 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 to …
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Harvey Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-102)
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 …
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Kubota Garden Foundation Annual Meeting (ddr-densho-354-1176)
Kubota Garden Foundation Annual Meeting; Joy Okazaki on left, Harvey Watanabe, first president of the Foundation, on the right
Collection
Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-62)
The Watanabe collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Edith and Harvey Watanabe, who were each interviewed separately by Densho in 1996.
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Photo of two narrators being interviewed 1 (ddr-densho-506-59)
Black and white photo of two narrators being interview by a Densho staff member.
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Two Narrators and Interviewer (ddr-densho-506-11)
Interviewer listening to two narrators during oral history session.
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Photo of two narrators being interviewed 2 (ddr-densho-506-60)
Second black and white photo of interview with two narrators.
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Interviewer with narrators at table (ddr-densho-506-61)
Black and white photo of an interview with narrators at wooden table.
Narrator Edith Watanabe
Nisei female. Born August 29, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Burlington, Washington. Was just starting college when incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp early because of illness and married a Nisei GI, Harvey Watanabe. Lived in Midwest for duration of war and resettled in Seattle, Washington following the war.
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Portrait of group of men in uniform outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-743)
Caption below photo: Yas Koike / Johnny Kitagawa / Yoshimura Noburu / Darryl Taniguchi / Karl Branstad / Bill Fuji / Harvey Watanabe / Grant Hirabayashi / Iwao Shimamoto / Bill Nuno / Harry Sekiya / Tak Hirabayashi / George Hatakeda / Lincoln Taira / Yukio Kawamoto / Frank Hachiya / Moffitt Ishikawa / Members of …
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 …
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Edith Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-101)
Nisei female. Born August 29, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Burlington, Washington. Was just starting college when incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp early because of illness and married a Nisei GI, Harvey Watanabe. Lived in Midwest for duration of war and resettled in Seattle, Washington following the war.
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-102-10)
Mobilizing after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-102-8)
Parent's reaction to son's draft notice: "It's a matter of duty"
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-102-11)
Meeting future wife days after the bombing of Peal Harbor
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-102-12)
Removal and evacuation of Japanese American servicemen
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-102-13)
Worrying about family in Poston concentration camp, Arizona
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-102-4)
Relations between Japanese and Italian immigrants: tasting spaghetti for the first time
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-102-17)
Impact of the incarceration on the Seattle Japanese American community
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-102-28)
Teaching grandchildren about the incarceration experience
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-102-9)
Hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor while on leave from Fort Lewis