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Laundry Services, Amache Consumer Enterprises (ddr-densho-163-39)
L to R: T. Kishi, K. Watanabe.
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Storage list K. Watanabe (ddr-sbbt-2-48)
A check-in list for goods belonging to K. Watanabe, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 521.
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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, …
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Storage list for K. Watanabe (ddr-sbbt-2-375)
A check-in list for goods belonging to K. Watanabe, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 898.
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Canteen Staff, Amache Consumer Enterprises (ddr-densho-163-21)
Back row (L to R): S. Nabeshima, S. Nabeshima, T. Shiino, H. Dairiki, J. Arishita. Second row (L to R): M. Kawamura, M. Asakawa, M. Yonehiro, K. Watanabe, H. Uyeda, N. Kawashima, M. Joe. Front (L to R): H. Hamasaki, K. Shinozaki, M. Sugihara.
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Letter from Evacuee Police to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, February 1, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-13)
Letter from Evacuee Police Force to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, requesting the release of Hiroyoshi Tsuda from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. Signed names: Kataoka, H.; Okusako, Thomas; Ogata, Roy K.; Miyamoto, H.; Tanaka, K.; Haruyama, N.; Yoshida, Maeko; Hanagata, Ken; Ayabe, Toshi S.; Ono, I; Kanno, Thomas K.; Sato, R.; …
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Canteen staff, Amache Co-op (ddr-csujad-55-1553)
Black and white photograph of the Amache Consumer Enterprises canteen staff at Amache incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right (front row) H. Hamasaki, K. Shinozaki, M. Sugihara (second row) M. Kawamura, M. Asakawa, M. Yonehiro, K. Watanabe, H. Uyeda, N. Kawashima, M. Joe (third row) S. Nabeshima, S. Nabeshima, T. Shiino, H. Dairiki, and J. …
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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)
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
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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
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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