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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-149-18)
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Collaborating on a children's book about the camp experience with a close friend
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-149-19)
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Returning to San Francisco and witnessing changes in the Japantown area
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 4 (ddr-manz-1-149-4)
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First becoming interested in drawing and Disney
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-149-8)
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Witnessing FBI's raid on family's home
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-149-14)
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Hearing about a shooting in camp
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-149-5)
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The importance of growing up in San Francisco's Japantown
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-149-7)
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 13 (ddr-manz-1-149-13)
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Father's barbershop in camp
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-149-22)
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Involvement with the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 2 (ddr-manz-1-149-2)
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Mother's family background
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 6 (ddr-manz-1-149-6)
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Father's home movies of the family
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-149-9)
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Hearing community rumors about having to leave home
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 23 (ddr-manz-1-149-23)
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Sharing wartime experiences with others
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-149-12)
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Attending school in camp
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-149-11)
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Arriving in Topaz, dealing with extreme weather conditions
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-149-16)
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Father's relationships with both Nisei and Kibei
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-149-20)
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Applying for a job as a cartoonist at Walt Disney Productions
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 21 (ddr-manz-1-149-21)
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Remembering a mentor and friend, Iwao Takamoto
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-149-10)
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Memories of the Tanforan Assembly Center, California
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-149-3)
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Growing up in San Francisco
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 15 (ddr-manz-1-149-15)
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Coping with living conditions in camp, building gardens
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-149-17)
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Grandfather's passing in camp
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Willie K. Ito Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-149-24)
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Reflections
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William Tateishi (ddr-csujad-38-187)
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Photographed is William Tateishi, an incarceree at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Willie Tateishi. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 4. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_04_006
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Narrator Willie K. Ito

Sansei male. Born July 17, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where he developed an early interest in Disney and the art of cartooning. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco. Established a long career …
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