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Frank Yamasaki Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-131)
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Nisei male. Born January 26, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in South Park and Belltown areas of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in draft, imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for resisting the draft. Resettled in Seattle.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-131/
Frank Yamasaki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-107)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-107)
Nisei male. Born January 26, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in South Park and Belltown areas of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in draft, imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for resisting the draft. Resettled in Seattle.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107/

Narrator Frank Yamasaki

Nisei male. Born January 26, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in South Park and Belltown areas of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in draft, imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for resisting the draft. Resettled in Seattle.
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Frank Yamasaki Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-107-35)
vh Frank Yamasaki Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-107-35)
Words of wisdom: have compassion for all of humanity
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Production crew photo at Japanese Language School Reunion (ddr-densho-506-127)
img Production crew photo at Japanese Language School Reunion (ddr-densho-506-127)
Picture of production crew that helped record and photograph the event.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-127/
Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-131-16)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-131-16)
Career in the early days of television in Seattle
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-131-4)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-131-4)
Mother's "addiction" to reading
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-131-12)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-131-12)
Hearing about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; shock and horror comparable to the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-131-6)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-131-6)
Helping to run parents' hotel business
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-131-15)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-131-15)
Developing an activist mentality; observing the McCarthy Era and the Korean War
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-131-5)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-131-5)
Buddhist upbringing, learning about Christian holidays in school
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-131-11)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-131-11)
Deciding to resist the draft, and reading about trial years later
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-131-10)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-131-10)
Introspective experiences while staying in a tuberculosis sanitarium during World War II
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-131-8)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-131-8)
Prewar leisure activities: theater performances, church picnics, sports
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-131-3)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-131-3)
First finding out about birthday celebrations in school
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-131-2)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-131-2)
Growing up "poor," finding odd jobs as a child to make pocket money
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-131-17)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-131-17)
Thoughts on the media coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-131-7)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-131-7)
The pain of discrimination: "growing up, discrimination was a part of the environment that we grew up in"
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-131-1)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-131-1)
Family background: mother's immigration to the United States in 1913; growing up one of five children
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-131-13)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-131-13)
Release from McNeil Island Penitentiary; returning to Seattle, facing employment discrimination
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-131-14)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-131-14)
Discussion of the effects of World War II and the incarceration on Japanese Americans: denial of culture, dissent within the Japanese American community
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-131-9)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-131-9)
Feeling shock upon hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-107-6)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-107-6)
Raising Nisei children within the community, Issei methods of parental control
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-107-4)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-107-4)
Ethnic make-up of childhood neighborhood; first exposure to Italian culture
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-107-7)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-107-7)
Encountering racial discrimination: denial of access to public pool
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-7/
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