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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-366-1)

Family background

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-366-24)

Meeting wife and getting married

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-366-3)

Living at the Shonien orphanage

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-366-6)

Memories of first arriving at the Shonien orphanage

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-366-9)

Fond memories of junior high school

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-366-4)

Going to school while living at the Shonien orphanage

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-366-19)

Finding work in camp

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-366-18)

Learning about family in Japan

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-366-5)

Attending Japanese language school

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-366-27)

Reflections on experiences in the Shonien orphanage

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-366-2)

Mother's passing at an early age

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vh Mits Yamasaki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-366-8)

Memories of the Shonien orphanage: going to see movies

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img Woman speaking in front of film crew at Japanese Language School reunion (ddr-densho-506-101)

A Japanese Language School alum speaking in front of a film crew and audience at the Japanese Language School Reunion.

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img Mochi Workshop collage (ddr-densho-506-37)

Collage of four photos that include Sara and Tom Ikeda from Densho's Mochi-tsuki workshop.

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-288)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers performing an Odori folk dance at Obon. Second from the left in the front row: Masano Hachiya Yamasaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.

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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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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-131-4)

Mother's "addiction" to reading

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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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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-131-6)

Helping to run parents' hotel business

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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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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-131-5)

Buddhist upbringing, learning about Christian holidays in school

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vh Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-131-11)

Deciding to resist the draft, and reading about trial years later