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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-333-10)

Meeting Japanese Americans from different areas

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-333-17)

Father's arrest and transfer to a Department of Justice camp

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-333-6)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-333-18)

Juvenile delinquents in camp

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-333-19)

The journey by ship to Japan

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img Mineo Osumi on board an NYK steamship (ddr-njpa-4-1802)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Yokohama) April 16, 1936. A former minister, Admiral Osumi, is going to our southern lifeline, the South Seas Islands, to make on-site inspections. Adjutant Admiral Takao will go with Osumi as far as the Islands. Nippon Yusen steamship Yamashiro Maru sailed for the Islands from the Yokohama wharf at 10 p.m. on …

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-453-12)

Deciding to return to California

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-453-14)

A memorable role in a Hollywood film with Jerry Lewis

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-453-9)

Description of the Japanese American community in Denver right after the war

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-453-13)

Running for Nisei Week queen and doing some modeling

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-453-3)

Learning classical Japanese dance at a young age from a famous teacher from Japan

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-453-1)

Description of family members: parents and older siblings

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-453-10)

Adjusting to life after camp: being called "Japs" by kids at school

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-453-6)

Memories of Rohwer: restful time for parents, attending school

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-453-2)

Father's work in prewar Los Angeles

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-453-4)

Father's work as a gardener and teacher of gidayu, a type of reciting used in Japanese puppet theater

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-453-15)

Working at the Bel Air Presbyterian Church and meeting Ronald Reagan

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-453-7)

Leaving camp and moving to Denver with several families who owned businesses

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-453-16)

Getting involved in the Los Angeles Japanese American community

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-453-5)

Living conditions at the Santa Anita Assembly Center

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-453-8)

The day of mass removal: using another family's address in order to leave with friends

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-453-11)

Working for Minoru Yasui while living in Denver

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Narrator Richard E. Yamashiro

Nisei male. Born February 13, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Hollywood, California, and was living there when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and the family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, then designated as a …

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Narrator June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk

Nisei female. Born October 17, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, and was involved at an early age with traditional Japanese dancing and stage performance. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, family resettled in Denver, …

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doc Crystal City Chatter Issue 88 (ddr-densho-537-97)

Issue 88 includes letters to the editor, an excerpt from the book about the Japanese American memorial in Washington D. C., an article about San Francisco's Japantown, and more.

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