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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-265)
Nisei male. Born February 14, 1920, in Kent, Washington. Grew up in the nearby town of Auburn, where parents ran a farm. Family was involved Auburn Buddhist Church. Graduated from the University of Washington in 1942 and removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Recruited out of Tule Lake to teach …
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Yamashita Family Collection (ddr-densho-241)
The Yamashita Family Collection contains Kiyoshi Yamashita's undergraduate diploma, program, and honors bulletin, which the University of Washington sent to him while he was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California (1942).
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-265-10)
Wanting to pursue a career in the foreign service: advised to drop because of Japanese ancestry
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-265-12)
Parents and siblings stranded in Japan at the onset of World War II
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-265-14)
Memories of losing younger sister to illness at an early age
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-265-22)
First impressions of Japan and reuniting with mother and sisters
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-265-5)
Attending a large Japanese language school
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-265-3)
Growing up during the Great Depression
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-265-17)
Teaching at the U.S. Naval Intelligence Language School
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-265-13)
Having to leave for camp just prior to graduation from college
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-265-18)
Hearing very little about the army language school
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-265-23)
Working for the U.S. government during the occupation of Japan
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-265-6)
A good student: salutatorian of high school class
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-265-25)
Working for the U.S. government and serving as a Buddhist minister in Japan
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-265-28)
Looking back on translation work
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-265-4)
The importance of the Auburn Buddhist Church
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-265-16)
Being recruited out of camp for the Naval Intelligence Language School
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-265-19)
Volunteering for a special intelligence translation program at Columbia University
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-265-11)
Studying Japanese language at the University of Washington
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-265-21)
Deciding to go to Japan as a linguist during the U.S. occupation
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-265-7)
The significance of the railroad industry to childhood town
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-265-8)
Graduating from high school and "batching" at the University of Washington
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-265-24)
Becoming a Buddhist minister and forming a church for Nikkei in Japan
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