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img Group at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-277)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s

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img Group at picnic (ddr-ajah-3-306)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of alameda, CA picnic, circa early 1950s. The object of this game was to pickup the soda bottle with a stick with a ring at the end of the rope

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img Three men in uniform (ddr-densho-474-229)

Caption on album page: Lecco, Italy - June & July 1945. In Lecco the regiment got a well-earned one-month rest. Lecco is a very beautiful resort town in Northern Italy and the people are very friendly. Sab Yamashita, Roy Katayama & George Iwanaga, my squad leader.

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Narrator Isao Yamashita

Nisei male. Born November 19, 1924. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, later transferring to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered for the military, and served as replacement for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Eventually returned to Bainbridge Island.

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Narrator Tak Yamashita

Nisei male. Born December 22, 1917, in Torrance, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area where parents ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, family decided to "voluntarily evacuate" to Colorado in order to avoid mass removal. Farmed in Colorado during the war years, and returned to Los Angeles in 1945.

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Narrator Eiichi Yamashita

Nisei male. Born January 27, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Finished high school in Bellingham, Washington, where family moved for father's oyster business. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago briefly before returning to the Samish Bay area near Bellingham to …

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-365-36)

Reflections

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-365-29)

Answering "yes-yes" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-365-23)

Disposing of possessions and deciding to move to Colorado

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-365-3)

Born in Torrance, California

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-365-12)

Father's hobby of distilling alcohol for holidays

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-365-25)

"Voluntary evacuation" to Colorado

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-365-30)

Working for a farmer in Colorado

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-365-5)

Moving to a ranch run by Japanese Americans

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-365-28)

Visiting the Granada concentration camp, Colorado

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-365-31)

Encountering prejudice in Colorado

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-365-4)

Description of family home: Japanese-style bath

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-365-10)

Description of family's farm

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-365-2)

Mother's arrival in the United States

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-365-27)

Working in Colorado

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-365-20)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-365-6)

Attending elementary school

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-365-22)

Remembering a visit by the FBI

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-365-26)

Settling in Greeley, Colorado

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-365-11)

Description of mother

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