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

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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av Oral history with Tak Yamashita (ddr-csujad-29-370)

An oral interview with Tak Yamashita, longtime resident of Laguna Beach, California. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0920. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2328_T01

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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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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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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-365-17)

Participating in high school athletics

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-365-13)

Making mochitsuki for New Year's

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vh Tak Yamashita Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-365-1)

Father's family background

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