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Excerpt, Oral History Interview, Meriko Maida
No full textExcerpt, summary, and index of an oral history interview of Meriko Maida. Conducted by Marjorie Fujioka on January 24, 2010. Transcribed by Connor Nakamura.This oral history interview was conducted by Marjorie Fujioka and Ben Takeshita as part of the Sakura Kai Oral History Project. The project's goal was to interview residents of the Sakura Kai Senior Center in El Cerrito, CA. The interviews were recorded from 2005 to 2009. The Sakura Kai Senior Center interviews were donated to the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc., by Marjorie Fujioka. Many of the interviewees were associated with the Japanese American nursery businesses in Costra Costa County
Excerpt, Oral History Interview, Isao Hatakeyama
No full textExcerpt, summary, and index of an oral history interview of Isao Hatakeyama. Conducted by Takamichi Go on July 4, 2010, in Klamath Falls, OR. Transcribed by Daisuke Nemoto. Edited by Kayoko Aoki, Yuko Morita, and Brandon H. Unruhe. Translated by Yi-Shen Loo.The Tule Lake Pilgrimage Oral History Project is a series of oral history interviews of participants of the Tule Lake Pilgrimage from 1994 - 2010. The project was conducted by the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc., in collaboration with the Tule Lake Committee
Excerpt, Oral History Interview, Reiko Matsumoto
No full textExcerpt, summary, and index of an oral history interview of Reiko Matsumoto. Conducted by Kayoko Aoki on July 3, 2010, in Klamath Falls, OR. Transcribed by Sarah Carpio. Edited by Marc Vasquez, Brandon H. Unruhe, Kevin O’Donnell, and Catie Sakurai.The Tule Lake Pilgrimage Oral History Project is a series of oral history interviews of participants of the Tule Lake Pilgrimage from 1994 - 2010. The project was conducted by the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc., in collaboration with the Tule Lake Committee
Excerpt, Oral History Interview, Jim Tanimoto
No full textExcerpt, summary, and index of an oral history interview of Jim Tanimoto. Conducted by Lina Hoshino on July 4, 2010, in Klamath Falls, OR. Transcribed by Ben Belongic. Edited by Tadao Uyeno, Brandon H. Unruhe, and Catie Sakurai.The Tule Lake Pilgrimage Oral History Project is a series of oral history interviews of participants of the Tule Lake Pilgrimage from 1994 - 2010. The project was conducted by the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc., in collaboration with the Tule Lake Committee
Oral History Interview, Kiyoshi Fujiwara
No full textRecording of an oral history interview with Fujiwara Kiyoshi.
Video made available by the National Japanese American Historical Society on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/537044521The Tule Lake Pilgrimage Oral History Project is a series of oral history interviews of participants of the Tule Lake Pilgrimage from 1994 - 2010. The project was conducted by the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc., in collaboration with the Tule Lake Committee.Index:
00:00:00 Basic biographical information: born in Sacramento, mother’s early death, going to live in Hiroshima, Japan, and returning to the United States at age 17; reuniting with his father and living in Sacramento
00:05:11 Hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor; Japan’s military power
00:06:32 Executive Order 9066: being forcibly moved to Walerga (Sacramento) Temporary WCCA “Assembly Center” and later Tule Lake WRA Concentration Camp; “loyalty” questionnaire and renouncing citizenship; siblings in Japan during the war
00:09:32 Jobs in Tule Lake; soldier shoots at working partner; curfew and military presence at Tule Lake
00:17:04 Reason for staying in the United States; learning English from Nisei Japanese Americans; first impression after returning to America
00:21:12 Resettling in Chicago before returning to Sacramento; occupations after the war; regaining citizenship via class action lawsuit
00:26:26 Renouncing his citizenship
00:28:02 Leaving Tule Lake; resettlement in Chicago and studying at mechanic school 00:29:55 Tule Lake Pilgrimage
00:32:44 Special permit for working past curfew; father’s job in the hospital; daughter’s career in medicine
00:36:19 Sharing his experiences with his children; Tule Lake Pilgrimage, cont. 00:39:53 Meeting his wife; practicing Christianity
00:44:08 On being interviewed; Kibei experiences; friends killed by the atomic bomb
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