Education]]> Industry and employment]]> World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath]]> World War II--Military service--Basic training]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School--Presidio, San Francisco]]> Nagano, Jack: narrator]]> Yuge, Tim: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009 January 29]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> California ]]> Allied Occupation of Japan]]> Japan--Post-World War II]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service]]> Ikemoto, Henry: narrator]]> Hawkins, Richard: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> US Army Center of Military History: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009 March 29]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Torrance, California ]]> Allied Occupation of Japan]]> World War II--Military service]]> World War II--Veteran history]]> Tamaru, Takuji: narrator]]> Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Toyota: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 November 20]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Torrance, California ]]> World War II--American Concentration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)]]> World War II--Veteran history]]> Allied Occupation of Japan]]> Japan--Post-World War II]]> Tamaru, Takuji: narrator]]> Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Toyota: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 November 20 ]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Torrance, California ]]> World War II--Veteran history]]> Military service--Post-World War II Occupation of Japan]]> Identity and values--Family]]> Tamaru, Takuji: narrator]]> Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Toyota: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2004 November 20]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Torrance, California ]]>
Ken's father immigrated to the United States from Fukushima-ken, Japan, to help his family financially. In Sacramento, he worked in the rice field and a cannery. After saving enough money, he opened a delicatessen store in Downtown Sacramento. Ken's mother was a housewife who cared for seven children (five boys and two girls).

Ken grew up in a farming background in Sacramento. He enjoyed being outdoors, playing with his friends, and watching movies. The family moved around several times before setting in the Bay area.

Before the Pearl Harbor attack, Ken had aspirations to graduate High School and attend college. On December 7, Ken was at home listening to the radio when he heard the news about Pearl Harbor.

When Executive Order 9066 was signed by the President, Ken's family evacuated from their residence. Ken and his family went to Tanforan Assembly Center. He described the living conditions and life at Tanforan before going to Topaz, Utah.




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Nihei, Ken: narrator]]> Hanamura, Wendy: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]>
World War II--European Theater]]> World War II--Military service--522nd Field Artillery Battalion]]> World War II--Military service--Travel, leisure]]> World War II--Casualties]]> World War II--Combat--Weapons--Artillery]]> Hirasaki, Manabi: narrator]]> Sato, Christine: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 1999 April 17]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Camarillo, California ]]> Japan--Post-World War II]]> Allied Occupation of Japan]]> Military service--Veteran history]]> Akune, Kenjiro: narrator]]> Hawkins, Richard: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> US Army Center of Military History: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009-03-28]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Gardena, California]]>