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Francis Masateru Fukuhara oral history interview, November 17, 2007
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/830-Fukuhara-Mas-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Jan 30
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Puyallup Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Yes
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Francis Masateru Fukuhara oral history interview, part 2 of 4, November 17, 2007
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Fukuhara, Francis Masateru: narrator
Yuge, Tim: interviewer
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2007OH0830_02_Fukuhara
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Fukuhara continues his recollection of the time after the Pearl Harbor attacks, and his father being taken in by the FBI. Other than that, things would go on as normal until the Executive Order 9066 was signed. With just a couple days notice, he and his family were forced to take one suitcase each and head to the Puyallup Fairgrounds where they would begin their temporary detention center time. Fukuhara talks about the barbed wire and sad living conditions, including very little privacy. Shortly after, they were moved to the Minidoka Concentration Camp, where they would live in barracks and work for $16 a month. He then talks about the loyalty questions that were given and how he had no loyalty to Japan, so the questions were easy to answer. Later, while attending college in Iowa, he would be drafted into the Army and begin his induction at Fort Douglas.
Subject
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Law and legislation--Executive Order 9066
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Minidoka
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Puyallup
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:54:43
Language
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eng
Date
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2007 November 17
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Bellevue, Washington
442nd Regimental Combat Team
barbed wire
Barracks
bathrooms
Boeing Field
Draft
Executive Order 9066
FBI
Fort Douglas
guard towers
Idaho
Immigration Detention Stations
Iowa
living conditions
loyalty questions
Minidoka Concentration Center
Montana
Pearl Harbor
personal belongings
pictures
Puyallup Temporary Detention Center
temporary detentaion center
Washington
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Mary Tamaki Murakami oral history interview, April 16, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/854-Murakami-Mary-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1927 Jun 03
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Tanforan Temporary Detention Facility
Topaz Concentration Camp
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Civilian
Index
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Yes
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Mary Tamaki Murakami oral history interview, part 2 of 3, April 16, 2008
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Murakami, Mary Tamaki: narrator
Horsting, Richard: interviewer
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2008OH0854_02_Murakami
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Murakami discusses the unique aspects of her father while growing up such as asking for her opinion on world events. Next, as the Pearl Harbor attacks occurred, her family would discuss loyalty and the war, while the FBI would round up the Issei's with ties to Japan. As the Tamaki family prepared for their relocation, they would sell many of their belongings and put their most prized possessions at a local church, which ended up getting vandalized during the war. Once executive order 9066 was implemented, the Tamakis would make their way to Tanforan temporary detention center and then to Topaz concentration camp. Murakami discusses the living conditions at the camp, including food, building furniture, and social events.
Subject
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World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Topaz (Central Utah)
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Tanforan
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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1:01:47
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 April 16
Spatial Coverage
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Virginia
barbed wire
Christianity
dances
Executive Order 9066
FBI
Franklin D. Roosevelt
guard towers
Issei
Japan
Japan Town
jitter bug
living conditions
Loyalty Questionnaire
Montgomery Ward
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Sears
Tanforan Temporary Detention Facility
Topaz Concentration Camp
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Taira Fukushima oral history interview, August 11, 2008
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 Feb 08
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort Douglas, Utah
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Champagne Campaign
Post-war Occupation of Germany
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Taira Fukushima oral history interview, part 2 of 3, August 11, 2008
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Fukushima, Taira: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0902_02_Fukushima
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Taira Fukushima discusses the importance of family. For example, when he is a student, he gets a paper route job, and with the money earned, he shares it with the family. In the 1930s, there was a notion that tuberculosis was hereditary. By getting the shots you keep the family intact.
As a youth, Taira is aware of world events from the LA Times. He reads about land leasing and the war overseas. However, Taira thinks poverty is more important news in those days. On December 7, Taira is playing football with the Japanese American kids. He recalls Charlie Chaplin is filming the movie The Great Dictator across the street.
The following day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Taira goes to school on the bus. The school has an assembly and shows support for the Japanese Americans. He discusses the treatment after December 7, and he does not realize the severity of the situation until the evacuation.
Besides evacuation, there are curfew hours. Taira says he only goes to school and straight comes home. Moreover, He recalls neighbors coming and taking the plants from the front yard and asking low prices for their belongings.
Taira believes his family is the first to go to camp because his relatives volunteer to help build Manzanar. Taira's brother loses his job after Pearl Harbor and decides to help with the construction of Manzanar.
Taira describes the living condition at Manzanar. Briefly, He leaves camp to work on a farm in Idaho and attends Idaho Falls High School. However, working and going to school is tough. He returns to Manzanar and finishes high school in the camp. He studies journalism and is the senior editor.
In camp, Taira answers the loyalty questionnaire and explains the different possibilities of answering the questionnaire. In 1944, he is drafted into the Army with his brother Jim. Taira and Jim, go to Fort Douglas, and the other Nisei go to Camp Blanding or Camp Hood.
Camp Hood is for the anti-tank unit. However, Taira is a rife replacement for the 442nd. Taira is assigned to Company A 140th Battalion, and their unit is known as the Flying A. He describes life in basic training. His training is cut from 18 weeks to 16 weeks due to the Battle of Bulge.
442nd
Barracks
basic training
Camp Blanding
Camp Hood
childhood activities
civil rights
Company A
Curfew
December 7th
delivery boy
discrimination
Draft
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
football
Fort Douglas
guard towers
guards
high school
Idaho
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese values
journalism
living conditions
Los Angeles
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
Manzanar
movies
newspapers
newsreels
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
prejudice
privacy
siblings
Utah
World War Two
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Fumio Ralph Fujimoto oral history interview, November 22, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/953-Fujimoto-Ralph-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Aug 04
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Ralph
Location of Basic Training
Camp Maxey, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Fumio Ralph Fujimoto oral history interview, part 2 of 3, November 22, 2008
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Fujimoto, Fumio: narrator
Yuge, Tim: interviewer
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2008OH0953_02_Fujimoto
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Fujimoto continues his recollection of Pearl Harbor and the aftermath of the attacks, including curfews and getting rid of all illegal contraband. Shortly after, they would get notification of Executive Order 9066, which would force them to be moved to an American concentration camp in Arizona. He and his family would be transported there with only the personal belongings they could carry. Once arrived at Poston concentration camp, he would see the poor living conditions including dusty barracks, no privacy and creatures all over the place. He talks about the recreational activities they had there as well, and the loyalty questions that were given to all men. He would end up being drafted into the Army and would be inducted at Fort Sheridan, followed by basic training at Camp Maxey. However, during this time, Victory over Europe occurred and he would be moved to Fort Snelling to begin Military Intelligence Service. While there, Japan surrendered and the war ended. Unfortunately, he was called back home with urgency as his mother was sick and would pass away shortly after. He would be discharged from the Army, so he could take care of his little sisters.
Barracks
baseball
Camp Maxey
Chevrolet
classification
contraband
Curfew
dances
desert
discharge
Drafted
dust
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Fort Sheridan
Fort Snelling
guard towers
living conditions
loyalty questions
Major Aiso
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
mother
mountains
National Tea Company
Occupation of Japan
onigiri
Pearl Harbor
personal belongings
Poston Concentration Camp
privacy
river
Santa Ana
scorpions
Shikata ga nai
snakes
V-E Day
V-J Day
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Coolidge Wakai oral history interview, December 8, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Dec 02
Location of Birth
Kapaa, (Kauai) Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Cool
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Vosges
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Coolidge Wakai oral history interview, part 1 of 2, December 8, 2007
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Wakai, Coolidge: narrator
Yee, T.: interviewer
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0844_01_Wakai
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Dr. Coolidge Shiro Wakai was part of the 100th Company B. He was born December 2, 1925, in Kappa, Kauai, Hawaii. Coolidge's father was a missionary for Japanese Immigrants and established the first Christian church in Kappa, Kauai. Coolidge has six brothers and a sister.
After Coolidge's father passed away, the family moved to Honolulu. His mother worked hard to support the family. At age fifteen, Coolidge went to the mainland for higher education. He settled in California and found a job as a houseboy. Coolidge attended Berkeley High School.
On December 7, Coolidge attended church and learned the news when he went home. Coolidge did not feel any discrimination when he moved to the mainland. His employer and classmates at high school treated him fairly. The following day after Pearl Harbor, Coolidge went to school. He continued to focus on his educational goals.
When Executive Order 9066 was signed, Coolidge and his brother reported to Tanforan. After three to fourth months in Tanforan, Coolidge was sponsored to leave the camp to go to New York. In 1944 Coolidge graduated high school in New York and applied for college. He attended Grinnell College in Iowa with financial assistance from scholarships and a family from Kauai. After his first year of college, Coolidge was drafted into the military.
Coolidge was inducted at Fort Sheridan and shipped to Camp Blanding, Florida. During basic training, Coolidge made many friends and had a good relationship with everyone.
Overseas, he was assigned to Company B, 3rd Platoon. Coolidge's first battle was in the mountains near Carrara, Italy. After Coolidge's first battle in Italy, he kept moving up the mountains above Leghorn. Coolidge recalls not showering for one month.
Coolidge recalls climbing Po Valley with his gear. Besides climbing the rigorous terrain, food was scarce. Later, the 100th and 442nd were called to France for the Gothic Line because the military needed the left flank to be covered. Coolidge was attached to the 92nd Division.
When the war ended, Coolidge was in the mountains. There were no roads in the mountains. Therefore, airplanes dropped down the rations for them. Being overseas, Coolidge missed hot cook meals. He was living off of C rations and K rations.
100th
442nd
88s
92nd division
assembly center
barbed wires
Barracks
basic training
Camp Blanding
Carrara
church
climbing
college
correspondence
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
employment
European Theater
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Fort Sheridan
German weaponry
Gothic Line
guard towers
Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
high school
Higher education
horse stables
houseboy
induction
Issei parents
Italy
Japan
Japanese American soldiers
Kauai
living conditions
Mainland soldiers
meals
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Mount Fogarito
New York
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Po Valley
rations
replacement
rifleman
school
segregation
showers
shrapnels
siblings
Tanforan
Topaz
World War Two
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Kenichi Muranaga oral history interview, October 22, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 24
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
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Kenichi Muranaga oral history interview, part 2 of 3, October 22, 2007
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Muranaga, Kenichi: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0818_02_Muranaga
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Kenichi and Kiyoshi Muranaga leave Amache to work on a sugar beet farm. Kenichi describes their living accommodations and their duties at the farm. Their father also has a job but he works in the mess hall at Amache.
In 1944, Kiyoshi volunteers for the 442nd. Kenichi and Yoshiro also want to volunteer, but Kiyoshi says one person from their family is enough. Their mother agrees.
At Amache, a loyalty questionnaire is given to the internees. Kenichi explains his thoughts on the questions and what is a no-no boy. Although, Santa Anita and Amache's security is almost the same. Kenchi says you can leave Amache to go to work. Sometimes Kenichi goes to the nearest city Granada for entertainment.
In camp, Kenichi receives his draft notice and reports to Fort Logan for induction. After, he goes to Camp Blanding for his basic training. While in basic training, Kenichi gets news of his brother Kiyoshi's death. Kenichi returns to Amache for the funeral service.
When Kenichi goes overseas, he understands what war is. He sees causalities first hand. He describes Champagne Campaign, Bruyeres, and the Gothic Line. At the end of the war, Kenichi has a chance to join the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). However, he decides to return to the States and get married.
Post-war, Kenichi marries Yoshiko, and they have been married for 60 years. He works a few jobs before owning seven laundromats.
100th
442nd
Amache
basic training
Bruyeres
business
Camp Blanding
casualties
Champagne Campaign
convoy
correspondence
dances
dating
Draft
employment
Executive Order 9066
Farming
friends
German soldiers
Gothic Line
guard towers
Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
induction
interment camp
Issei
Issei father
Italy
Japanese American
Japanese American soldier
job
Killed in Action (KIA)
Lost Battalion
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
Mainland soldiers
married
mortar
mortar squad
Nisei
Nisei soldier
No-no boys
Po Valley
post war
replacement
seasick
Social activities
Southern France
sugar beet
surrender
uniform
World War Two
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, October 15, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Mar 03
Incarceration Facilities
Tanforan Temporary Detention Facility
Topaz Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, part 2 of 4, October 15, 2007
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Miyasaki, Minoru: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
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2007OH0817_02_Miyasaki
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Minoru Miyasaki recalls the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. When President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, Minoru and his family went to Tanforan on a Greyhound Bus. The Miyasaki family left their belongings with Mr. Driscoll. However, in 1946 when Minoru's father returned to the farm, Mr. Driscoll had leased the land and home to someone else.
On the day of the evacuation, the Japanese American families living in Irvington met at the school ground and went to Tanforan on the Greyhound bus. Minoru describes the living conditions in the horse stables and assembling their straw mattress.
Minoru and his family left Tanforan after a few months, and they were sent to Topaz, Utah, by train. Arriving at Topaz, there were barbed wires and guard towers at Topaz. Minoru describes the living conditions and life in the camp. Besides attending classes, Minoru worked clearing the sagebrush.
In Topaz, a loyalty questionnaire was given to all the internees. Minoru's father did not answer questions 27 and 28 and was sent to Tule Lake. Minoru went to Tule Lake to visit his father, but he left for farming in Idaho with George and Harry. After Minoru was reclassified 1A, he was drafted into the Military. Minoru remembered leaving Topaz at night to Fort Douglas due to the Kibeis.
At Fort Douglas, Minoru took his physical exam and requested to join the Air Force. Minoru was declined for the Air Force but was accepted for the Military. Later Minoru went to Camp Shelby and was shocked by how different it is from California. After weeks of training, Minoru picked up the Hawaiian language.
Post-war, Minoru revisited Topaz, Utah, and saw a plaque with the names who served in the Military. However, many names were missing including Minoru and his brothers. There was a petition to add the missing names.
4C classification
Air Force
alien land laws
assembly center
barbed wire
Barracks
basic training
black out
bus
Camp Shelby
desert
enemy alien
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
Fort Douglas
guard towers
Hawaiian
Hawaiian identity
Hawaiian Pidgin
horse stables
Idaho
Issei
Issei father
Japanese American
job
kibei
living conditions
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
Mainland
Mainland soldiers
master sergeant
movies
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
post war
radio
restrictions
school
segregated unit
segregation
siblings
sports
surrender
Tanforan
Topaz
train
Tule Lake
voting
World War Two
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, October 14, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Oct 09
Location of Birth
Loomis, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, part 2 of 4, October 14, 2007
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Uchimoto, Dan: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2007OH0813_02_Uchimoto
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Dan Uchimoto explains the meaning of his last name "Uchimoto" in Japanese. In Japan, "Uchimoto" means original home. "Uchi" means a kind of home, "Moto" means original home or basic home. Besides farming, Dan's parents have two additional businesses. A goldfish business, and a single gas pump station.
At an early age, Dan has many responsibilities beyond his years. He works in the family business and cares for his siblings. Life is a struggle, but Dan is grateful for the learning opportunities.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI takes away Dan's father to a detention center. Then evacuation orders are announced. Dan leaves the University of California, Berkeley, during his sophomore year and goes to camp with his mother. Dan and his mother go to Turlock and then Gila River. Dan's brother goes to Swarthmore College and his sister, Amy attends Boston University for a year.
Dan leaves camp to continue his education. He attends Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He describes his college and Berkeley years and working part-time.
In camp, Dan is given a questionnaire. He explains the answers "no-no" and "yes-yes". Dan answers "yes-yes" and that makes him eligible for being drafted. Dan receives his draft notice when he is at Loras College.
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Barracks
Berkeley
car
childhood employment
college
community involvement
community organizations
Crystal City
detention facility
discrimination
Draft
European Theater
evacuation
evacuation orders
Executive Order 9066
family business
farm
Farming
farming community
FBI
friends
friendship
Gila River
guard towers
Higher education
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
living conditions
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
post war
relocation camps
Russia
schoolboy
World War Two
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Frank Tadao Matsuda oral history interview, August 25, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Jan 09
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Puyallup Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Joker
Mac
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Belvedere
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Vosges
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Frank Tadao Matsuda oral history interview, part 1 of 3, August 25, 2007
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Matsuda, Frank Tadao: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2007OH0793_01_Matsuda
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Frank Tadao Matsuda is born on January 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. His father, Saiki Frank Matsuda, and mother, Masae Miyoshi, are from Japan. Frank has an older sister Aiko and a younger sister Kathryn Sumiko. Frank is closest to Aiko because he lives with her in Chicago post-war.
Frank grows up during the Great Depression. Although money is hard to earn during the Great Depression, Frank's father buys a house for around $2,000. Asians could not own homes or property because of the Alien Land Law. After camp, Frank's sister's name is on the deed because she is an American citizen.
The Matsuda family lives in the community of Ballard in Seattle. The demographic is predominately Scandinavian. Frank remembers there are four Japanese American families plus them. Frank has many friends on 69th Street.
Frank recalls December 7 and the evacuation orders, Executive Order 9066 (EO9066). He says the Japanese Americans becomes the most hated people after Pearl Harbor. The Matsuda family goes to Puyallup and Minidoka. He describes the living conditions and provisions in camp.
Frank did not stay at Minidoka for long. He takes the opportunity to work on a sugar beet farm in Idaho. Later he goes to Salt Lake City to work at a meatpacking company and restaurant.
"Jap"
alien land laws
art
barbed wire
Barracks
baseball
buddhist
Child rearing
childhood activities
Christianity
church
cooking
December 7th
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
farming community
fishing
friends
Great Depression
guard towers
hobbies
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese values
living conditions
meals
Minidoka
morals
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
picture bride
Puyallup Assembly Center
Racism
railroads
school
Seattle
siblings
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Masato Eddy Kurushima oral history interview, February 23, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/247-Kurushima-Eddy-4.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 06
Location of Birth
Brawley, California
Incarceration Facilities
Fresno Temporary Detention Facility
Jerome Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Masato Eddy Kurushima oral history interview, part 4 of 8, February 23, 2002
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Kurushima, Masato Eddy: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
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2002OH0247_04_Kurushima
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On December 7, 1941, Masato Eddy Kurushima was at the free market selling their harvest and heard the news about Pearl Harbor. Eddy was in shock and felt things would go back to normal the next day. The Pearl Harbor attack changed the lives of the Japanese Americans and questioned their citizenship.
Eddy's mother was concerned and wanted to remove any Japanese items from the house. Eddy helps his parents destroy Japanese belongings from their home. The following day after the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI came to pick up Eddy's father. A few days later, Eddy's father returned home. Eddy experiences racism. Eddy's mother encourages him to continue going to school despite the negative experience.
When Eddy returns from Japan to the United States, he gradually starts to feel accepted. He did not have a connection with Japan, even though Japan was his ancestral home. Eddy recalls President Roosevelt's speech after Pearl Harbor. Eddy feels disbelief that the Japanese Americans are not considered citizens of the United States. Although Eddy's parents are not citizens of the United States, they acted like good citizens. Eddy's parents followed the law and are honest, hard-working people.
On evacuation day, the Kurushima family goes to Fresno Fair Grounds Relocation Center. They stay there for six months before going to Jerome, AR. Eddy describes the living conditions and the attitude of shikata ga nai.
black out
citizenship
citzenship
December 7th
Emperor Hirohito
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
FBI
Fresno
guard towers
guards
high school
internment camp
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Jerome
living conditions
newspapers
Nisei
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
President Roosevelt
Racism
relocation centers
World War Two
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, October 4, 2011
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 27
Location of Birth
Lodi, California
Incarceration Facilities
Stockton Temporary Detention Facility
Rohwer Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Meade, Maryland
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, part 2 of 3, October 4, 2011
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Yamashita, Masato: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2011OH1049_02_Yamashita
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Masato Yamashita's interview is with Lloyd Fujitani.
Masato Yamashita and Lloyd Fujitani recall hearing the news about Pearl Harbor on the radio. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, anyone who is a leader of a Japanese Organization is taken away by the FBI. The FBI takes away dozen community leaders from Lodi including his cousin.
The government gives a month's notice for the Japanese Americans to evacuate to the Assembly Centers. The Yamashita family goes to the Stockton Assembly Center for three to four months. Masato describes the living conditions in the barracks at the Fair Grounds. At camp, Masato's neighborhood friend, Mackenzie, comes to visit him. The Fujitani family also goes to the Stockton Assembly Center.
At the Assembly Center, both Lloyd and Masato get jobs. Lloyd gets a job cooking, and Masato gets a job picking up trash. They are there at the Assembly Center for six months, waiting for Rohwer, AK, to finish construction.
Masato and Lloyd compare the security from the Assembly Center and Rohwer. At camp, there are sports, games, and social dances for entertainment. In 1943, Masato graduated high school and goes to Saint Louis for work. Shortly after, he is drafted into the Army. In 1945, Lloyd is drafted into the Army.
Masato and Lloyd talk about their induction and basic training experience before going overseas to the European Theater. Overseas, Masato is in the Third Platoon, First Squad, I Company. His Platoon Sergeant is George Ikeda. Lloyd is in Second Platoon, I Company. His Staff Sergeant is Shiro "Kash" Kashino.
Masato arrives in France approximately three months after the Lost Battalion battle. He is assigned to guard duty on top of a hill and describes the last push.
barbed wires
Barracks
basic training
Blackouts
Camp Blanding
Camp McCoy
casualties
Community leaders
community organizations
December 7th
Draft
employment
European Theater
evacuate
Executive Order 9066
FBI
France
friend
German soldiers
Gothic Line
guard towers
high school
I Company
induction
Issei
Issei parents
Italy
Japanese American soldiers
Killed in Action (KIA)
last push
living conditions
Lost Battalion
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
overseas
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
platoon
Po Valley
radio
replacement
replacement soldiers
restrictions
Rohwer Concentration Camp
squad
staff sergeant
Stockton Assembly Center
World War Two
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Hiroshi Tanaka oral history interview, September 27, 2005
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/608-Tanaka-Hiroshi-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Feb 08
Location of Birth
Huntington Beach, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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Hiroshi Tanaka oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 27, 2005
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Tanaka, Hiroshi: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2005OH0608_02_Tanaka
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Tanaka would grow up in southern California, helping his family work on the vegetable farm and playing with friends. During this time, the Great Depression occurred and he talks briefly about that. Next, he talks about his whereabouts during the attacks on Pearl Harbor. During this time, he saw family members taken in by the FBI and moved to immigration camps, eventually landing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Soon after, the President would sign executive order 9066, which would evacuate all the Japanese living on the west coast. Tanaka and his family would be moved to Poston concentration camp in Arizona, having to sell all his personal belongings along the way. He talks about what life was like in the camps, including getting work as a sign painter and a dish washer.
Subject
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World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Law and legislation--Executive Order 9066
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
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0:28:27
Language
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eng
Date
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2005 September 27
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Las Vegas, Nevada
buddhist
cabbage
Chevrolet
Colorado River
desert
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
FBI
friends
Great Depression
guard towers
immigration center
Japan
Minister
Pearl Harbor
personal belongings
Poston Concentration Camp
religion
restrictions
salary
Santa Fe
Topanga Canyon
transportation
weather
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Isamu Saito oral history interview, June 28, 2005
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/583-Saito-Isamu-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Apr 27
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Puyallup Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Sam
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
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Isamu Saito oral history interview, part 3 of 6, June 28, 2005
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Saito, Isamu: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
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2005OH0583_03_Saito
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Isamu "Sam" Saito discusses his friends' and parents' reactions after Pearl Harbor. One evening after the attack, Sam's parents burned items connected with Japan.
When Executive Order 9066 (EO9066) was announced, Sam's family prepared for evacuation and packed two duffel bags. Sam packs some clothes and toys. Sam's parents tried to sell their belongings but left a lot of possessions behind.
Sam and his family went to Puyallup Assembly Center and lived in a horse stall for three months before going to Minidoka. During the three months, Sam and his peers played games and baseball. Moreover, various jobs around the Assembly Center became available.
Sam was sent to Minidoka, ID, as part of the advance crew to help with the setup of Minidoka. Before arriving at Minidoka, there was a guard tower and barracks built. Sam and the advance crew placed the barbed wire around the camp. The barracks had no insulation, and the room got cold in the winter. In addition, the barracks have limited privacy.
Minidoka was set up by block, and each block had a mess hall, laundry room, and communal shower rooms for the internees. The lifestyle at camp changed the family dynamic. Sam discusses the shift in authority his father had over the family.
Many Issei tried to have churches come to camp to unify the family. After a year, churches were able to come. Sam recalls Reverend Anderson and his devotion to the Japanese Americans at Minidoka. Reverend Anderson and his family move to Twin Falls to be near Minidoka.
barbed wires
Barracks
education
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
family values
friend
friendship
guard towers
horse stables
Issei parents
Japanese American
living conditions
Minidoka
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
privacy
Puyallup Assembly Center
school
Social activities
World War Two
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Yasu Teramura oral history interview, February 11, 2005
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/529-Teramura-Yasu-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Nov 18
Location of Birth
Portland, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Portland Temporary Detention Facility
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Index
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Yes
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Yasu Teramura oral history interview, part 3 of 5, February 11, 2005
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Teramura, Yasu: narrator
Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2005OH0529_03_Teramura
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Teramura discusses seeing Ambassador Nomura while living near Portland and what it was like to work on the sugar beet farms. There, he would face some prejudice which gave him a little bit of a scare. Next, he talks about visiting his family at the Minidoka concentration camp and the living conditions there. He would be drafted into the Army shortly after and be inducted at Fort Douglas. He would have his basic training at Camp Blanding in Florida with the 442nd Regiment. He would be sent overseas and arrive in Le Havre, France, catching up with the 442nd shortly after one of their battles. He would be involved in Leghorn but wouldn't see the front line until after the war.
Subject
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Industry and employment
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Minidoka
World War II--Military service--Basic training
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
Type
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:28:38
Language
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eng
Date
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2005 February
Spatial Coverage
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Ontario, Oregon
442nd Regimental Combat Team
88th battalion
92nd division
Ambassador Nomura
Barracks
Camp Blanding
Drafted
Fort Douglas
France
front line
guard towers
induction
Leghorn
Marseille
Minidoka Concentration Center
Nisei soldiers
Ontario
Oregon
prejudice
Sugar beets
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Yoshio Izumi oral history interview, November 20, 2004
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/515-Izumi-Yoshio-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Sep 15
Location of Birth
South Pasadena, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort Ord, California
Fort Custer, Michigan
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Yoshio Izumi oral history interview, part 3 of 5, November 20, 2004
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Izumi, Yoshio: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Toyota: sponsor
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0515_03_Izumi
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On December 7, Yoshio Izumi is on his weekend leave and hears about Pearl Harbor on the radio at home. Yoshio was born and raised in the United States, and he feels he would be loyal to his homeland. He feels he is one hundred percent American.
On February 19, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 and Yoshio's family goes to Manzanar. All the Japanese American soldiers in the outfit are taken out and placed in a segregated unit. Yoshio recalls orders to dig trenches for other Military Personnel. Later the outfit is sent to serval places in the Midwest. Yoshio goes to Fort Custer, Michigan. Other Japanese American soldiers go to Camp Sheridan.
During Yoshio's service, he is transferred to many places, and it is difficult for his family to keep track and correspond. When possible, Yoshio visits his family a few times in Manzanar. He describes the camp and the living conditions of his family.
At Fort Custer, Yoshio is assigned to the Military Police (MP) and later works at the hospital as an orderly. Later, Yoshio received orders to go to Camp Savage. At Camp Savage, he is assigned to Headquarters Company doing clerical work. Besides clerical work, Yoshio recalls being tasked with coal-burning in the evening time.
Barracks
Camp Savage
December 7th
Draft
evacuate
Executive Order 9066
family
Fort Custer
guard towers
headquarters company
Japanese American
living conditions
Manzanar
medic
military police (mp)
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
pass
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
segregated unit
Shikata ga nai
siblings
World War Two
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Richard Watada oral history interview, May 2, 2004
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/447-Watada-Richard-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Dec 21
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Dick
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
Vosges
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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Richard Watada oral history interview, part 2 of 6, May 2, 2004
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Watada, Richard: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0447_02_Watada
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Watada discusses his Father's personality. Synonymous with Japanese identity and values, there are responsibilities; however, Watada's Father different. As an Issei he speaks English and associates with younger people. This is culturally conflicting.
Due to Watada Father's criticism, he tends to be quiet and takes after his Mother's characteristics. At camp and in service is where Watada becomes more outgoing. When Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941, Watada recalls the feelings of disbelief.
When executive Order 9066 is announce, there is a short amount of time for evacuation. Watada's Family sells most of their belongs and stores what they can at the church. The Watada family goes the Santa Anita Assembly Center and he describes the living conditions. After a one month at Santa Anita, the Watada Family goes to Idaho Falls to work on a sugar beet farm.
In 1942 the family goes to Amache. Watada recalls the weather being hot and the camp is surrounded by fence with armed guards in towers. The living space are divided into four units in each barrack.
Subject
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World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Granada (Amache) Amache, Colorado
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Santa Anita
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:29:27
Language
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eng
Date
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2004 May 02
Spatial Coverage
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Alameda, California
assembly center
barbed wires
Barracks
discrimination
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
guard towers
Idaho
interment camp
Pearl Harbor
Santa Anita
Sugar beets
World War Two
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Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, October 18, 1999
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/082-Inouye-Shigeru-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Feb 03
Location of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Shig
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Battle of Monte Cassino
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Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, part 2 of 5, October 18, 1999
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Inouye, Shigeru: narrator
Kawata, Ian: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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1999OH0082_02_Inouye
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Shigeru Inouye outlines the aftermath of December 7. After Pearl Habor, Shigeru's sister is in California and goes to Rohwer, AK. Shigeru visits his sister at Rohwer and describes the living conditions. He reunites with his sister again at Camp Shelby.
After maneuver training, Shigeru says the 442nd is organized with Mainland soldiers and Hawaiian soldiers. Shigeru discusses the relationships between the two groups and a boxing tournament at Camp Shelby.
Shigeru is assigned to the combat medic unit.
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
100th
442nd
ancestry
barbed wire
basic training
Boxing
Camp McCoy
Camp Shelby
dating
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
front lines
guard towers
Hawaiian soldiers
interpreter
Japanese American
Japanese American soldier
Mainland
Mainland soldiers
medic
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
Racism
Rohwer Concentration Camp
siblings
World War Two
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Sachio Jack Takata oral history interview, June 17, 2006
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Mar 14
Location of Birth
Alamo, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
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Title
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Sachio Jack Takata oral history interview, part 2 of 3, June 17, 2006
Creator
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Takata, Sachio Jack: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2006OH0699_02_Takata
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In 1940, Sachio Takata graduated high school and went to the Delta Islands to work in the celery field. Sachio wanted to save money to further his education and attend medical school.
After the signing of Executive Order 9066, Sachio and his family went to Turlock and the Gila River. Sachio worked briefly on the farm and made camouflage before leaving Gila River to work on a farm in Nevada.
Later, Sachio left Nevada and went to Blackfoot, Idaho, to sort potatoes for the winter. Then, he moved to Chicago to work at a machine shop. In Chicago, Sachio's status changed from 4C to 1A, and eligible for the draft. He returned to camp and was inducted into the Army.
Sachio reported to Fort Douglas and went to Camp Blanding for basic training. After completing training, Sachio was discharged at Fort Sheridan. Sachio went to Gila River temporarily and then to Chicago to work in a machine shop.
When the camp was closing, Sachio returned to Gila to help his family relocate. The family moved to Rocky Ford, Colorado, to farm tomatoes.
Sachio recalls learning the war ended and discussed his thoughts on the atomic bomb.
Sachio received a notice from the California Draft Board for not serving six months during the war. He was inducted into the Army for the second time and sent to Fort Riley. Then he went to Fort Benning, Georgia. Sachio went to Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) training and was assigned to the Headquarters of Pacific Command in Honolulu. Later, Sachio was assigned to Enewetak for six to eight months for security duty.
4C classification
assembly center
atomic bomb
barbed wire
basic training
bombing
Camp Blanding
Chicago
CIC
civilians
Denver
discrimination
discrimination in the military
employment
enemy alien
Enewetak
family
Farming
Fort Sheridan
Gila River
graduation
guard
guard towers
Hawaii
high school
Higher education
hospital
Idaho
Issei
Issei father
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese American soldiers
living conditions
medical school
movie
newspapers
Nisei
post war
segregated unit
strike
Turlock
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George Matsui oral history interview, September 11, 1998
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/008-Matsui-George-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1915 Mar 01
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Tule Lake Concentration Camp
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Roberts, California
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Marshall Islands Campaign
Marianas Islands
Saipan, Tinian and Guam
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
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George Matsui oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 11, 1998
Creator
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Matsui, George: narrator
Sato, Christine: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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1998OH0008_02_Matsui
Description
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George Matsui discusses his reaction to December 7 and the aftermath. His feeling was shikata ga nai. George evacuated to Santa Anita and Tule Lake.
At Tule Lake, George remembered the barbed wires around the parameter, barracks, and guards in the guard towers. George was at Tule Lake for a few months before reporting to Camp Savage for Military Intelligence Service Language School. George learned interrogation, translation, and interpretation in Japanese.
During the Pacific Theater, one of his worst memory for him was seeing dead bodies. George recalls trying to save Japanese civilians and soldiers. For his accomplishments in Saipan, George was awarded the Bronze Star. He could not talk about his war experience previously because of the effects it had on him.
After George's service in Saipan, he went to Honolulu for a rest period. He spent his time attending USO events and corresponding with his wife. George shared a story of how he sent a proposal letter and engagement ring to her. He also mentioned learning about the passing of Frank Hachiya.
Besides Saipan, George went to Marshall Island. Marshall Island was George's first operation with the 7th Division. For his accomplishment in deciphering the hydrographic map, George received a letter of accommodation.
When George learned the war had ended, he was happy. George felt he was lucky to serve in two campaigns in the Pacific Theater. He credited the men who served in China, Burma, and India for doing a great job.
assembly center
awards and medals
barbed wires
Barracks
Bronze Star
Camp Savage
campaigns
cave flushing
caves
correspondence
dances
dating
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
friends
guard
guard towers
Hawaii
interpretation
interrogation
islands
Japanese American
Japanese American soldiers
Japanese civilians
Japanese soldiers
Killed in Action (KIA)
living conditions
map
Marshall Islands
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Nisei soldiers
Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
prisoner of war
R and R
Saipan
Santa Anita
Shikata ga nai
submarine
training
translation
Tule Lake
USO
World War Two