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Ray Mayeda oral history interview, January 7, 2010
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Oct 18
Location of Birth
Coronado, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Teru
Kuni
Location of Basic Training
Camp Lee, Virginia
Presidio of Monterey, California
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Ray Mayeda oral history interview, part 4 of 4, January 7, 2010
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Mayeda, Ray: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2010OH0988_04_Mayeda
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After the passing of Ray Mayeda's mother, Ray's father sent his two sisters and younger brother to live in Japan with their grandmother. Later, Ray's father and Ray went to live in Japan too. After living in Japan for a few years, in 1939, Ray returned to the United States.
Ray attended Coronado High School and got good grades. He credits his education in Japan for doing well in high school. In addition to Ray's academic studies, he was elected student body treasurer and ran track. Ray was popular with his peers and had many friends.
On December 7, 1941, Ray's life changed when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Many of Ray's friends treated him differently at school, and Ray was forcibly removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center and then to Poston, AZ.
Ray relocated alone because his father was in Crystal City, Texas, and his older brother volunteered for the Army in 1942. Life in the camp was tough, and Ray had to care for himself.
Ray graduated from high school in the camp and left Poston to work in Chicago, IL. Soon after, he found a better job working as a bookkeeper. Ray saved enough money to attend the University of Minnesota, and when his finances ran low, he volunteered for the Army.
Ray started his career as an auditor working in Japan at the Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD) during the occupation. Next, he was a translator in Tokyo civil service and Okinawa civil service. Ray's second time in Japan was with the Air Force Audit Agency and working around Asia. When Ray retired, Northrop offered him a job and traveled to Korea, Saudi Arabia, and various states in the United States for auditing.
In Ray's retirement years, he enjoys playing golf and going on cruises. Ray has been married to the love of his life for 57 years and has three children and three grandchildren. Ray hopes his grandchildren have a good education and a job they enjoy. For the future of America, he hopes there are no more wars.
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Air Force
barbed wires
Barracks
career
childhood
children
CIC
Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD)
Community leaders
Crystal City
December 7th
evacuate
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
farm
Farming
FBI
friends
graduation
grandchildren
guard
Hakujin
high school
Higher education
home life
horse stables
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
living conditions
Loyalty Questionnaire
Nisei
Nisei veterans
occupation
Pearl Harbor
Poston
retirement
Santa Ana Race Track
siblings
travel
volunteer
wife
work
World War Two
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Akio Konoshima oral history interview, July 21, 2009
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/975-Konoshima-Akio-2.m4v
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Akio Konoshima oral history interview, part 2 of 4, July 21, 2009
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Konoshima, Akio: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2009OH0975_02_Konoshima
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Konoshima discusses the reasons for attending University of Wisconsin after the camps and his sister also attending. Next, he speaks about the effects of being born in Japan and not having the same rights that even Japanese Americans had, such as joining the army. After this, he goes back to the Pearl Harbor attacks and the effect that it had on he and his family. As his family leased a farm, they had to figure out what to do with it once the Executive Order 9066 came around. They would pack up their things and begin their time at Santa Anita race track, living in a horse stable. Shortly after that, they would be moved to Wyoming, to the Heart Mountain concentration camps. They would be assigned to a barrack and be kept inside the barbed wire fencing with nothing to do except work and watch friends get drafted into the Army, and in some cases killed in the war.
Subject
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World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Heart Mountain
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Santa Anita
Law and legislation--Executive Order 9066
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:55;00
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
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2009 July 21
Spatial Coverage
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Bethesda, Maryland
barbed wire
Barracks
correspondence
engineering
Executive Order 9066
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
horse stables
Killed in Action (KIA)
living conditions
Loyalty Questionnaire
No-no boys
personal belongings
radio
registration
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center
train
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Coolidge Wakai oral history interview, December 8, 2007
Oral History
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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
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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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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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, October 15, 2007
Oral History
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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
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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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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Tommy Mayekawa oral history interview, February 11, 2012
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Apr 22
Location of Birth
Hawthorne, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita 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 Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Marshall-Gilberts Islands Campaign
Philippine Islands
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Yokohama
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Tommy Mayekawa oral history interview, part 2 of 3, February 11, 2012
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Mayekawa, Tommy: 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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2012OH1054_02_Mayekawa
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Tommy Mayekawa and his family evacuate to Santa Anita Assembly Center after receiving the evacuation orders. He describes the living conditions and life in the camp. Tommy and his family live in a horse stable, and his parents accepted the situation with the attitude of shikata ga nai.
Tommy and his family are at Santa Anita for a few months before going to Rohwer Relocation Center. At Rohwer, there are armed guards in guard towers. Tommy tries to try to occupy his time in camp with work. He finds a job driving a truck and chopping wood.
In March 1944, Tommy leaves Rohwer for employment opportunities in Detroit, MI. Shortly after, Tommy receives his draft notice and reports to Fort Sheridan. Tommy discusses the irony of being an American citizen going to camp and now being drafted into service.
At Camp Blanding, Tommy is part of a segregated unit. Many guys from his Company go overseas to Europe, but Tommy goes to language school at Fort Snelling. Tommy's training is short because the war has ended, and they are needed overseas.
In August 1945, he travels to the Philippine Islands and works at a POW camp. Later, Tommy goes to Japan for occupation. He is stationed in downtown Yokohama and is attached to the Third Military Railway Service Headquarters. His assignment is to be an interpreter with the local rail operators.
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS)
assembly center
Barracks
basic training
Camp Blanding
Detroit
Draft
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Fort Sheridan
Fort Snelling
horse stables
interpreter
Japan
Japanese American soldiers
John Aiso
living conditions
magazines
Manchuria
Manila
marching
meals
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
overseas
pass
Philippine Islands
Prisoners of War (POWs)
relocation camps
Rohwer Concentration Camp
Santa Anita
segregated unit
Shikata ga nai
transportation
troop ship
World War Two
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Tommy Mayekawa oral history interview, February 11, 2012
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Apr 22
Location of Birth
Hawthorne, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita 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 Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Marshall-Gilberts Islands Campaign
Philippine Islands
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Yokohama
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Tommy Mayekawa oral history interview, part 1 of 3, February 11, 2012
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Mayekawa, Tommy: 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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2012OH1054_01_Mayekawa
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An account of the resource
Tommy Masakazu Mayekawa is born on April 22, 1921, in Hawthorne, CA. Tommy's parents are from Mie-ken, Japan. When Tommy's father immigrates to the United States, he works on the railroads and truck farming.
Tommy is the oldest of the children. He has a sister and two brothers. Tommy's first childhood home is on a farm. Growing up, he helps his father on the farm. If Tommy has free time, he hangs out with his friends and goes to the skating ring and movies.
Tommy recalls his school years and being the teachers' favorite student. Besides attending primary school, he goes to Japanese language school. After graduating high school in 1939, Tommy worked on a farm other than his family farm to earn money. Tommy also works at a home appliance store in Gardena, CA, as a delivery man.
On December 7, 1941, Tommy hears the news about Pearl Harbor while eating breakfast at his regular restaurant. He does not experience discrimination. Growing up, Tommy does not experience discrimination either. He says he feels the same as everyone since he was born and raised in the United States.
Tommy recalls the evacuation notices and preparing to go to Santa Anita Assembly Center. He describes the living conditions and feeling degraded. Tommy says there is nothing you can do but accept the situation, shikata ga nai.
buddhist
car
childhood
childhood activities
discrimination
evacuate
Executive Order 9066
family
farm
farming community
Fort Snelling
friends
high school
horse stables
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese langauge school
Japanese values
jobs
living conditions
meals
Military Intelligence Service Language School
mochi
neighborhood
New Year
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
primary school
Santa Anita
Shikata ga nai
siblings
Social activities
World War Two
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Robert Teragawa oral history interview, June 23, 2006
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/679-Teragawa-Bob-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1927 Nov 13
Location of Birth
Portland, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Rohwer Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Bob
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Robert Teragawa oral history interview, part 2 of 3, June 23, 2006
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Teragawa, Robert: narrator: Leivici, Joanne: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2006OH0679_02_Teragawa
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An account of the resource
After the forced removal from Los Angeles, Teragawa and family were rounded up and sent to the temporary detention center at the Santa Anita race tracks, where they would live in a horse stall with other families. After a couple of months, they were transported to the Rohwer Concentration Camps in Arkansas. There, they would stay in barracks, making their own furniture and eating in the mess hall, where Teragawa was appointed chief cook. Later, after leaving the camp, he would work in Chicago, until he was drafted into the Army and began his training at Camp Shelby. Once his training was over, he found out that Japan had surrendered and the war was over, so he was sent to Fort Snelling to polish his Japanese at the Military Intelligence Service Language School. From there, he was shipped overseas, eventually landing in Manila.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Rohwer
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Santa Anita
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:57:46
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2006 June 23
American Concentration Camps
Barracks
basic training
Camp Rohwer
Camp Savage
Camp Shelby
chief cook
Drafted
evacuation orders
FBI
Fort Sheldon
Fort Snelling
hanafuda
horse stables
living conditions
Major Iso
Manila
mess hall
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Philippines
Santa Anita Racetrack
temporary detention center
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Hiroshi Takusagawa oral history interview, February 25, 2006
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/641-Takusagawa-Hiro-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Jul 11
Location of Birth
Santa Barbara, California
Incarceration Facilities
Tulare Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Hiro
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
North Africa Deployment
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Index
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Yes
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Hiroshi Takusagawa oral history interview, part 2 of 4, February 25, 2006
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Takusagawa, Hiroshi: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2006OH0641_02_Takusagawa
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An account of the resource
Takusagawa continues his discussion on growing up in Santa Barbara, including the impactful people that he grew up with, helping him to become a more rounded person. Eventually, this guided him to joining the school band, playing the snare drum, which led him to a very special 21 day trip to Washington DC. Following high school, Takusagawa began to figure out a career path, most likely taking over the dry cleaning business after the passing of his father, however, the attacks on Pearl Harbor occurred. As Executive Order 9066 was posted, the early relationships with neighborhood friends worked in his favor, as his family was able to store their furniture in their homes. Next, he and his family headed to Tulare Temporary Detention Center, where conditions were crude and his family was forced to live in a horse stall.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Law and legislation--Executive Order 9066
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Tulare
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
Extent
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0:55:54
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2006 February 25
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
band
Boy Scouts
Executive Order 9066
Gila River Concentration Camp
Great Depression
horse stables
impactful people
journalism
Pearl Harbor
Santa Barbara
Tulare Temporary Detention Center
Washington DC
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Isamu Saito oral history interview, June 28, 2005
Oral History
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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
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2005OH0583_03_Saito
Description
An account of the resource
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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Theodore Yenari oral history interview, November 15, 2004
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/513-Yenari-Ted-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Sep 29
Location of Birth
Tacoma, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Rohwer Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Ted
Location of Basic Training
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Index
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Yes
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Theodore Yenari oral history interview, part 3 of 7, November 15, 2004
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Yenari, Theodore: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
UPS: sponsor
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0513_03_Yenari
Description
An account of the resource
Theodore "Ted" Yenari discusses graduating high school in 1938 and being aware about world events. He recalls asking his parents to go watch a play about antiwar and writing a school paper on Manchuria.
On December 7, 1941, Yenari is working fruit and vegetable stand and a week later is let go. He changes several jobs until time for forced removal. During preparation for Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center, Yenari's Father build four boxes to storage their personal belongs and gave them to a Jewish family to watch after it. Yenari's family is fortunate to have their items return to them after camp. At Santa Anita, Yenari's family stays in a horse stable and eventually moves to a bungalow due to his brother's disability.
Subject
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World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Santa Anita
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Identity and values
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:29:57
Language
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eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2004 November 15
discrimination
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
high school
horse stables
Issei
Japanese American
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
Santa Anita
war
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Frank Wada oral history interview, September 11, 2004
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/489-Wada-Frank-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Jul 23
Location of Birth
Redlands, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Poston 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
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Index
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Yes
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Frank Wada oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 11, 2004
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Wada, Frank: narrator
Hanami, Ren: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0489_02_Wada
Description
An account of the resource
Wada continues talking about the evacuation orders, forcing them to leave their homes in San Diego and head to Santa Anita racetracks. They would take their personal belongings and live in unclean horse stables, with makeshift barracks and poor living conditions. Shortly after this, they would be moved to Poston Concentration Camp in Arizona where the summers were hot and dry. He discusses the living conditions and the dust storms that they dealt with. There, they would have no privacy, but would still enjoy dances on the weekends. When recruiters one day arrived at the camp, Wada decided he would volunteer for the Army.
Subject
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World War II--American Concentration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Santa Anita
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Decision to incarcerate
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:27:58
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2004 September 11
Barracks
car
Curfew
dances
dust
evacuation orders
family
food
friends
horse stables
living conditions
mess hall
personal belongings
Poston Concentration Camp
privacy
recruiters
San Diego
Santa Anita
Santa Anita Racetrack
temporary detention center
volunteer
weather
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Ken Nihei oral history interview, August 20, 2004
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/483-Nihei-Ken-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 May 14
Location of Birth
Sacramento, California
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
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
232nd Combat Engineer Company
Campaigns/Battles
The Gothic Line
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Ken Nihei oral history interview, part 1 of 5, August 20, 2004
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Nihei, Ken: narrator
Hanamura, Wendy: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0483_01_Nihei
Description
An account of the resource
Ken Nihei was born in 1925 in Sacramento, CA. Ken grew up in Sacramento until he was seven years old and moved to Hayward (Bay Area) during the Great Depression.
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.
assembly center
Blackouts
childhood activities
church
discrimination
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
farming community
friends
Fukushima
guard
horse stables
immigration
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese langauge school
Japanese values
living conditions
mess hall
Military Police
morals
movies
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
school
siblings
Sunday school
Tanforan
Topaz
train
travel restriction
World War Two
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Mitsuo Kodama oral history interview, May 6, 2004
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/451-Kodama-Mitsuo-4.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Jan 05
Location of Birth
Mountain View, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Mits
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
The Gothic Line
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Mitsuo Kodama oral history interview, part 4 of 6, May 6, 2004
Creator
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Kodama, Mitsuo: 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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2004OH0451_04_Kodama
Description
An account of the resource
After the evacuation, Kodama and his family would head to Santa Anita race track where they would spend some time in a temporary detention center, where they would have almost no privacy. It was there, that he would meet his first wife, who taught him how to dance. He also talks about riots that also occurred and the restrictions they had because of that. After this, they would be moved to Heart Mountain concentration camp, where living conditions were also poor and the weather was cold. As he became angry towards the Army, he decided to become a no-no boy but would later decide he would only join if drafted. Later, while working in Chicago, he would be drafted into the Army and begin his basic training at Camp Blanding.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Heart Mountain
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Santa Anita
Military service--Veteran history
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
0:30:01
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2004 May 06
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Las Vegas, Nevada
basic training
bedding
Camp Blanding
Chicago
cold weather
cub scouts
Draft
Exclusive 20 Boys
gangs
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
horse stables
insulation
living conditions
Lost Battalion
Maryland
music
No-no boys
riots
Santa Anita Racetrack
temporary detention center
train. clothing
wife
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Sachio Jack Takata oral history interview, June 17, 2006
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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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Sachio Jack Takata oral history interview, part 1 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_01_Takata
Description
An account of the resource
Sachio Takata was born on March 14, 1923, in Southern California. Sachio's father, Kizo, was from Kagoshima, Japan, and immigrated to the United States. He met Sachio’s mother, Hatsumi, from Hawaii, and they married. Sachio is the oldest of ten siblings.
Half of Sachio's youth was in Southern California and then in Northern California. Sachio enjoyed school. He attended primary school and Japanese Language School. After class, he would go home and help on the farm. Sachio describes harvesting different crops on 70 acres. Sachio grew up during the Great Depression. Although he had many interests, Sachio had to save every penny to buy model airplanes, a photography camera, and parts for the crystal radio set. The nearest town was Stockton, and Sachio watched cowboy movies often.
On December 7, Sachio was working on the farm, when he heard about Pearl Harbor. The following day, Sachio heard President Roosevelt declare war. Shortly after there were travel restrictions and a curfew enforced. Sachio recalls having the mentality of shikata ga nai and not trying to fight city hall. In camp, he did not participate in strikes.
On February 19, 1946, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, and Japanese Americans had to be evacuated from the western area. Sachio and his family evacuated to the assembly center and took what they could carry. At Turlock, Sachio spent most of his time working at the mess hall as a pantry clerk.
assembly center
camera
childhood
childhood activities
cowboy
December 7th
education
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
farm labor
farming community
Great Depression
Hawaii
high school
hobbies
horse stables
Issei father
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Livingston
meals
mess hall
movies
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt
primary school
radio
reading
relocation
Shikata ga nai
siblings
teacher
Turlock
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