Mamoru Kanda oral history interview, part 4 of 6, June 26, 2004
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Kanda discusses Executive Order 9066 and forced removal; and talks about his family's experiences leaving belongings behind. He then talks about his experiences at Santa Anita temporary detention facility including discussing a teacher there, playing chess, and creating model airplanes. Next, Kanda talks about his first impressions of Amache incarceration camp after he was sent there, attending school at Amache, and leaving Amache for Cleveland. Kanda then talks about volunteering for Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) at Fort Snelling and his experiences as a student at MISLS. Lastly, Kanda talks about the differences between military and conversational Japanese; and discusses John Aiso.
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0:28:52
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2004OH0460_04_Kanda
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/460-Kanda-Mamoru-4.m4v
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1924 Jul 25
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Kanda, Mamoru: narrator, Hawkins, Richard: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Mamoru Kanda oral history interview, part 4 of 6, June 26, 2004,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050573.