Shinobu Saito oral history interview, part 2 of 7, November 21, 2004
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Saito discusses his childhood friendships; participation in Boy Scouts and Nisei Week; and discusses experiences with prejudice prior to World War Two. He then talks about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath; discusses his pre-war employment farming and working at a fruit stand; talks about his desire to become a pilot; and discusses his experiences with discrimination while trying to volunteer for the Air Corps. Next, Saito discusses his family’s forced removal to Poston Concentration Camp and having to leave belongings behind; traveling to Poston; and his thoughts about citizenship and his enemy alien classification. Lastly, Saito discusses his first impressions of Poston as well as the living conditions, fellow incarcerees, and weather.
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video/m4v
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0:29:24
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2004OH0520_02_Saito
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/520-Saito-Shinobu-2.m4v
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1923 Jan 19
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Location of Basic Training
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Yes
Citation
Saito, Shinobu: narrator, Hanami, Ren: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Shinobu Saito oral history interview, part 2 of 7, November 21, 2004,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051037.