Minoru Shinmoto oral history interview, part 3 of 6, January 22, 2005
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Shinmoto discusses Gila River Concentration Camp and the living conditions. Approximately 10,000 Japanese Americans are interned there. At Gila River, Shinmoto finishes Senior year of High School and enjoys art classes. He creates an oil painting that has significance and shares the story. Due to his art background, he makes movie posters for mess hall for upcoming movies. Bob Slate is credited for helping him leave camp and goes to Colorado art art school. In Colorado he stays at a private club and talks about racism. Shinmoto is proud of the 442nd and 100th. In search of better opportunities he moves to Nebraska and Iowa.
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0:28:48
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2005OH0522_03_Shinmoto
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/522-Shinmoto-Minoru-3.m4v
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1925 Jun 30
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Shinmoto, Minoru: narrator, Hawkins, Richard: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Minoru Shinmoto oral history interview, part 3 of 6, January 22, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 20, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051054.