Wright Nagasaka oral history interview, part 2 of 6, February 11, 2005

Nagasaka discusses attending Japanese language school as a child and coming from a Buddhist family. He also talks about his recreational activities in school, such as handball, in which he was always the best. Next, he talks about the after effects of the Pearl Harbor bombings, including Executive Order 9066, and being evacuated to temporary detention centers. His family would end up at Portland assembly center before heading to Minidoka concentration camp where the living conditions were poor. He talks about the level of impact it had on his family to leave their hog farm in comparison to the Japanese Americans that were in the farming business. He also talks briefly about his career as a tuna fisherman after the war.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/528-Nagasaka-Wright-2.m4v

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