Hiroshi Tanaka oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 27, 2005

Tanaka would grow up in southern California, helping his family work on the vegetable farm and playing with friends. During this time, the Great Depression occurred and he talks briefly about that. Next, he talks about his whereabouts during the attacks on Pearl Harbor. During this time, he saw family members taken in by the FBI and moved to immigration camps, eventually landing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Soon after, the President would sign executive order 9066, which would evacuate all the Japanese living on the west coast. Tanaka and his family would be moved to Poston concentration camp in Arizona, having to sell all his personal belongings along the way. He talks about what life was like in the camps, including getting work as a sign painter and a dish washer.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/608-Tanaka-Hiroshi-2.m4v

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