Samuel Fujimoto oral history interview, part 3 of 5, February 25, 2006
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Fujimoto discusses his childhood including traveling from Hawthorne to Los Angeles by car, speaking Japanese, and attending Japanese language school. He then talks about the different Japanese writing systems, describes his childhood home in Hawthorne, discusses his childhood friendships; and talks about what life was like when his family was forced to move to downtown Los Angeles. Next, Fujimoto talks about his family's forced removal to Pomona temporary detention facility, and recalls a story regarding his father-in-law getting picked up by the FBI. Lastly, Fujimoto talks about life and the living conditions at Pomona Temporary detention facility and Heart Mountain Concentration Camp.
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video/m4v
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0:28:37
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2006OH0642_03_Fujimoto
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/642-Fujimoto-Sam-3.m4v
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1927 Jun 12
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War or Conflict
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Fujimoto, Samuel: narrator, Horsting, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Samuel Fujimoto oral history interview, part 3 of 5, February 25, 2006,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051916.