Teddy Saiki oral history interview, part 1 of 2, May 6, 2006
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Saiki discusses growing up in Stockton, California including working at his parents' restaurant, living in a hotel, attending kendo classes, and playing sports. He then recalls his whereabouts during the attack on Pearl Harbor, talks about traveling to Rohwer Incarceration Camp and what life was like there including discussing the living quarters, playing sports, and working in the mess hall. He also discusses his father being picked up by the FBI and having to leave behind many possessions after his family’s forced removal. Lastly, Saiki talks about working and living on a farm in Pennsylvania after leaving Rohwer, enlisting in the service, moving back to Stockton, and experiences with discrimination.
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video/m4v
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0:54:29
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2006OH0667_01_Saiki
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/667-Saiki-Teddy-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1929 Feb 20
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Yes
Citation
Saiki, Teddy: narrator, Yamagami, Don: interviewer: , and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Teddy Saiki oral history interview, part 1 of 2, May 6, 2006,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052006.