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First work in America (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) I first went to San Pedro and worked in a cannery. Then I got …
Not bringing shame to family
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
Of course we were raised in a Japanese American community, so that we were always …
Life in camp as teenager
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
When we got into camp, I only went home to the barracks room when I …
Past ties to present situation in Middle East
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
The government interpreted whatever they saw of the Japanese Americans, in terms of their framework, …
Being ordered to keep a diary that was later confiscated, ostensibly by the FBI
Robert Katayama August 12, 1995
We were instructed to keep diaries of our daily activities, including the boat trip from …
Helping soldiers
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
On the grass outside, there weren't even enough blankets for the soldiers. And so all …
Okinawan discrimination
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
Like Okinawan people, those days they were sadly discriminated. I remember that they lived in …
Didn't have rights that whites had
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
We didn’t have all the rights that caucasians had, and it was because of racism. …
Californians didn't know about evacuation
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
You would think most Americans would’ve known, but even people in California didn’t know what …
Terminal Island / San Pedro
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
Most Japanese who lived in the Island—Terminal Island—their life was harder. First of all, all …