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Jiro Oyama - Part 4

Read Part 3 >> If we were going to go back to fill in some of the gaps, after the loyalty questionnaire, were you drafted or ...

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Jiro Oyama - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> How long were you in Santa Anita? I guess it was about eight months. And the thing is that to bring some ...

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Jiro Oyama - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> This is actually good because it brings us to Pearl Harbor. So your father’s gone and it sounds like your sister ...

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Jiro Oyama - Part 1

“And as I was standing there, I was looking around to see, realizing that everyone was concerned about the attack and that they would be ...

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Santo Market Owners: Earl Santo - Part 1

Any visit to the quaint neighborhood of San Jose’s Japantown often necessitates that you visit at least one of three institutions: the manju shop ...

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The Sakamoto-Sasano Collection: Bringing New Meaning to Family Mementos

As staff of the Collections Management and Access (CMA) department at the Japanese American National Museum, my colleagues and I make little rediscoveries in JANM ...

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Ten Little Known Stories About Topaz Concentration Camp - Part 1

The “Central Utah Relocation Center”—more popularly known as Topaz—was located at a dusty site in the Sevier Desert and had one of the ...

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Kazuki Hirose - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> So you’re in camp and there for a couple of years, and then the loyalty questionnaire is put forth to everybody ...

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Kazuki Hirose - Part 1

“There were six to car, that’s including the driver. But you know, the driver himself could’ve been overpowered. But they trusted us that ...

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The Oka Family - Part 2

Read Part 1 Diana Tsuchida (DT): Did you ever feel any sense of prejudice before the war? Eva: Well, we lived on a farm with ...