208 results
Little interaction with parents
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
When you ask me about my connections with my parents, at first, you know, when …
The day Pearl Harbor was bombed
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
When I drove to the main street, Pacific Avenue, I never saw this before, but …
Father as prisoner of war in hospital
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
My mother made calls to see if she could visit her husband, and then she …
Importance of education in achieving redress for incarceration
Grayce Ritsu Kaneda Uyehara August 28, 1998
I feel that the major contribution has to do with the educational process, which is …
Lack of language skills
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
At that time, I think Japan was still used to “Foreigners just cannot speak Japanese.” …
Acculturation
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Moving here, looking like a Japanese and not speaking it really felt strange. I think …
Japanese are more accustomed to foreigners
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Because we look Japanese, but we really didn’t know the Japanese customs, the Japanese language…the …
Her experience as a Japanese-American schoolchild in Oceanside, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Wakako Nakamura Yamauchi May 22, 1998
I was seventeen, I was a senior in high school. We were making ready; this …
Difficulties understanding different Japanese dialects
Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003
I am familiar with Hiroshima because everybody talked like that and I grew up with …
Finding his relative among Japanese prisoners
Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003
They're gonna have a war crime trial so since I was there, so therefore they …