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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 77

Memories of seeing father for the first time in several years at the Lordsburg internment camp, New Mexico: "a very surreal moment"
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 78

Memories of seeing father for the first time in several years at the Lordsburg internment camp, New Mexico
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 76

A tense journey for Mitsuye and Tosh to visit father in Lordsburg, New Mexico
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 79

Seeing the effects of internment on father
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Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 9

Arranging a trip out of camp to visit father in Lordsburg, New Mexico before induction into the army

William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002. …


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An Oral History with Mitsuhiko H. Shimizu - Segment 1

Issei community leader and businessman in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo recounts his arrest by Federal Bureau of Investigation after Pearl Harbor, his experiences in internment camps in North Dakota and Louisiana, and the Manzanar incarceration camp, California. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral …
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An Oral History with Reverend Seytsu Takahashi - Segment 1

Issei Buddhist bishop and superintendent of Kayasan Temple in Little Tokyo since 1931 recounts his wartime experiences and internment at Fort Missoula, Montana; Livingstone, Louisiana; and Crystal City, Texas. Transcribed in both Japanese and English. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, …
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Internee Camps Will Rise in S.W. (December 18, 1941)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 18, 1941, p. 10
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Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama

Slightly yellowed envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama in Camp Livingston from his wife, Teru Koyama, at Minidoka. Postmarked October 19, 1942. Along the top 10-23-1942 is written in red pencil. On the left side of the envelope is a purple "Censored" stamp. Inside the envelope is a letter dated …
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Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Eva Koyama

Envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama in Santa Fe Detention Center. The envelope is postmarked August 30, 1943. Written in red pencil along the top of the envelope is “9/8-43.” On the left side of the envelope is a cartoon drawing of a yellow train with the words “United Nations” …
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