Issei are hard-working

Didn't have rights that whites had Californians didn't know about evacuation Terminal Island / San Pedro The day Pearl Harbor was bombed Father as prisoner of war in hospital Patriotism versus loyalty Conditions of assembly centers Idealism before war, being red, white and blue Visit to assembly centers by E. Stanley Jones Postcards to Nisei soldiers Hiding what happened in camp Issei are hard-working Arrest of father Camp as a positive thing Mr. Finch, godfather of the 442nd Meeting Malcolm X Joining the movement Rounding up Issei and Nikkei

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Gee, when I stayed in camp and saw how hard the Issei’s worked and the young Nisei women who just had babies. Oh my gosh! I mean, I was so amazed that then I didn’t think much of caucasians—after that I thought, “Wow Japanese people are really industrious and they really take things well no matter how hard it is.”

Date: June 16, 2003
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Karen Ishizuka, Akira Boch
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum.

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