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Hirabayashi,James

Involvement with theater

James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004

Emiko Omori was around in San Francisco at that time, so I got involved in …

Tanaka,Seiichi

Dedicated to the frontier spirits

Seiichi Tanaka January 27, 2005

I’m not exactly thinking we are representing San Francisco. And Sokobayashi dedicated to Issei, Nisei …

Matsumoto,Sosei

Tea at the San Francisco Peace Treaty (Japanese)

Sosei Matsumoto December 19, 2005

(Japanese) It was during the San Francisco Peace Treaty—again, traveling as an associate with the …

Wakayama,Tamio

Father's Sacrifice

Tamio Wakayama February 9, 2011

The only work that he could get, and a lot of the Issei men could …

Janzen,Terry

Tomboy

Terry Janzen August 27, 2012

At that time there was also the dust bowl and we were getting a lot …

Janzen,Terry

Postwar school-life

Terry Janzen August 27, 2012

At the end of the war…right away we got more accepted because there were more …

Horikiri,Edward Toru

Boarding house life and the Issei (Japanese)

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

(Japanese) When I was learning gardening and working as a gardener’s helper at the boarding …

Horikiri,Edward Toru

The situation after the war (Japanese)

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

(Japanese) During the war, my father’s income was cut off, and his house was burned …

Schneider,Jean Hamako

Meeting Harry for the first time (Japanese)

Jean Hamako Schneider January 26, 2012

(Japanese) I had gone to Kamakura to undergo eye surgery. I had heard that there …

Schneider,Jean Hamako

On international marriages (Japanese)

Jean Hamako Schneider January 26, 2012

(Japanese) I used to work on the fifth floor of the broadcasting station, and his …

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