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Difficulty getting work during World War II
Sam Naito December 8, 2005
Impossible to get a job, of course, you know. I had to get a job …

“Work hard at the job you’re at”
Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008
I think as I look back over the forty years I'd been in public service, …

Early impression of America
Harunori Oda February 2, 2012
When I got a first time job in the Flamingo Company is no speak English. …

Getting a job in Honolulu
Fred Y. Hoshiyama March 4, 2005
Well because I couldn’t get a job in the mainland, I interviewed about 12 different …

Jobs in Manzanar
Jimmy Ko Fukuhara February 6, 2015
Since I wouldn’t go to work, they gave me a pick and shovel with by …

Sugar beet and potato farming in Idaho
Jimmy Ko Fukuhara February 6, 2015
In camp? Let’s see, it was 1942 we went in. Almost to the month, March, …

Move to Los Angeles
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
Well, it was one of the requirement that we have a job, at the – …

Grateful for The Quakers’ help in camp and finding jobs outside of camp
Mitsuye Yamada August 7, 2018
The Quakers were wonderful people; they came – they were the first people, I think, …