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Uyehara,Grayce Ritsu Kaneda

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 …

Yamauchi,Wakako Nakamura

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 …

Yamasaki,Frank

Loss of happy-go-lucky adolescence in Puyallup Assembly Center

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

During that period was there an experience I had that was very revealing to me. …

Yamasaki,Frank

Memories of dusty conditions at Minidoka incarceration camp

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

It was very, very dusty. The dust was powdery fine and if I recall, it …

Yamasaki,Frank

Making the decision to resist the draft

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

These were rumors that you must volunteer to prove that you're a good 100 percent …

Azumano,George

Discharged from the U.S. Army after Pearl Harbor

George Azumano December 5, 2005

I was in the service of the United States Army on December 7 that was …

Yuzawa,George Katsumi

Reaction to a 1942 speech by Mike Masaoka, Japanese American Citizen League's National Secretary

George Katsumi Yuzawa March 2, 2006

I: Do you remember attending a speech that Mike Masaoka gave in Los Angeles? Yes. …

Yuzawa,George Katsumi

Death of sister in October 1942

George Katsumi Yuzawa March 2, 2006

I*: When your sister died, which was I think in October of 1942, were you …

Yuzawa,George Katsumi

First impression of New York City during war time

George Katsumi Yuzawa November 15, 2000

Well, I am from the big city so I felt very much at home. The …

Yuzawa,George Katsumi

Neighbors' sympathy after Pearl Harbor

George Katsumi Yuzawa November 15, 2000

Well we had a retail florist right near University of Southern California, and my father …

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