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Matsumoto,Roy H.

Treatment of Kibei after return to United States

Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003

They were more or less curious because I know... ask me what it say in …

Kozawa,Sumiko

Sensing the war was coming

Sumiko Kozawa May 24, 2011

American consulate said I better get home. I says, “Why?” He says, I better get …

Horikiri,Edward Toru

Birthplace

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

Edward Toru Horikiri. I was born in 1929, November 2nd, in Little Tokyo, at 305 …

Horikiri,Edward Toru

My image of America as a child (Japanese)

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

(Japanese) I didn’t know anything at all about America as a child in Japan.  Really, …

Horikiri,Edward Toru

Longing to be an imperial soldier as a youth (Japanese)

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

(Japanese) Until the beginning of the Pacific War, I was never bullied or singled out …

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

(Japanese) My children’s education

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

(Japanese) My dreams came to a sudden end when the war finished, and all I …

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 …

Horikiri,Edward Toru

“Junior Issei” (Japanese)

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

(Japanese) For the first half of my life in America, I walked the exact same …

Horikiri,Edward Toru

Working in America

Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012

First of all, my aunt's husband, my uncle, he was a big shot in a …

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