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Part 2 of a possible rough draft edition of book entitled, "Terminal Island: An Island in Time: Collection of Personal Histories of Former Islanders 1994-1995." Included are: Orie Mio's memoir; Yutaka Dave Nakagawa's memoir; S. John Nitta's memoir; John Oka's memoir; Thomas Takeshi Okimoto's memoir; Teruko Miyoshi Okimoto's memoir; Joe Ozaki's memoir; Yukizo Ryono's oral history transcription; biography of Katsuyemon Shibata written by daughter, Kazuye Shibata Kushi; biography of Otane Shiga written by daughter, Kazuye Shibata Kushi; Kazuye Shibata Kushi's memoir; Takao Shintani's memoir; Mas Tanibata's oral history transcription; Roy Hideo Yamamoto's memoir; Virginia Swanson Yamamoto's oral history transcription; Rev. Eric Kichitaro Yamamoto's biographical oral history transcription narrated by wife Virginia Swanson Yamamoto; biography about Kiyoo Yamashita written by son Kanshi Stanley Yamashita; and a list of additional resources about Terminal Island. The Terminal Island Personal Histories Collection features one transcribed oral history, one autobiography, and a possible rough draft edition of a book entitled, "Terminal Island: An Island in Time, Collection of Personal Histories of Former Islanders 1994-1995," which compiles 34 more transcribed oral histories, biographies, and autobiographies of the Japanese American residents who lived on Terminal Island before being forcibly removed in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Geographic communities--California--Terminal Island Community activities Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Nisei Identity and values--Men Identity and values--Women Identity and values--Children Identity and values--Youth Identity and values--Family Identity and values--Parents Immigration and citizenship Industry and employment--Fishing and canneries Japan Japan--Pre-World War II Race and racism Reflections on the past World War II--Department of Justice camps World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Arrests, searches, and seizures
Place
Terminal Island, California Arcadia, California Manzanar, California Newell, California Los Angeles, California San Diego, California San Pedro, California Dallas, Texas Chicago, Illinois Bessemer, Colorado Amache, Colorado Dayton, Ohio Parker, Arizona Salt Lake City, Utah McGehee, Arkansas Missoula, Montana Department of Justice Internment Camps--Fort Missoula Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camps--Manzanar Incarceration Camps--Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camps--Rohwer Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
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