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Description
An oral interview with James Otsuka, Orange County resident. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0166. The Japanese American Oral History Project features oral histories with narrators who talk about their lives, pre and post World War II, but most specifically, about their experience being incarcerated in camps during World War II.
Industry and employment--Agriculture--Farming Geographic communities--California Identity and values--Japanese American identity Identity and values--Nisei Identity and values--Sansei World War II--Economic losses Post-World War II
Place
Westminster, California Incarceration Camps--Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache)
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