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Description
Transcript. Retired Kibei teacher recounts samurai parents’ background and their immigration to Seattle, Washington; socioeconomic composition of Seattle’s Japanese community; earlier teacher training; prewar stays in Japan as a child and as a tutor in a missionary family; experiences as a teacher in the wartime resettlement in New York; and postwar return to Los Angeles. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Audio is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0016. 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.
Geographic communities--Washington--Seattle Identity and values--Kibei Immigration and citizenship Japan--Pre-World War II Industry and employment--Educators World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') Geographic communities--Washington--Bainbridge Island Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws Education--Higher education Religion and churches Japan--United States civilians Identity and values--Issei Industry and employment--Agriculture Identity and values--Japanese American identity Industry and employment--Agriculture--Farmers' markets and stands World War II--Incarceration camps--The journey World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Military service World War II--Incarceration camps--Food World War II--Resistance and dissidence World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence--Manzanar riot/uprising World War II--Japanese American Citizen League activities Identity and values--Nisei World War II--Citizen isolation centers World War II--Incarceration camps--Education World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Leaving camp--Work leave
Place
South Gate, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
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