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Lee, James A Japanese Friend
When James Lee was a young kid, he was close buddies with a Japanese boy whose name was Toshi Yamamoto. They were...
Sakato, George A Reunion in Texas
George Sakato mentions that there was a recent reunion in Texas with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry...
Matsumoto, Roy After High School
Roy H. Matsumoto went to work in a fruit stand after his high school graduation [Annotator's Note: in 1933]. Jobs were...
Bradley, John After Liberation
After liberation [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...
Warne, Therese American Air Raids
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: An American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] and the...
Bradley, John American Arrival at Santo Tomas
On the day American forces arrived [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Warne, Therese Americans Arrive in the Philippines
There was an interpreter that could speak Japanese [Annotator's Note: in Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Brooks, Curtis Arrival of the Americans and the Deaths of His Parents
Curtis Brooks knew the Americans were approaching the Philippines. In 1944, the Japanese military posture in the...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" Arriving in Manila During the Battle
Helen Gagel flew to New Guinea and then went by boat to Biak [Annotator's Note: West New Guinea]. They took a plane to...
Yoshihashi, Tokuji Basic Training at Camp Blanding
Tokuji Yoshihashi was drafted and went to Camp Blanding, Florida for 17 weeks of basic training. He was trained on...
Lorenzen, Angus Battle of Manila and Atomic Bombs
Angus Lorenzen, his sister, and mother were still living in the now liberated Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila,...
Jeffrey, Wallace Becoming a Radioman
Wallace Jeffery entered service after receipt of his draft notice. He signed up at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. [...
Yatsu, Lawrence Becoming a Soldier
Lawrence Yatsu was in a relocation camp. When he left the camp to go to college he was drafted. By that time his...
Tsubota, Thomas Becoming a Soldier and Pearl Harbor
Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota trained at Schofield Barracks [Annotator's Note: in Honolulu, Hawaii] as a member of the 298th...
Yatsu, Lawrence Being a Nisei
Lawrence Yatsu believes that World War 2 should be studied because it is history. He feels it is unfair that Germans...
Doi, Jimmy Being Drafted and Combat in Italy
Jimmy Doi spent his first day in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Doi was interned at the Gila River Relocation...
Gross, Eva Bergen-Belsen to America
Eva Gross returned to Bergen-Belsen and stayed there for three years before immigrating to the United States. During...
Bradley, John Camp and Friendships
Some of John Bradley's most vivid memories of his time in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
Imahara, Walter Camp Life and Family
Walter Imahara thinks that future generations can learn from the internment of Japanese-Americans. There is a lot of...
Gustafson, Gerald Cannon Company and Discrimination
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Gerald “Gerry”...
Noe, Leanne Childhood in the Philippines
Leanne Blinzler Noe was born in June 1933 in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Philippines. Her parents met...
Meyer, Henry Coast Guard Duties
Henry T. Meyer despised Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] but did not blame the German people...
Howie, Alice Decoding Japanese Messages
Alice Howie did not get involved in anything in the war effort other than in Arlington, Virginia. She worked for IBM [...
Rosenberg, Justus Detention Camp in France
[Annotator’s Note: There is a buzzing in the background throughout this clip. The interviewee is already speaking when...
Mugliston, Gwendolyn Differences in People
After returning to the United States for the second time, Gwendolyn Mugliston's family did not play music in their home...
Sawada, Lily Discrimination
Lily Sawada was 14 years old and in high school when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. The school was very...
Ikari, Norman Drafted Soon After Pearl Harbor
Norman Ikari recalls Pearl Harbor very well. It was a Sunday morning and Ikari was sitting in his house in East Los...
Befera, Victor Early Life
Victor Befera was born April 1926 in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in the small iron mining town near Canada with his...
von Frisch, Alvin Early Life
Alvin von Frisch was born in Giessen, Germany in 1920. He began his education there but he, his mother, two sisters,...
Bannai, Paul Early Life
Paul Takeo Bannai was born in July 1920 in Delta, Colorado, to Japanese parents. His grandfather got into the coal...
Mugliston, Gwendolyn Early Life and Internment
Gwendolyn Mugliston was born in October 1939 in Suyoc, Luzon, Philippines. Her father was a gold mining engineer. Her...
Wesselhoeft, Adolf "Wes" Early Life and Internment in America
Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Wesselhoeft was born in September 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, of German...
Weber, Rosemarie Early Life and Internment in Santo Thomas
Rosemarie Weber was born in Saint Paul's Catholic Hospital in the Intramuros, the walled city in Manila, in the...
Sakato, George Early Life and Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
George Sakato was born in Colton, California at a Union Pacific and Southern Pacific hub for the Railroad company. His...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Education and Her Grandmother
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine began attending school in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: the Santo Tomas...
Kawamoto, Yukio End of the War and the Atomic Bombs
[Annotator's Note: Yukio Kawamoto served in the Army as a Japanese interpreter with the 37th Infantry Division in the...

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