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Nickname Kibei schoolchildren in Hiroshima, Japan Feelings of loyalty to America while in Japan Treatment of Kibei after return to United States Keian employment agencies Difficulties understanding different Japanese dialects Mixed emotions after declaration of war on Japan Finding work in the assembly center Living conditions in the Santa Anita Assembly Center Train ride to Jerome Relocation Center Atmosphere in his Merrill’s Marauders unit when surrounded by Japanese soldiers Finding his relative among Japanese prisoners

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Roy came when I went to school and the teacher, hard so she says, Go by Roy. But I mean, I didn't know how come, but Hiroshi means Hiroi so I explain to other people, Hiroi, or Roy is better and they could remember a common name.

Date: December 17 & 18, 2003
Location: Washington, US
Interviewer: Alice Ito, Tom Ikeda
Contributed by: Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project.

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