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Help from fellow Japanese (Spanish)
Venancio Shinki September 6, 2007
(Spanish) I left the house and saw in the distance an old man with a …

Doing chores
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
All of us, she had assigned chores for us to do. My brothers had to …

Didn't have rights that whites had
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
We didn’t have all the rights that caucasians had, and it was because of racism. …

Californians didn't know about evacuation
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
You would think most Americans would’ve known, but even people in California didn’t know what …

The day Pearl Harbor was bombed
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
When I drove to the main street, Pacific Avenue, I never saw this before, but …

Father as prisoner of war in hospital
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
My mother made calls to see if she could visit her husband, and then she …

Patriotism versus loyalty
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
Patriotism is more showing your faith and love for your country, where loyalty often has …

Conditions of assembly centers
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
We were sent to an assembly center because the relocation camps, which we later called …

Visit to assembly centers by E. Stanley Jones
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
The thing I remember the most in assembly center was a guy—he was a very …

Postcards to Nisei soldiers
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
I had only five kids at first in the class, and coincidentally, everyone had a …