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Kochiyama,Yuri

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 …

Shibayama,Art

Family's deportation from Peru to U.S. after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Art Shibayama October 26, 2003

Every time a U.S. transport came into the port of Callao, words got around and …

Shimomura,Roger

Dealing with racism within army unit in Korea

Roger Shimomura March 18 & 20, 2003

There were remarks said to me, and, being an Asian sent to a place like …

Hashizume,Bill

Laid off for being Canadian

Bill Hashizume October 29, 2005

I applied for U.S. government service as a... at army pay. U.S. army pay, which …

Sogi,Francis Y.

Volunteering to serve for the U.S. military in Japan

Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006

Well I had good grades and Japanese was easy because that time I could memorize. …

Sogi,Francis Y.

Awareness of concentration camps as a Japanese American

Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006

Yes, as I recall they came from the camps. Which ones I wasn’t too aware …

Sogi,Francis Y.

Being stationed in Japan during the American occupation

Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006

They (the Japanese) have great respect for us (Japanese Americans) because it was easy for …

Sogi,Francis Y.

Feeling closer to Japan as a Japanese American

Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006

I think because of the fact that I could speak Japanese, I could read Japanese …

Futatsugui,Hideto

Japanese education in Brazil (Japanese)

Hideto Futatsugui

(Japanese) When studying Japanese in Brazil, there are certain roadblocks you run into when using …

Futatsugui,Hideto

The Japanese-Portuguese dictionary by Dr. Yoshiharu Noda (Japanese)

Hideto Futatsugui

(Japanese) The Japanese-Portuguese dictionary. There’s two volumes of this dictionary, and the man who created …

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