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His sister Kiyo was like a second mother to him

She's the one out of all of us that was the most outspoken. Outspoken in a good way, not loud, not at all.

And she really was almost like the head of the family in a sense because my parents were getting old, and she was always responsible.

Especially after camp, she was like a second mother to me, she really took care of me. And along with Sumi, they bathed me, my mom was way too tired working. So they took care of me and that was really good. And along with Sumi, they bathed me, my mom was way too tired working. So they took care of me and that was really good. I mean, I remember all those things. I'm sure anything good about my personality comes from them and my mom, I'm certain, in fact.

Even the boat ride to Crystal City or to New Orleans, there's this document that my sister kept asking for milk for me. I was twenty months old, and basically they just ignored her. So through this trip, through that three-week period, basically I had nothing going as far as nutrition. They didn't feed us very well, so she was active just in that sense, for me. 


families Japanese Peruvians sisters World War II World War II camps

Date: September 20, 2019

Location: California, US

Interviewer: Tom Ikeda and Yoko Nishimura

Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum and Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project.

Interviewee Bio

Kazumu Julio Cesar Naganuma was born in Lima, Peru to his Issei parents on July 28, 1942. Before World War II, his parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. When the war started, the FBI arrested his father and sent the entire family to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. They remained there even after the war had ended, without a place to go, becuase the family was not allowed to return to Peru. They were able to leave the camp with a sponsporship of Seabrook Farm in New Jersey, and later with the help and sponsorship of a Shinto church reverend in San Francisco, California, where they were able to find jobs and housing. Kazumu established successful design firm. (June 2020)

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Talking with Grandmother

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Search of family home by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

(1937 - 2021) Teacher

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Not recognizing father after reunion at Crystal City, Texas

(1937 - 2021) Teacher

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A child's memories of activities at Crystal City, Texas

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Hearing about Pearl Harbor

(b. 1921) Nisei veteran who served in the occupation of Japan

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Traveling to Manzanar

(b. 1921) Nisei veteran who served in the occupation of Japan

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Oda,Margaret

Victory Corps Work during World War II

(1925 - 2018) Nisei educator from Hawai‘i

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Jobs in Manzanar

(b. 1921) Nisei veteran who served in the occupation of Japan

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Roberto Hirose
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Retaining Japanese customs (Spanish)

(b. 1950) Nisei Chilean, Businessman

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George Yoshida
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Introduction to Jazz

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Sugar beet and potato farming in Idaho

(b. 1921) Nisei veteran who served in the occupation of Japan

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William Marutani
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Marutani,William

Recalling Pinedale and Tule Lake concentration camps

Judge, only Japanese American to serve on CWRIC.

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On the Impact of the Camp Experience

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The memory of her grandfather (Spanish)

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Studying Japanese to understand her grandfather (Spanish)

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