Entrevistas

1. Life in Davao, Philippines

2. Kindergarten in Davao, Philippines

3. Evacuated to the Jungle

4. Captured by Guerillas after bombing of Pearl Harbor

5. Family was shipped back to Japan after the war

6. Attitudes toward Hikiagesha

7. Move to Los Angeles

8. First Impressions of the US

9. Life in the Philippines

10. Unique Identity from Having Multiple Backgrounds

11. On Nikkei Identity

12. Returning to the Philippines

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

(n. 1938) Hikiagesha nascida nas Filipinas que mais tarde imigrou para os Estados Unidos.

Captured by Guerillas after bombing of Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor – that time was December 8, 1941, and I was about three, I think three and a half? And then, I remember we were captured by the guerilla – about three days after Pearl Harbor. Well, we didn’t know about what happened, but we – guerillas captured us, and then placed in captive watch, and I had scariest memory of – you know, the guerilla guard man, he flashed a bayonet that was attached to the gun, and I was so scared. I remember that. And the war became – I said – we were rescued ten days later, and then the – we had a peaceful time, but the war became more serious, and American airplanes started to bomb Davao, and so we had to evacuate.

Ataque a Pearl Harbor, Havaí, 1941 Filipinas Segunda Guerra Mundial

Data: July 12, 2017

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Mitsue Watanabe, Yoko Nishimura, Leighton Okada

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura nasceu em Davao, Mindanao, Filipinas, em 25 de março de 1938, como a primeira filha de Katsujiro e Ura "Mie" Ashizawa. Ela tinha 7 anos em 1945, quando sua família teve que deixar as Filipinas após a derrota do Japão na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Sua família viveu em Shizuoka durante os 10 anos seguintes. Mais tarde, a família recebeu o status de residente nos Estados Unidos e chegou a Los Angeles em março de 1956. Sawako foi para a Alhambra High School e depois estudou em Pasadena City College. Ela finalmente encontrou um mentor generoso que ajudou a apoiá-la através de sua educação na Universidade do Estado de San Jose e tornou-se terapeuta ocupacional. Atualmente, ela é voluntária no Sakura Garden (antigo Keiro Retirement Home). (Março de 2018)