Entrevistas

1. Memories of childhood in Peru

2. Forcibly deported to the U.S. from Peru

3. Food on the ship to the U.S.

4. Family welcomed at Crystal City

5. First meal at Crystal City

6. Enjoying undokai and sports in Crystal City

7. Postwar sponsorship (Inglês)

8. Immersed in Japanese culture and language

9. Proud of his Japanese, American, and Peruvian identity

Naganuma,Jimmy

(n. 1936) Japonês peruano encarcerado em Crystal City

Immersed in Japanese culture and language

My older brothers and sister, they also liked the culture. They would buy magazines, records, they would enjoy listening, and at the same time, I would look at the magazine and enjoy listening to music. They were showing Japanese movie two different places in San Francisco, and I'd go every Friday and Saturday. One Friday I'll go this theater, Saturday I'm going to go to the other theater. It was very much Japanese-y, more than being American. Because my father and mother at home would speak Japanese. My father said, "You have a Japanese face? You learn to speak Japanese." Still up here in my mind.

cultura línguas filmes (movies)

Data: September 20, 2019

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Tom Ikeda and Yoko Nishimura

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

Entrevistados

Jimmy Naganuma nasceu em Callao, Peru, em 1936, de pais Isseis. Ele tinha oito anos quando sua família foi forçada a embarcar em um navio para serem encarcerados em Crystal City, Texas, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Eles permaneceram lá, mesmo depois que a guerra terminou, sem um lugar para ir. Eles puderam sair por meio de um reverendo em São Francisco, Califórnia, onde conseguiram emprego e moradia.