Tadashi Yokogawa oral history interview, part 1 of 3, February 5, 2000

0:00 - Introduction; and discussing family and parents' occupations

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Keywords: Honolulu; Japan; Kochi; siblings; teacher

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2:57 - Growing up in Los Angeles; and going to school in Japan

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Keywords: California; discrimination; fruit stand; High School; Kochi; Mainland; parents

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5:11 - Describing classmates at school in Japan; and living quarters and surroundings in Kochi

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Keywords: America; dusty; room; streetcar

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7:23 - Going to Junior College in Kyoto and joining acapella choir

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Keywords: commercial; finance; Japan; Nisei; old country; study

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8:38 - Feeling Japanese vs. American; and sister's visit to Japan

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Keywords: America; English; family; missionaries; parents

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10:15 - Describing feelings returning to United States, employment; and getting drafted

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Keywords: Camp Grant; English; Fort MacArthur; Illinois; Japanese steam ship; Kyoto; San Pedro

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12:22 - Describing Camp Grant and food

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Keywords: cooking; marching; medical corps; office work; Scandinavian; typing

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16:42 - Encountering racism in Chicago

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Keywords: Illinois; Japanese; orientals; race; tribe

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18:02 - Describing Army uniform

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Keywords: Camp Grant; Illinois; woman; World War One

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19:19 - Describing day of attack on Pearl Harbor; and experiences being confined to quarters

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Keywords: Camp Grant; hospital; Japanese; Kansas; Nisei; smoking; Topeka

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22:02 - Thoughts about Pearl Harbor; and returning back to work after confinement

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Keywords: American; Camp Grant; Illinois; Japan; Nisei; War

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23:21 - Describing mother's forced removal to Terminal Island; and reasons for not protesting

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Keywords: family; guard; incarceration camps; Japanese; leave; San Pedro; school teacher

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