Theodore Tsukahara oral history interview, part 2 of 5, March 25, 2001

Keywords: 9066; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Assembly Centers; discrimination; Executive Order 9066; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Santa Anita; war

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11:05 - Recalling Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center; and family in Texas

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; enemy alien; Executive Order 9066; living conditions; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; racism; war

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14:37 - Discussing American Concentration Camps and Heart Mountain Concentration Camp

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Keywords: 9066; Assembly Centers; discrimination; Executive Order 9066; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Shikata ga nai; war

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16:31 - Recalling Heart Mountain

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Keywords: 9066; discrimination; Executive Order 9066; interment camp; Issei; living conditions; Nisei; travel

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18:31 - Discussing living condition at Heart Mountain

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Keywords: barracks; Executive Order 9066; interment camp; Japanese Americans; Nisei; racism; war

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20:44 - Recalling first draft notice; volunteer for army; and wife's reaction

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; family; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; military training; Nisei; war

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23:41 - Discussing wife's employment; response for volunteering; and joining the army

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; family; interment camp; Nisei; siblings; Utah; war

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