Partial Transcript: Frank evacuated to Santa Anita Assembly Center. Santa Anita was a horse race track, and he lived in a horse stall. Frank describes the living conditions and life at the Assembly Center. He mentioned that his friend is in the photographs documenting camp life. At Santa Anita, there was barbed wire about the area. Frank does not recall a security presence other than a riot and armed vehicle patrolled inside the camp. Frank found a job in camp making camouflage nets.

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Keywords: "evacuation"; employment; Executive Oder 9066; forced removal; Issei; Japanese American; living conditions; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Frank recalls some highlights of Santa Anita. He met Betty Nishikata. Betty was in a film with Marlon Brando called Sayonara. Also, Santa Anita had social dances. Frank describes his living area with his family at the assembly center. They lived in barn 64, a horse stall. In the evening, there were bed checks to make sure everyone was in bed.

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Keywords: "evacuation"; assembly centers; family; forced removal; friendship; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Nisei; social activites; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Frank remembers an Issei man running the track one mile every day, and everyone would watch. After he completed his one-mile run, everyone would applaud him. Franks discusses the police search and a riot following after. Frank heard the riot was because the police thought the Japanese American Citizen League (JACL) man might be an informant. On Labor Day 1942, the Japanese Americans at Santa Anita boarded a train and went to Heart Mountain.

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Keywords: "evacuation"; assembly centers; blackout; Executive Order 9066; forced removal; Heart Mountain; Issei; Japanese American; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Frank arrived at Heart Mountain Wyoming. Heart Mountain was dry and dusty. They were issued a mattress, and they had to fill it with straw. Frank described the barracks and the living conditions. His feelings were different from the evacuation order. Being at Heart Mountain, Frank felt shikata ga nai, it cannot be helped.

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Keywords: barracks; concentration camp; discrimination; Heart Mountain; Internment camp; Issei; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Nisei; shikata ga nai; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: In September 1942, Frank was 24 years old when he arrived in Heart Mountain. In June 1943, he was waiting to join the Army, but he never received the news. Frank was classified as 4C - enemy alien. Therefore, he went to work at a peach orchard. Frank recalls some of the meals at Heart Mountain. The family dynamics changed. There was no more family dining, and you ate by yourself or with friends.

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Keywords: children; Executive Order 9066; farming; Heart Mountain; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: In Heart Mountain Wyoming, Frank remembers the dust storms, cold winters, barbed wire fence, and the guard towers. At camp, he worked as a PE teacher organizing community sports. Frank decided to volunteer for service after answering the loyalty questionnaire.

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Keywords: employment; Heart Mountain; Issei; Japanese Americans; living conditions; loyalty questionnaire; Nisei; sports; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: After the loyalty questionnaire was given at Heart Mountain, it created a discussion among the Japanese American men. At each block, some people were either pursuing or telling individuals not to volunteer for service. Frank and his younger brother decided to volunteer. Frank recalls his father giving him advice before the war on how to survive in battle. He also remembers the Italian and Portuguese farmers in Santa Clara Valley telling him war stories from their countries.

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Keywords: draft; farming; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; loyalty; loyalty questionnaire; Nisei; siblings; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: In March, Frank answered the loyalty questionnaire. Some of the Japanese American men from Heart Mountain were drafted quickly. However, Frank did not hear any news and went to work at a peach orchard in Utah. Frank received notice to report for duty a month later. On July 26, he was inducted into the Army. Frank attends a Recruit School for basic training at Camp Shelby. The weather was hot.

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Shelby; draft; employment; farming; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; platoon; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: At Camp Shelby, the weather was hot. He recalls his basic training. In the beginning, your body is sore but later your body gets used to it. When there was no training, Frank would visit Hattiesburg and visit friends. He recalls the discrimination and segregation of African Americans. Frank shared a story about a bus ride to Rohwer and the treatment of African Americans.

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Keywords: 442nd; Camp Shelby; discrimination; Japanese American soldiers; Jerome; Nisei; Rohwer; segregation; social activities; World War Two

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