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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Reflections Segment 24 of 24 [ Previous segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Talking about incarceration experiences with schoolchildren Segment 23 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Deciding to sell the family's miso business Segment 21 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Thoughts on redress Segment 22 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Getting married and raising children Segment 20 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Mother's running of family business after father passes away Segment 19 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Living in Salt Lake City just after World War II Segment 18 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Reestablishing the family miso business in Salt Lake City Segment 17 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Hearing about a shooting in camp Segment 15 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Leaving camp and joining parents in Salt Lake City Segment 16 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Parents leaving camp to find work Segment 14 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Father's "parole" to Topaz to rejoin family Segment 13 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Education in camp, working as an assistant to the elementary school principal Segment 12 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Conditions in Topaz: dust, barracks Segment 11 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Arrival in Tanforan, fears father might be sent to Japan Segment 10 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Difficulties after father's pickup by FBI; preparing for mass removal Segment 8 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah The day of mass removal Segment 9 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Responses to the bombing of Pearl Harbor: attending school the following day Segment 7 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Memories of elementary school Segment 5 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Studying koto and shamisen as a child Segment 4 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Family's prewar miso company Segment 3 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Growing up in San Francisco's Japantown Segment 2 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Grandparents' and parents' immigration to the U.S. Segment 1 of 24 [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Interview location: Salt Lake City, Utah Attending high school; ethnic composition of student body Segment 6 of 24 [ Previous segment ] -- [ Next segment ] For more information, visit Densho
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Date: June 4, 2008
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Videographer: Dana Hoshide
Densho ID: ddr-densho-1013-4
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Nisei female. Born January 2, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Spent childhood in San Francisco where family operated successful miso factory and grocery store. Father arrested by FBI in February 1942 and sent to Fort Lincoln internment camp, North Dakota. Family removed to Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Graduated from Topaz High School in 1943. Family resettled in Salt Lake City and reestablished the miso factory. Worked as office manager at miso factory until it was sold in the 1980s. Has been speaking to school groups about camp experience for the past 40 years.
This interview is part of the Topaz Museum Collection. Visit Densho for more information.

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