Oral history interview with Thomas Shoji Takemura, 1991.

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Oral history interview with Thomas Shoji Takemura, 1991.

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The interview recounts Thomas Shoji Takemura's early childhood and family life on a truck gardening farm in Fife, Washington before the start of the Second World War, as well as their forced evacuation to the Assembly Center in Puyallup, Washington. Takemura's experience of camp life is recalled in some detail. During this time, neighbors agreed to take care of the family's property. Takemura eventually obtained a release to work at a U & I factory processing sugar beets in Chinook, Montana, where he met his future wife. He also discusses his involvement in the national redress movement and related lecturing at local area schools.

Transcript : 29 p.Sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : analog, mono.

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