Kennie Namba oral history interview, part 3 of 6, July 13, 2001

0:00 - Discussing family's forced removal

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Keywords: Executive Order 9066; Judo; parents; siblings; suitcase; trophy

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3:05 - Forced removal II

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Keywords: clothing; friends; photographs

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4:29 - Postwar- discussing lost belongings

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Keywords: farmer; father; friend; tools; tractor

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6:46 - Lost belongings II

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Keywords: father; neighbor; police; property; treatment

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8:55 - Father's reaction to lost belongings and post-war life

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Keywords: brother-in-law; farming; lease; retire

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10:28 - Returning to farm post-war; and father II

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Keywords: Italian; land; lease; war

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11:38 - Forced removal to Minidoka Concentration Camp

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Keywords: desert; Idaho; incarceration camps; living conditions; weather; winter

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14:36 - Minidoka II; experiences at Portland temporary detention facility; and discussing camp vs. prison

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Keywords: barbed wire; fence; government; guards; military police; truck

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16:05 - Discussing prisons vs. camps

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Keywords: government; guards; machine gun; Minidoka; students; Tule Lake

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18:36 - Portland II- seeing armed military for the first time; and thoughts about incarceration

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Keywords: citizenship; forced removal; soldiers; treatment

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20:06 - Volunteering for the Army; and discussing the 100th, 442nd, and MIS

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Keywords: brother; enlist; father; Fort Douglas; induction; rifle

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22:45 - Getting drafted to the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) post-VE day; and getting discharged

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Keywords: Japanese language school; Minneapolis; point system; wife

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25:20 - Discussing loyalty questionnaire; and best wartime experience

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Keywords: friendship; no-no boy; overseas; United States

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