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Segment Synopsis: He describes evacuation day and the train ride to Pinedale Temporary Detention Center. He also describes the living conditions at the Center.

Keywords: assembly center; barracks; conditions; dust; heat; hell; Pinedale; Tacoma; train station; weather

Subjects: World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation")--"Evacuation Day" World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Living Conditions

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Segment Synopsis: He discusses the living conditions at Pinedale Temporary Detention Center. He later was transferred to Tule Lake American Incarceration Camp

Keywords: "nihonjin"; anger; assembly center; barracks; dust; emotions; heat; meals; Pinedale; shikata ga nai; survival; tarpaper; Tule Lake; weather

Subjects: World War II--Concentration camps--Tule Lake World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Food World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Living Conditions World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The Journey

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Segment Synopsis: Discusses and describes his experience moving from Pinedale Temporary Detention Center to Tule Lake Concentration Camp after six months of living in Pinedale. Discusses the emotions around the continued incarceration.

Keywords: concentration camp; internment camp; Tule Lake

Subjects: Concentration Camps--Tule Lake Japanese Americans--World War II World War II--Concentration camps--The Journey World War II--Concentration camps--Tule Lake

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Segment Synopsis: Discusses his organizing dances at Tule Lake.

Keywords: concentration camp; dance; fox trot; incarceration camp; jitterbug; social activities; social life; swing; Tule Lake; waltz

Subjects: Concentration Camps--Tule Lake Identity and values--Youth Japanese Americans--World War II World War II--Concentration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Concentration camps--Social relations World War II--Concentration camps--Tule Lake

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Segment Synopsis: He describes the process of topping sugar beets. Internees were given the opportunity to work on sugar beet plantations -- it was an alternative to being confined in camp.

Keywords: "shikata ga nai"; camp; concentration camp; farming; sugar beets; topping sugar beets

Subjects: Industry and employment--Agriculture--Plantations Japanese Americans--World War II World War II--Concentration camps--Tule Lake

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Segment Synopsis: Incarcerees were taken to work at a plantation in Wheezer, Idaho. When they initially arrived, they experienced discrimination by the townspeople, but they were soon welcomed and their labor was appreciated.

Keywords: FSA; racial discrimination; shikata ga nai

Subjects: Industry and employment--Agriculture--Plantations Industry and employment--Organized Labor Japanese Americans--World War II Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community

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Segment Synopsis: He talks of his experience joining the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)

Keywords: army recruiter; Military Intelligence Service Language School

Subjects: Industry and employment--Agriculture--Plantations Japanese Americans--World War II World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service World War II--Military service--Recruiting and enlisting