Oral history interview with Miyozo Yumibe and Masayo Yumibe
Summary
Digitized audio recording of interview with spouses Miyozo Yumibe (born Miyozo Tanaka, 1901-1990) and Masayo Yumibe (1904-1992), conducted in 1986, with abridged English transcript (35 pages). Miyozo Yumibe discusses his early life on a rice and wheat farm in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan; his adoption by Masayo Yumibe’s family in 1913; and immigrating to the United States by ship in 1917. He talks about adjusting to life in the Hood River Valley of Oregon, about working in a sawmill, and about his marriage to Masayo Yumibe. Then, Masayo Yumibe discusses her early life on a rice farm in Fukuoka Prefecture, and speaks extensively about attending a girls boarding school. She talks about immigrating to the United States to join her parents in 1921, about adjusting to life in the U.S., and about her marriage to Miyozo Yumibe. The Yumibes describe their experiences after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and talk about their incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II. They discuss returning to the Hood River Valley after the end of the war, and speak about their activities at the time of the interview.
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