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Oral history interview with Jack T. Ouchida

 Digital Record
Identifier: SR 969

Summary

Digitized audio recording of an oral history interview with Jack T. Ouchida, conducted in two sessions, on February 25 and April 8, 1995. Ouchida discusses his early life as a farmer in Gresham, the Japanese American community in the area, and his family. He speaks about his experiences during World War II, when he was first incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center by the U.S. government, then released to work on a sugar beet farm in Nyssa, Oregon. He also discusses his return to Gresham after the war. Also includes digitized photograph of Ouchida's parents.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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