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Oral history interview with George I. Azumano conducted by George Katagiri in four sessions, from March 12 to November 10, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Azumano discusses his early life as a second-generation Japanese American in Portland before World War II; his family’s experience of incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II; and his businesses, Azumano Insurance and Azumano Travel.

Abstract Oral history interview with Tom S. Fujita conducted by Jim Strassmaier in seven sessions from January 6 to March 1, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Fujita discusses his experiences as a second-generation Japanese American in Milkwaukie, Oregon, before World War II; his experiences of incarceration by the U.S. government at the Minidoka Relocation Camp during the war; and his later career as a research chemist and advanced organic chemistry professor in...

Abstract Oral history interview with John Y. Murakami conducted by George Katagiri from July 13-20, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Murakami, the son of Japanese immigrants, was born in Sherwood, Oregon. During World War II, Murakami served in the U.S. Army while his family was incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. After the war, he worked in construction and taught at Benson Polytechnic High School in...

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Hideto Tomita was a Portland, Oregon, Japanese American who was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka camp in Idaho and later joined the 442nd regiment of the U.S. Army. Collection consists of Tomita's correspondence with Cora B. Oliver, a former teacher, 1942-1945, regarding his experiences of incarceration, of basic training in Mississippi, and of life at the front in Italy and France.

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Memoir of Frances Toyooka, typed by and with an introduction by her daughter, Janet Thibault. Toyooka, a second-generation Japanese American woman, was living in Troutdale, Oregon, when the United States entered World War II. The memoir primarily concerns her experience being incarcerated by the U.S. government at Minidoka, and then living at the Twin Falls Labor Camp, but also discusses living in Vanport, Oregon, and then northeastern Portland, Oregon, following the war.