| Title: |
Jack Takeshi Omatsu
|
| Document type: |
Oral history
|
| Accessibility: |
Free Only
|
| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
|
| Collection: |
Asian Americans: South Bay/Los Angeles Nisei
|
| Description: |
Jack Takeshi Omatsu was born and raised in Torrance, California where his parents farmed and grew flowers. Omatsu worked on the farm and attended local schools until his family moved to Utah to avoid imprisonment during WWII. After the war the family restarted the flower growing operation.
|
| Original Language: |
English
|
| Audio: |
[Audio available]
|
| Speaker: |
Omatsu, Jack Takeshi
|
| Speaker gender: |
Male
|
| Speaker place of birth: |
Torrance, CA; California; United States; North America
|
| Speaker race: |
Asian
|
| Speaker occupation: |
Botanist; Farmer; Military personnel
|
| Document date: |
Undated
|
| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. National Guard
|
| Historical events discussed: |
Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; World War II, 1939-1945
|
| Locations discussed: |
Asia; California; Japan; North America; South Korea; Torrance, CA; United States; Utah
|
| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; California; Farmers; Flowers; Japan; Japanese American families; Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American; Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans; North America; Oral history; South Korea; Torrance, CA; U.S. National Guard; United States; Utah; World War II, 1939-1945
|
| ASP release: |
2007-01
|
| Document code: |
OHI0035154-38722
|
