| Title: |
Mitsuyo Nakai
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Long Beach Area History: Terminal Island Issei/Nisei
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| Description: |
Mitsuyo Nakai was born in Washington state, in a lumber community, to parents who were both from Wakayama prefecture. When she was in high school, the family moved to California, and after staying with a relative on a farm in Venice, the family moved to Terminal Island, where both parents worked in the canneries. Along with the other Nisei children from Terminal Island, she attended San Pedro high school. In addition to taking care of the household tasks, she held several jobs after school and on weekends.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Nakai, Mitsuyo
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Washington; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Asian
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| Speaker occupation: |
Physical therapist
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
Manzanar War Relocation Center, Owens Valley, CA
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| Historical events discussed: |
Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
California; North America; Terminal Island, CA; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
California; Japanese American families; Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans--Terminal Island (Calif.); Manzanar War Relocation Center, Owens Valley, CA; North America; Oral history; Physical therapy--California; Terminal Island, CA; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035261-38829
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