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Oral History Interview with Alan Taniguchi, March 18, 1995

Description: Interview with Alan Taniguchi, former Dean of Architecture at UT-Austin and a Japanese-American internee during WWII, from Brentwood, California. Taniguchi discusses his family and childhood, experiences of racism, the attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects, having his home raided by the FBI, his father's detention and that of Japanese community leaders, preparing for internment, moving to the Gila Relocation Camp in Arizona, life there, leaving the camp for resettlement in Detroit, and life af… more
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taniguchi, Alan
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jerry Phelan, March 16, 1995

Description: Interview with Jerry Phelan, an employee of Kaiser Permanente from Pasadena, California, who worked on the Kaiser-Prudential joint venture in Texas. Phelan discusses his background with Kaiser, people who developed the Kai-Pru program, and his own roll therein.
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Date: March 16, 1995
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Phelan, Jerry
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980

Description: Interview with Yuri Fukui, a second generation Japanese-American from Oakland, California, about her experience pursuing higher education during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. Fukui discusses the discrimination she experienced in her daily life, struggles faced by her parents, who owned a local business, and life in the internment camps.
Date: October 19, 1980
Creator: Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, Yuri
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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