Internment – Time of Remembrance – Sachiko Louie
First-Hand Accounts of the Japanese American Internment Experience
It is our hope that these stories will build on the work and legacy of the late Mary Tsukamoto, who devoted her life to promoting social justice for all, regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.
Sachiko Louie Interview
00:00 – Introduction
00:18 – Clip 1: Describes being picked up from kindergarten and being told we have to go home now. Recalls being placed on a curfew. Describes camp near McClellan field, before being sent to Tule Lake. Vividly remembers first bathroom experience (pit in the ground). Remembers looking for seashells at Tule Lake.
02:47 – Clip 2: Moved to Amache, Colorado, after Tule Lake. Describes experiences in second grade in camp.
05:29 – Clip 3: Describes third grade.
06:06 – Clip 4: October 1945, almost last family to leave Amache. Describes returning to Sacramento by train and having to stay at the Sacramento Buddhist Church.
08:12 – Clip 5: Describes moving into Portuguese neighborhood in Sacramento.
09:46 – Clip 6: Describes Sacramento High School experience.
12:29 – Clip 7: Describes teachers at Lincoln School. Teachers were receptive.
14:26 – Clip 8: Describes junior year of high school at Sacramento High School. Asks her U.S. History teacher, “what side of the street do I walk on? Colored?” Describes relocation/redevelopment project in Sacramento, of which Sachiko did a research project.
15:49 – Clip 9: Describes Sacramento’s Japan town.
16:33 – Clip 10: Describes brother’s experience at camp of blinding another boy. Describes mess hall.
19:07 – Clip 11: Describes the day leaving Amache. The last family to the leave the block.
20:59 – Clip 12: Describes bitterness that brother felt. Another brother fought in 442. Another brother fought with 522nd (artillery).
21:33 – Credits
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