Oral history interview with John Sato

Identifier
irn511104
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.481.33
  • RG-50.062.0033
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511104

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Judy Weightman

Biographical History

Judy Weightman, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with John Sato on December 28, 1987 as part of a project to interview Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators currently living in Hawaii. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1990.

Archival History

Hawaii Holocaust Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Hawaii Holocaust Project

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.

People

  • Sato, John, 1921-
  • John Sato
  • Judy Weightman

Corporate Bodies

  • Minidoka Relocation Center
  • United States. Army. Air Forces
  • United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 522nd

Subjects

  • Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
  • Camp Shelby (Miss.)
  • Washington.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States.
  • Hawaii Island (Hawaii)
  • Guam.
  • Minidoka (Idaho)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.
  • Japanese American soldiers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Idaho--Minidoka.
  • Japan.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Intelligence services.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
  • Racism--United States.

Genre

  • Oral History
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