In Memoriam: Victor Takemoto

Victor Mitsori Takemoto October 27, 1926 – November 27, 2021Victor M. Takemoto went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 27, 2021. One month after his 95th birthday. Born on Bainbridge Island, WA on October 27, 1926, to Saichi and Yone Takemoto, the first of five boys

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Help from Reverend Andrews – Vic Takemoto (OH0017)

Video Interview — October, 2007 To see this interview in its entirety, go to the Densho website archives. You will have to register to be allowed access to their archives. Once in the archive, visit the Visual History Collections: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection.

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Manzanar arrival, food, winds – Vic Takemoto (OH0016)

Video Interview — October, 2007 To see this interview in its entirety, go to the Densho website archives. You will have to register to be allowed access to their archives. Once in the archive, visit the Visual History Collections: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection.

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Describes feelings while leaving home – Vic Takemoto (OH0015)

Video Interview — October, 2007 To see this interview in its entirety, go to the Densho website archives. You will have to register to be allowed access to their archives. Once in the archive, visit the Visual History Collections: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection.

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Family prepares to leave – Vic Takemoto (OH0014)

Video Interview — October, 2007 To see this interview in its entirety, go to the Densho website archives. You will have to register to be allowed access to their archives. Once in the archive, visit the Visual History Collections: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection.

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FBI Roundups – Vic Takemoto (OH0013)

Video Interview — October, 2007 To see this interview in its entirety, go to the Densho website archives. You will have to register to be allowed access to their archives. Once in the archive, visit the Visual History Collections: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection.

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Only thought Isseis would go – Vic Takemoto (OH0012)

Video Interview — October, 2007 To see this interview in its entirety, go to the Densho website archives. You will have to register to be allowed access to their archives. Once in the archive, visit the Visual History Collections: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection.

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Lined up to receive inoculations upon arrival.

April 2 1942. These young men are all from Bainbridge: on steps in hat: a Sakuma. Boys lined up left to right: Unknown, Robert Koba, Morio Terayama, Kazuo Terayama, Vic Takemoto, Bill Takemoto.

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BI Residents of Japanese Descent sorted by Circumstance

Sorted by Circumstance on March 30, 1942 Updated 5/ 7/ 11   Farming in Burlington; Later Exiled to Tule Lake War Relocation Center Joe Chihara 20 Takashi Chihara 28 Akira Sakuma 24 Atsusa Sakuma 26 Isaac Isagi Sakuma 18 Shinobu Dale Sakuma 21 Attending College Mary Yoko Hayashi 22 Tsutomu

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Bainbridge Island Residents of Japanese Descent in 1942

Updated 5/7/11 Yoshiaki Amatatsu 58 Taka Amatatsu 51 Yoneko Elsie Amatatsu 25 Kazuko Kay Amatatsu 23 Michiko Rose Amatatsu 22 Ikuko Dorothy Amatatsu 18 ***** Miki Arota 62 ***** Fusakichi Chihara 60 Tama Chihara 50 Takashi Chihara 28 Toshio Chihara 22 Masa Chihara 21 Joe Chihara 20 Kuniko Kay Chihara

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