| Title |
Kenneth Nodzu, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Kelly, May 23, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 234 |
| Alternative Title |
Kenneth K. Nodzu, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Nodzu, Kenneth K., 1927- |
| Contributor |
Kelly, Luke; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-05-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Orem, Utah County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Nodzu, Kenneth, 1927- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Post office; JACL |
| Description |
Transcript (25 pages) of an interview by Luke Kelly with Kenneth K. Nodzu on May 23, 2001. This is from tape number 234 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Kenneth Nodzu was born in Kenilworth, Utah, in 1927. He was drafted into the Army in 1945, and served in Minnesota, California, and the Philippines as a supply clerk. He also discusses his work with the Japanese American Citizen's League of Mt. Olympus. 25 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
25 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s65t5jrq |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Japanese Americans |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025254 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65t5jrq |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025244 |
| OCR Text |
Show Kenneth Nodzu May 2 , 2001 farms, and our family had provided them with vegetables, produce. That was whil I was in the service, so I didn't know much of what was going on then. Yeah, I guess we knew a little bit about the evacuating because some of the people that we became acquainted with came out of the camps to work on the farms. End of tape 1, side A L UK: You were saying you were able to make-were you able to make some acquaintances with the people from these camps? KEN: Yeah. In Orem there were a few that came out of the camps to work on the farms, and some of them even farmed. But, then, we didn't know of them too long because as soon as they acquired a little money they'd move to Salt Lake, or move back to California, or something like that. LUK: But did you get to hear any of their stories that they were once farmers, or ... ? KEN: Not too much. I don't know. It's pretty hard to recall. LUK: When the war first broke out, was there-was your family scared that they, too, would be sent to these internment camps--or since they were in Utah already? When the war broke out was your family afraid that they might be sent to internment camps like the ... ? KEN: No. Our friends kept us informed about something like that. And he says, "We just have to find a place to move to." Because there was no money coming in, and since the war started in December, we had time to find a place to especially farm. That was the only thing we could find at that time because there was no other jobs available. And, no, 16 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65t5jrq/1025244 |
