| Title |
Jun Kurumada, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 18, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 339 |
| Alternative Title |
Jun Kurumada, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Kurumada, Jun, 1913-2013 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-04-18 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Japan |
| Subject |
Kurumada, Jun, 1913-2013--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Tokyo; Sapporo; Yokohama; Dentists |
| Description |
Transcript (30 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Jun Kurumada on April 18, 2001. This is from tape number 339 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Jun Kurumada (b. 1913) graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in dentristry in 1937 and opened an office on Main Street in Salt Lake City. He reflects on life in Utah during World War II. He was drafted into the army in 1953 and was stationed in Tokyo, Sapporo, and Yokohama. 30 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
30 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/s6qr6w9p |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Japanese Americans |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026194 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr6w9p |
| Title |
Page 18 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026179 |
| OCR Text |
Show JUN KURUMADA PR 20 I BEC: So were there actually people who came around t hou nd checked for guns or radios or- JUN: Well, the surprising part of it-not for me-but I knew of one fi llow out here, well the area would be West Valley now, where they had a home and he was telling me about the FBI confiscated a, what was a like a big rifle. Well, it was an old rifle, like a Civil War vintage rifle, that he himself had mounted on a stand and had made a floor lamp out of it. It was actually a floor lamp with the cord going out and the light globe on top of the barrel. Somehow he got the trigger to make the switch for the floor lamp. And they said, "Well, that's a possible weapon." And he said, "It's just a floor lamp." "This is evidence. It's a possible weapon." So they confiscated it and they took it. It's things like that that I remember that happened and the worst part of most of all that is that all the material, all the confiscated material, was supposed to be stored ... excuse me. I need a glass of water. [turns tape off] JUN: During all that time there were many so-called strange incidents like that. In fact, I received a call at my home, this was on a Sunday. Course I was at home at that time. And this lady called and she was a little bit afraid or apprehensive that the new orders from the War Department would include Salt Lake City as one of the areas from which they were going to evacuate all the Japanese from this area. And at the same time, she wanted to know if it was possible for her to either buy a house or rent a house. Well, it was virtually impossible :for any Japanese to come out here and buy a house. However, there were some houses available. But she was quite frantic about her position here. And, surprisingly, I asked her where she was and she said she was downtown. And so I asked 16 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr6w9p/1026179 |
