Contents

• Foreword / Roger Daniels
• Issei Profiles
• Pt. 1. Living in Japan. 1. Early Life. 2. School. 3. Japanese Women. 4. Thoughts of America. 5. Marriage
• Pt. 2. Bound for America. 6. Leaving Japan. 7. Sailing to America
• Pt. 3. Arrival in America. 8. First Impressions. 9. The Japanese Methodist Church. 10. Adjustments to American Life
• Pt. 4. Labor. 11. Railroads, Stumps, and Sawmills. 12. Early Farm Labor. 13. Issei Acquisition of Orchards. 14. Anti-Japanese Sentiments
• Pt. 5. Life in America. 15. Issei Women. 16. Yoshi Marriages. 17. Japanese Families in America. 18. The Hood River Japanese Community. 19. Celebrations. 20. Trying Times
• Pt. 6. War Years. 21. Pearl Harbor Sunday. 22. Precautions. 23. Executive Order 9066. 24. Disposal of Property and Belongings. 25. Evacuation
• Pt. 7. Relocation. 26. Assembly Centers. 27. Camp Tule Lake. 28. The Loyalty Questionnaire. 29. Moving to Other Camps. 30. The Work Release Program. 31. Camp Reflections. 32. Sons in the Military Service
• Pt. 8. The Hood River Situation. 33. The Anti-Japanese Campaign. 34. Returning Home. 35. The Hood River Community
• Pt. 9. Issei Today. 36. Compensation, Citizenship, and Redress. 37. Issei Reflect on Their Experiences. 38. Messages. 39. Issei Self- portraits
• Pt. 10. Concluding Comments. 40. Perspectives on the Hood River Issei
• Appendix A. Japanese Population in the United States, Oregon, and Hood River County
• Appendix B. Japanese Society Minutes: Construction of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall