Prisoners of War in New Mexico Agriculture

Abstract of Interview

CONSULTANT:  Rose T. Mitamura

TAPE NUMBER:  RG2000-141

DATE OF BIRTH:  March 5, 1928

SEX:  Female

DATE(S) OF INTERVIEW:  September 20, 2000

LOCATION OF INTERVIEW:  Las Cruces, New Mexico

INTERVIEWER:  Ron Nelson

SOURCE OF INTERVIEW:  NMF&RHM__x___OTHER_____________

TRANSCRIBED:            YES___x____            NO_______

NUMBER OF TAPES:  1

ABSTRACTOR:  Ron Nelson

DATE ABSTRACTED:  September 21, 2000

QUALITY OF RECORDING (SPECIFY):  Good. Some background music

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:  Utilization of German prisoners of war during World War II at Mesilla, New Mexico, farm during lettuce harvest.

DATE RANGE:  1942-1943

ABSTRACT (IMPORTANT TOPICS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE):

TAPE ONE, SIDE ONE:

Rose Tashiro Mitamura was born in Colorado in 1928 and the Tashiro family moved to Mesilla in 1929. Rose gives her recollections of her family’s utilization of German POWs in World War II.

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