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This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:04:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-357-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":518,"namepart":"Nancy K. Araki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"San Francisco, California","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002859\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"July 19, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Nancy K. Araki narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-anancy-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1009-1-14","model":"segment","index":"8 33/{'value': 44, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1009-1-14/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1009-1-14/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1009/denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1009/denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Roy Ebihara Interview Segment 14","description":"Parents' conversion to Christianity before World War II
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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After the war ended and the camp was nearly empty, went into a prolonged and difficult labor, requiring that the staff reopen the hospital and she and her husband stay at Gila River after everyone else had left. Resettled in Fresno, California."},{"id":"64","model":"narrator","index":"14 39/{'value': 44, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/64/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/64/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/npaul.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/npaul.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/64/interviews/"},"display_name":"Paul Nagano","bio":"Sansei male. Born, June 17, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in \"Little Tokyo,\" and the Boyle Heights area. During World War II, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Became ordained as a Baptist minister while incarcerated, ministering to fellow camp inmates and leading ecumenical worship services in camp. Left Poston to attend Bethel Theological Seminary in St Paul, Minnesota. Following the war, resettled in Los Angeles and established the Japanese Baptist Church, later renamed to Evergreen Baptist Church. Appointed the first director of Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society. Spent eight years as pastor of the Makiki Church in Honolulu. Returned to the mainland and earned his doctorate degree (D. Rel.) from the School of Theology, Claremont, California, authoring a thesis on Japanese American identity, ethnic pluralism, and Christianity. Spent fifteen years as Pastor as Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington. Taught at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley, California, and served as Director of the Council for Pacific Asian Theology, Oakland, California. Presently, Minister-at-Large-Northern California Japanese American Church Federation."},{"id":"ddr-densho-483-94","model":"entity","index":"15 40/{'value': 44, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-94/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-483-94/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-483/ddr-densho-483-94-mezzanine-3f6b58fa0e-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-483/ddr-densho-483-94-mezzanine-3f6b58fa0e-a.jpg"},"title":"The Minidoka Herald Special Edition (February, 1944)","description":"Selected article titles: \"The work of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka\" (p. 1); \"A glimpse into the barrack colony of Minidoka\" (p. 1), \"The vision of the worldwide church\" (p. 1), \"Greetings from Minidoka\" (p. 1), \"Structure of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka\" (p. 1), \"The work of the Minidoka Project elementary schools\" (p. 1), \"Daily Resolutions\" (p. 1), \"The Christian Code\" (p. 2), \"In Christ there is no east and west\" (p. 2), \"Loyalty to God\" (p. 2), \"Christmas cheer in Minidoka\" (p. 2), \"Minidoka Honor Roll\" (p. 3), \"Successful Relocation of members of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka of Minidoka\" (p. 3), \"Federated Church work at Hunt\" (p. 3), \"Minidoka Library\" (p. 3), \"What Christianity means to me in Minidoka\" (p. 4), \"Map of Minidoka Relocation Center\" (p. 4), \"Prayer for a share in the work of redemption\" (p. 4), \"Unevacuated Evacuees\" (p. 4)","extent":"11W x 16H","links_children":"ddr-densho-483-94","creators":[{"role":"creator","namepart":"Minidoka Herald Staff"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications","id":"74"},{"term":"Religion and churches -- Christianity","id":"396"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Holidays and festivals","id":"71"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Education","id":"73"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Living conditions","id":"67"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006187m","namepart":"Shimokochi, Isao Kenneth"},{"nr_id":"88922/nr010zd38","namepart":"Shimoyama, Sueko Nellie"},{"nr_id":"88922/nr006243v","namepart":"Sumino, Shigeo Roy"},{"nr_id":"88922/nr0062f4f","namepart":"Suzuki, Masao David"},{"namepart":"Tahara, Toshiko"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Hunt, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"},{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"c. 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