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The youngest of five children, Sarashina grew up surrounded by temple members (mostly plantation workers) and their families who enjoyed community picnics and samurai films. When his mother took her children to her hometown of Hiroshima in 1936, Sarashina struggled with Japanese at first. But soon, he got used to things Japanese thanks to the accommodations made by his mother, siblings, and schoolteachers. His older sisters baked Western style cakes and cookies and offered them to Sarashina's schoolmates, helping him to become better accepted. After the Pacific War began, Sarashina's family lost touch with his father who was still in Hawai'i. Later, he learned that his father had been taken by the FBI immediately after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was sent to the US mainland, then to a number of different incarceration camps. Sarashina as a junior high school student was mobilized to work at an ammunition factory when the nuclear bomb struck Hiroshima. Although he was not injured, he was irradiated as he entered the city to return home. Sarashina suffered diarrhea and could not eat afterward. When he went back to Hawai'i in 1949, he attended high school again to relearn English. Soon, he found a job at a local radio station in Honolulu. During the Korean War, he volunteered to serve as a military intelligence officer. When he was sent to Korea, he was assigned to a unit led by a judo teacher he knew from Sawtelle, California. The teacher had been his older brother's schoolmate in Hiroshima, and so he took Sarashina under his wing throughout Sarashina's stay in Korea. Although Sarashina says that the American government could do more to support US hibakusha, he also says that he supports the medical checkups offered to American survivors by the Japanese government. In fact, he assisted the establishment of the checkup system in the early 1970s and continued to help the US hibakusha's organization called the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb Survivors. He takes pride in assisting many US survivors to obtain Japanese hibakusha techo (certificate of survivorhood) and to receive benefits."},{"id":"968","model":"narrator","index":"1 2576/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/968/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/968/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1021-7_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1021-7_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/968/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yuriko Furubayashi","bio":"Yuriko Furubayashi was born January 20, 1927, in Waimea, Hawai'i, as one of the ten children of the family. Her father had come to Hawai'i from Hiroshima in the mid-1910s as a contract worker on a pineapple plantation. He grew vegetables and kept chickens around the house to help feed the family. Her mother cooked Japanese food only in part because meat was hard to come by. Many of their co-workers on the plantation were Japanese, and Yuriko used to go to the after-school school at Hongan-ji with these co-workers' children. Her peers at the public school included Filipinos, Chinese, Polynesians, Portuguese, and Haoles. When she was ten years old, her uncle and aunt in Los Angeles, who had been successful owners of Olympic Hotel, took her to Japan. They were childless, so their plan was to make Yuriko the family's heir. Yuriko quickly adjusted to the life in Japan and graduated from high school. She was working in an airplane factory when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Although she was not injured, she was irradiated because she walked through the city on the day after to look for her aunt and uncle. The entire city was still on fire. She saw many corpses and people with severe nuclear burns. She lost one of her uncles to the bomb. She also visited her friend working at an orphanage, and was struck by how many children had lost their parents to the bomb. In 1948, she went to Hawai'i to see her parents, thanks to the arrangement made by her brother who had come to Japan as part of the US occupation force. She decided that she did not want to go back to Hiroshima where memories of the destruction \"depressed\" her. She studied to regain her English and worked at her sister's bakery near Kahoku. She married a baker, and they became successful owners of another bakery named after their oldest son. Yuriko was somewhat worried about radiation effect when she was pregnant with her first child. She gained hibakusha techo (certificate of survivorhood) issued by the Japanese government in the 1960s. She also regularly attends the biannual health checkups conducted by Japanese physicians for American survivors."},{"id":"969","model":"narrator","index":"2 2577/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/969/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/969/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1021-8_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1021-8_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/969/interviews/"},"display_name":"Thomas T. Noguchi","bio":"Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained in medicine in both Japan and the United States, Noguchi faced racial prejudice especially early in his career, leading to a dismissal from the position in 1969. The Japanese American community and organizations, including the Japanese American Citizens League, made a concerted effort to reinstate him, a campaign that proved successful. Noguchi felt \"grateful,\" and when US survivors ask for his assistance to organize themselves in 1970, he felt as if it was a good opportunity to give back to the community. He enlisted support for US hibakusha from the California State Senator Mervyn Dymally and the U.S. Congressman Edward Roybal. They authored the bills that would have established a publicly funded program for medical care and treatment of radiation illnesses among US survivors. Although both the state and federal bills failed, Noguchi's collaborative effort with the politicians of color reveal changing racial and class relations in the state and national politics in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Noguchi's interview includes a discussion of his work with key leaders of the US survivors' organization, his communication with the JACL, and the public hearings for the medical bills."},{"id":"970","model":"narrator","index":"3 2578/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/970/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/970/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1021-9_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1021-9_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/970/interviews/"},"display_name":"Paul Satoh","bio":"Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1936, Paul Satoh spent a happy childhood as the only child of a chemist and a homemaker. Satoh's extended family included an uncle who had studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his wife, a US-born Nikkei from Hawai'i who occasionally had received a \"care pack from the United States\" that she shared with the Satohs. Although the couple was not affected by the bomb as they were in Tokyo, one of Satoh's other aunts who was in Hiroshima died of radiation sickness. Satoh himself, too, was in Hiroshima as his family's house in Osaka was burned in an air raid early in 1945. Living in his relative's house in Koi, which was about six kilometer from the hypocenter, Satoh remembers hearing a \"real big sound\" at the moment of the explosion. His family decided to take refuge in his grandmother's house in the countryside, and as they walked through Hiroshima, they witnessed people dying on the street from severe burns and injuries. Many years later, his mother died of leukemia, while Satoh himself suffered from thyroid cancer. Immediately after the war, though, Satoh recalled only silence around the bomb, even as many of his classmates passed away because of the delayed radiation effect. He came to the United States in 1960 to study chemistry at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He married a Polish American woman who was his classmate, and experienced racial discrimination in the era when interracial marriages were still illegal in many US states. Satoh also found that his brother-in-law had worked as a maintenance crew for Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Satoh worked as a chemist in the for-profit sector, and he occasionally lectured at colleges on applied chemistry. Although he was not part of any US survivors' groups, he was interested in issues of nuclear weaponry and bomb victims. He has assisted research for a book written by his acquaintance about US prisoners of war who died of the bomb in Hiroshima in 1945."},{"id":"971","model":"narrator","index":"4 2579/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/971/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/971/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1020-12_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1020-12_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/971/interviews/"},"display_name":"Emlei \"Emi\" Kuboyama","bio":"Born in Honolulu, Hawaii. During the Redress Movement, the Department of Justice's Office of Redress Administration (ORA) was established to identify and administer reparations payments to eligible individuals. Worked as an Attorney with the ORA from 1995 to 1998. After leaving the Department of Justice, continued working as a civil rights attorney with the U.S. Department of Education before pivoting into education policy research and higher education administration."},{"id":"1008","model":"narrator","index":"5 2580/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1008/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1008/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-516_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-516_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1008/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sam Mihara","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 1, 1933, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown, where father edited a bilingual newspaper. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, before returning home to San Francisco. Graduated from UC Berkeley and worked for Boeing. In retirement, traveled all over the U.S. and internationally speaking about World War II experiences."},{"id":"1009","model":"narrator","index":"6 2581/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1009/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1009/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-517_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-517_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1009/interviews/"},"display_name":"Stanley N. Shikuma","bio":"Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) ensembles. Became involved in numerous Japanese American community and activist groups such as the Japanese American Citizens League, Tule Lake Committee, and Tsuru for Solidarity."},{"id":"1010","model":"narrator","index":"7 2582/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1010/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1010/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-518_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-518_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1010/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jan Kumasaka","bio":"Sansei female. Born August 12, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. During World War II, family removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Lived in Minidoka for only four months before leaving camp to live and farm in Great Falls, Montana. After a few years, returned to Seattle. Attended the University of Washington and became a nurse."},{"id":"1011","model":"narrator","index":"8 2583/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1011/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1011/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-519_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-519_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1011/interviews/"},"display_name":"David Yano","bio":"Sansei male. Born July 19, 1944, in Washington, D.C. Grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. Volunteered for the army and served in Germany. Raised a family and worked in construction in Bethesda, Maryland."},{"id":"1013","model":"narrator","index":"9 2584/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1013/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1013/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-521_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-521_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1013/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sumiko Higashi","bio":"Sansei female. Born 1941 in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Santa Anita assembly center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, where father was a gardener and mother worked in LA's fashion district in garment factories. Graduated from UCLA and worked for time as a teacher in the L.A. Unified School District. Returned to UCLA for a graduate degree and became Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York, Brockport. Author of several books, including Cecil B. DeMille: A Guide to References and Resources (1985)."},{"id":"1014","model":"narrator","index":"10 2585/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1014/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1014/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-522_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-522_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1014/interviews/"},"display_name":"Douglas L. Aihara","bio":"Sansei male. Born March 15, 1950, in Torrance, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area, where father sold insurance. Active with Los Angeles' Koyasan Buddhist Temple's Boy Scout troop and performed with its drum and bugle corps. Attended UCLA and joined the staff of Gidra, an Asian American monthly newspaper-magazine started by a group of students. Eventually took over father's insurance business."},{"id":"1015","model":"narrator","index":"11 2586/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1015/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1015/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-524_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-524_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1015/interviews/"},"display_name":"Amy Uyematsu","bio":"Sansei female. Born in 1947 in Pasadena, California. Parents were incarcerated at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a mathematics degree. Taught math for more than thirty years in the Los Angeles Unified Schools. Began publishing poetry in the 1990s and is the author of six poetry anthologies."},{"id":"1016","model":"narrator","index":"12 2587/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1016/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1016/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-525_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-525_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1016/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mike Murase","bio":"Sansei male. Born January 25, 1947, in Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan. Moved to the U.S. with family at age nine and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from UCLA and was involved in a number of civil rights movements and organizations. One of the founders of Gidra, the groundbreaking Asian American publication. Worked for both of Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns and then became district director for Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Co-founded the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Little Tokyo Service Center, and was also active in numerous community social service and activist organizations."},{"id":"1017","model":"narrator","index":"13 2588/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1017/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1017/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-527_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-527_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1017/interviews/"},"display_name":"Karen Yoshitomi","bio":"Sansei female. Born 1962 in Spokane, Washington. Father was born in British Columbia, Canada, and mother was born in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in the Tacoma, Washington, area, before eventually moving to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Graduated from the University of Washington. Became regional director for the Japanese American Citizens League, and then Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington."},{"id":"1018","model":"narrator","index":"14 2589/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1018/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1018/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-528_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-528_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1018/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank Abe","bio":"Sansei male. Born 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio. During World War II, father was incarcerated the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentratin camp, Wyoming. Mother came to the United States from Japan in 1950. Frank grew up in Cleveland, where his parents owned a boarding house. Earned a B.A. in theater directing from the University of California at Santa Cruz and received professional actors' training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. An original member of the Asian American Theater Workshop in San Francisco. Helped organize the first Day of Remembrance event in Seattle in 1978. Instrumental in creating the National Council for Japanese American Redress in Seattle. Worked as a reporter for KIRO Newsradio in Seattle, and was the co-founder of the Seattle chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Later worked as Director of Communications for the King County Executive in Seattle. Filmmaker who made the documentary Conscience and the Constitution with Shannon Gee, author of JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy, and lead author of the graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse."},{"id":"1019","model":"narrator","index":"15 2590/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1019/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1019/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-529_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-529_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1019/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sharon Maeda","bio":"Sansei female. Born February 16, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where parents had resettled after leaving the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. Moved at an early age to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Attended the University of Washington where she was active in student groups. Got involved in numerous political campaigns supporting Asian American candidates. Worked as an art educator in the public schools before going on to a career in media, communications, and journalism."},{"id":"1020","model":"narrator","index":"16 2591/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1020/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1020/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-532_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-532_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1020/interviews/"},"display_name":"Chisao Hata","bio":"Sansei female. Born August 27, 1950, in Des Moines, Iowa. Spent early childhood in Des Moines where father worked in refrigeration and air conditioning and mother worked as a nurse. Married and moved to Portland, Oregon. Raised a family while teaching dance and getting involved in Japanese American community activities and political causes. Eventually became the Creative Director for the Japanese American Museum of Oregon."},{"id":"1021","model":"narrator","index":"17 2592/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1021/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1021/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-539_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-539_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1021/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jeff Furumura","bio":"Sansei male. Born November 23, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, father was in a tuberculosis sanitarium, then was taken to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and mother was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Parents met in Chicago, Illinois, after leaving the camps. Jeff grew up in the Los Angeles area and eventually attended UCLA. Became involved in various political and civil rights causes and joined the staff of Gidra. Became a programmer, raised a family, and eventually moved to Hawaii where he worked for the Hawaii Medical Service Association. "},{"id":"1050","model":"narrator","index":"18 2593/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1050/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1050/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-535_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-535_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1050/interviews/"},"display_name":"Nick Nagatani","bio":"Sansei male. Born August 6, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois. Spent in early life in Chicago before family moved to Los Angeles, California, where father worked in the defense industry. Joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War. After returning from Vietnam, joined a grassroots community organization known as the Yellow Brotherhood. Founded the Asian Movement for Military Outreach (AMMO) organization to bring more veterans and GIs into the Asian American anti-war movement."},{"id":"1051","model":"narrator","index":"19 2594/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1051/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1051/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-536_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-536_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1051/interviews/"},"display_name":"John A. (Jack) Svahn","bio":"Caucasian male. Born May 13, 1943, in New London, Connecticut. Moved frequently as an adolescent since father was in the U.S. Navy. Attended high school in Honolulu, Hawaii, then college at the University of Washington. Served in the U.S. Air Force, then attended the University of the Pacific McGeorge Law School and Georgetown University School of Law. In 1973, became Director of the California Department of Social Welfare, and subsequently held several positions in the federal government. In 1981, was appointed Commissioner of Social Security, and in 1983 was recruited to be the Assistant to the President for Policy Development under President Ronald Reagan. Was instrumental in helping to influence Reagan to sign the Civil Liberties Act of 1988."},{"id":"1052","model":"narrator","index":"20 2595/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1052/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1052/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-537_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-537_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1052/interviews/"},"display_name":"Lon Inaba","bio":"Sansei male. Born September 15, 1955, in Yakima, Washington. Grew up in the Yakima area, where several generations of family members had run a farm since before World War II. Prior to the war, since Japanese immigrants were barred from purchasing land, Lon's grandfather and great-grandfather had leased land from the Yakama Indian tribe. After they were sent to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, during the war, they returned and continued farming, again with the support of the Yakama Nation. Lon earned a degree in agricultural engineering, and after working for a time on the Hanford nuclear reservation, returned to take over the farm with family members. In 2021, the family made the decision to sell Inaba Produce Farms to the Yakama Nation."},{"id":"1053","model":"narrator","index":"21 2596/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1053/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1053/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-538_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-538_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1053/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shiz Inaba","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 19, 1929, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Milwaukie, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon and parents ran a hotel business in Portland. Went to business school and worked for an insurance company before meeting future husband and getting married. Raised a family and worked on the family farm, Inaba Produce Farms."},{"id":"916","model":"narrator","index":"22 2597/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/916/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/916/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-470_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-470_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/916/interviews/"},"display_name":"Amy Iwasaki Mass","bio":"Nisei female. Born July 5, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where father ran a produce business. During World War II, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, returned to family home in Los Angeles. Became a social worker, one of the few Japanese American women in the field at that time."},{"id":"917","model":"narrator","index":"23 2598/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/917/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/917/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-471_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-471_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/917/interviews/"},"display_name":"Helen Takeshita","bio":"Sansei female. Born February 27, 1935, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, family lived for a short time in Oregon before returning to California and finding temporary housing in Hunters Point. Eventually returned to San Francisco."},{"id":"918","model":"narrator","index":"24 2599/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/918/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/918/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-472_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-472_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/918/interviews/"},"display_name":"Lawson I. Sakai","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 27, 1923, in Montebello, California. Grew up in Montebello, where father and other family members ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, family moved to Colorado to avoid mass removal. 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