(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military service during World War II.)","extent":"00:50:12","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-105","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":106,"namepart":"Henry Bruno Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Matt Emery"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Larry Hashima"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"July 3, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Henry Bruno Yamada narrator \nMatt Emery interviewer \nLarry Hashima videographer","download_large":"denshovh-yhenry-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-16","model":"entity","index":"2 2602/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-16/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-16/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-16-mezzanine-bad4f45ea8-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-16-mezzanine-bad4f45ea8-a.jpg"},"title":"A Thousand Paper Cranes: How Denver's Japanese American Community Emerged from Internment","description":"Documentary film about the wartime incarceration and about Japanese Americans in Denver after the war. Scenes shot at the Amache site today serve as a backdrop for the incarceration stories, while the segments on Denver focus on the importance of Colorado Governor Ralph Carr and on Sakura Square, the symbolic center of Colorado's Japanese American community.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: A Thousand Paper Cranes.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: A Thousand Paper Cranes.","extent":"00:38:58","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-16","creators":[{"role":"filmmaker","namepart":"Zitzma, Amada"},{"role":"filmmaker","namepart":"Soto, Roxana A."}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"nocc","genre":"motion_picture","facility":[{"term":"Granada (Amache)","id":"4"}],"creation":"2020","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Zitzma, Amada filmmaker \nSoto, Roxana A. filmmaker","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-16-mezzanine-bad4f45ea8-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-jamsj-2-6","model":"entity","index":"3 2603/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-6/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-jamsj-2-6/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-jamsj-2/denshovh-tdave-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-jamsj-2/denshovh-tdave-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Dave Tatsuno Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born March 31, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Spent difficult childhood years in San Francisco under care of a guardian while family lived in Japan. Graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley before World War II. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and then to Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, was permitted to travel around the country as a buyer for the camp co-op store, and also obtained permission to shoot home movie footage from within the camp itself. After World War II, established the Nichibei Bussan Department Store in San Jose's Japantown.
(This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled \"Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown,\" a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.)","extent":"01:36:59","links_children":"ddr-jamsj-2-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":195,"namepart":"Dave Tatsuno"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Aggie Idemoto"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Mike Izumi"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zs7j","namepart":"Tatsuno, David Masaharu"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of San Jose Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Jose, California","creation":"January 20, 2005","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dave Tatsuno narrator \nAggie Idemoto interviewer \nMike Izumi videographer Tatsuno, David Masaharu 88922nr015zs7j","download_large":"denshovh-tdave-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-187","model":"entity","index":"4 2604/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-187/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Yamada Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born November 16, 1923, in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the World Hotel. Father also worked as a mail handler for the Great Northern Railroad. Attended Lewis and Clark High School and Washington State University. During the war remembers seeing train cars pass through Spokane with Japanese Americans headed to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army in 1944 and served at the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota and Presidio, California. After World War II, worked as a chick sexer in upstate New York and surrounding region for thirty years. Returned to Spokane in the mid-1970s and pursued a career in real estate.
(This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.)","extent":"04:03:17","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-187","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":211,"namepart":"George Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Megan Asaka"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Spokane, Washington","creation":"March 15 & 16, 2006","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Yamada narrator \nMegan Asaka interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"796","model":"narrator","index":"5 2605/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/796/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/796/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-426_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-426_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/796/interviews/"},"display_name":"Clara S. Hattori","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Spokane and Moses Lake, Washington, after the war."},{"id":"894","model":"narrator","index":"6 2606/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/894/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/894/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-445_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-445_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/894/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank Sato","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 16, 1929, in Puyallup, Washington. Grew up in the Sumner, Washington, area, where parents had a produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, attended the University of Washington and the University of Southern California. Established a career in government. From 1953 to 1965, he worked for the U.S. Air Force Auditor General's Office. From 1965 to 1974, he was with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). From 1974 to 1979, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Audit. Became Inspector General at the Department of Transportation and was appointed Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency by President Ronald Reagan. After his government career, Frank served as president of the Japanese American Citizens League and worked as an activist during the redress movement."},{"id":"896","model":"narrator","index":"7 2607/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/896/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/896/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-448_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-448_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/896/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kanji Sahara","bio":"Issei male. Born April 4, 1934, in Hiroshima, Japan, while mother and older siblings were visiting Japan for an extended period. Came to the United States at a few months old, and grew up in the Uptown area of Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, before eventually returning to California."},{"id":"897","model":"narrator","index":"8 2608/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/897/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/897/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-449_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-449_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/897/interviews/"},"display_name":"Miyoko Kaneta","bio":"Nisei female. Born December 16, 1926, in El Centro, California. Grew up in various places in California, where parents owned a barbershop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with her family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, resettled in Hazelton, Idaho, and Oakland, California, before moving to Seattle, Washington. After the war, worked for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Hiroshima, Japan. Became a teacher, and taught for many years in the Seattle Public Schools."},{"id":"898","model":"narrator","index":"9 2609/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/898/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/898/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-450_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-450_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/898/interviews/"},"display_name":"Alan Nishio","bio":"Sansei male. Born August 9, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where his parents were incarcerated during World War II. Grew up in the Venice area of California, and became increasingly politically active while attending the University of California, Berkeley, during the Free Speech Movement during the late 1960s. Earned a master's degree at the University of Southern California, then helped to found the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Became an administrator at California State University, Long Beach, eventually advancing to the position of Associate Vice President, Student Services. Became a community activist in Los Angeles and helped to form several important community organizations such as the Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization and the Little Tokyo Service Center."},{"id":"899","model":"narrator","index":"10 2610/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/899/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/899/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-451_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-451_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/899/interviews/"},"display_name":"Elsie Uyematsu Osajima","bio":"Nisei female. Born July 25, 1925, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Pasadena, where parents ran a small market. Removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, during World War II, then to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to attend college in Nebraska, then married and returned to California. Worked for many years at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center."},{"id":"900","model":"narrator","index":"11 2611/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/900/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/900/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-452_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-452_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/900/interviews/"},"display_name":"Bob Suzuki","bio":"Nisei-han male. Born January 2, 1936, in Portland, Oregon, where father worked for the railroad. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family moved to a small community outside of Spokane, Washington, to farm. Went to UC Berkeley and Caltech, then taught at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southern California. He served as chair of the National Education Commission of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and vice chair of the Community Advisory Committee for the Desegregation of the Pasadena Schools. Held several positions in academic administration including Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at California State University, Los Angeles, Vice President for Academic Affairs at California State University, Northridge, and President of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona."},{"id":"901","model":"narrator","index":"12 2612/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/901/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/901/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-453_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-453_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/901/interviews/"},"display_name":"June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 17, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, and was involved at an early age with traditional Japanese dancing and stage performance. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, family resettled in Denver, Colorado, for ten years before returning to California. After the war, pursued a career as a model and actor for a time, then got involved in numerous Japanese American community groups."},{"id":"902","model":"narrator","index":"13 2613/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/902/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/902/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-454_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-454_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/902/interviews/"},"display_name":"May Ohmura Watanabe","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 13, 1922, in Chico, California. Grew up in Chico, where parents ran a produce store. Was in college when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and was removed with her family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend school in Syracuse, New York, and become a public health nurse. Later worked at the University of Pittsburgh."},{"id":"903","model":"narrator","index":"14 2614/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/903/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/903/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-455_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-455_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/903/interviews/"},"display_name":"Wilbur Sato","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 26, 1929, in Pasadena, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, family lived for a time in a hostel in Des Moines, Iowa, before returning to California. After the war, became an attorney and longtime community activist."},{"id":"904","model":"narrator","index":"15 2615/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/904/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/904/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-456_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-456_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/904/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hatsuko Mary Higuchi","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 31, 1939, in Los Angeles County, California. At a young age, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona, with family. After leaving camp, returned to family's farm in Lawndale, California. Father passed away early, leaving her mother to run the farm. Hatsuko Mary became a teacher, establishing an education career in Torrance, California, for many years. She later discovered an artistic talent and did many paintings with her family and the war years as her subjects."},{"id":"906","model":"narrator","index":"16 2616/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/906/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/906/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-458_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-458_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/906/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hal Keimi","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 23, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, where parents ran a dry cleaning business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in a trailer park in Lomita, California, before eventually returning to Los Angeles. Became a teacher and baseball coach, and longtime volunteer docent at the Japanese American National Museum."},{"id":"907","model":"narrator","index":"17 2617/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/907/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/907/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-459_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-459_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/907/interviews/"},"display_name":"Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi","bio":"Sansei female. Born December 4, 1935, in Sawtelle, California. Grew up in Huntington Beach, California, where father worked as a chauffeur. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Tuna Canyon Detention Station. He rejoined the family at the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the family was then sent to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Parents decided to go to Japan and were sent to Tule Lake, but eventually decided to remain in the United States. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles. Barbara was active in camp pilgrimages and reunions after the war, as well as volunteering for the Japanese American National Museum."},{"id":"908","model":"narrator","index":"18 2618/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/908/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/908/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-460_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-460_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/908/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ron Wakabayashi","bio":"Sansei male. Born November 13, 1944, in Reno, Nevada, where parents had resettled after leaving the concentration camps in Topaz, Utah, and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. Grew up in East Los Angeles. Involved in a number of community social service organizations in Los Angeles, such as Oriental Concern and the Asian American Drug Abuse Program. Elected national director of the Japanese American Citizens League in 1981, and was heavily involved in the redress movement. Regional Director with the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service."},{"id":"909","model":"narrator","index":"19 2619/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/909/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/909/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-461_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-461_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/909/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ronald Ikejiri","bio":"Sansei male. Born December 3, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, parents had been incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Father signed 'no-no' on the so-called 'loyalty questionnaire', renounced U.S. citizenship, and was sent to the Department of Justice camp at Bismarck, North Dakota. Family did not end up expatriating to Japan, and reunited instead at the Crystal City camp in Texas. After leaving camp, returned to California and started a gardening business in Gardena, California. Ronald attended UCLA and then graduated from the Northrop University School of Law. In the late 1970s, took a position as the Washington representative for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and worked during the redress movement. Elected to the Gardena City Council in 2001."},{"id":"910","model":"narrator","index":"20 2620/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/910/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/910/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-463_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-463_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/910/interviews/"},"display_name":"Nancy Kyoko Oda","bio":"Sansei female. Born May 20, 1945, at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shortly after birth, parents returned to the Los Angeles, California, area, where they had been living before World War II. Grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, and was involved in judo along with father, who was a judo instructor. Established a career as a public school teacher and administrator, and was also involved in numerous community groups."},{"id":"911","model":"narrator","index":"21 2621/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/911/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/911/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-464_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-464_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/911/interviews/"},"display_name":"Alan Kumamoto","bio":"Sansei male. Born January 21, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. While very young, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Father joined the Military Intelligence Service out of camp, and Alan and his mother resettled in Chicago, Illinois. After father rejoined the family, they returned to Los Angeles' Little Tokyo neighborhood. After graduating from college, got involved in several Japanese American community organizations. In the 1960s, took a newly created position, National Youth Director, with the Japanese American Citizens League."},{"id":"912","model":"narrator","index":"22 2622/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/912/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/912/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-465_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-465_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/912/interviews/"},"display_name":"Cookie Takeshita","bio":"Nisei female. Born April 1, 1929, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a gardening business. During World War II, family was ordered to leave Alameda and moved to Cortez, California, before being sent to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend school in Cleveland, Ohio, before returning to Alameda. After the war, worked for many years at UC Berkeley."},{"id":"913","model":"narrator","index":"23 2623/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/913/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/913/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-466_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-466_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/913/interviews/"},"display_name":"Floyd Shimomura","bio":"Sansei male. Born March 13, 1948, in Winters, California. Grew up in the Winters area where parents worked on a farm they had run before World War II, when they were incarcerated at the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Graduated from UC Davis School of Law, and worked in various capacities for the State of California. Elected National President of the Japanese American Citizens League in 1982, and was involved in the redress movement, helping to draft the redress resolution."},{"id":"914","model":"narrator","index":"24 2624/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/914/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/914/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-467_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-467_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/914/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ben Takeshita","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 2, 1930, in San Mateo, California. During World War II, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Due to parents' answers on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" transferred to Tule Lake when it was designated a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to San Mateo, and served with Military Intelligence in Japan and Korea during the Korean War. 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