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Densho described her as one of the \"Five Bad Ass Japanese American Women that You Probably Didn't Learn About in History Class.\" A tireless, indefatigable fighter, she was also a gentle thoughtful strategist. Cherry Kinoshita was a recipient of a 2004 Washington State Jefferson Award, as well as awards from National JACL and the Emperor of Japan, bestowed by Seattle's Japanese consulate. Her son, Dr. Kyle Kinoshita, continued his mother's quest for social justice and equity in his profession in the education field and his ongoing volunteer work in a myriad of community activities.","extent":"1:05:45","links_children":"ddr-sjacl-2-34","creators":[{"role":"narrator","id":1046,"namepart":"Dr. Kyle Kinoshita"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Brent Seto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Joy Misako St. Germain"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Kinoshita, Cherry"}],"contributor":"Seattle JACL","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","creation":"2-Mar-22","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dr. Kyle Kinoshita narrator \nBrent Seto interviewer \nJoy Misako St. Germain interviewer Kinoshita, Cherry","download_large":"ddr-sjacl-2-34-1-mezzanine-8283041c74-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-2","model":"entity","index":"3 2703/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1008-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George S. 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Served with MacArthur's General Headquarters in Japan.<p>(Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.)","extent":"00:55:53","links_children":"ddr-densho-1008-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":51,"namepart":"George S. Matsui"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zr0q","namepart":"Matsui, George Shigeo"}],"contributor":"National Japanese American Historical Society Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 11, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George S. 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Recruited for the Military Intelligence Service and trained at the Military Intelligence Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota. Sent overseas to serve in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) of General MacArthur's headquarters in Australia, Manila and Japan. Assisted in negotiating the surrender of Japanese troops in Manila. Managed the Dai Ichi Hotel in Tokyo for headquarters staff. Later served in the Korean War. Resettled in Seattle, Washington and worked for the Boeing Company. Mr. Watanabe passed away on February 26, 2011.<p>(Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.)","extent":"01:59:01","links_children":"ddr-densho-1008-5","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":103,"namepart":"Harvey Watanabe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Gary Otake"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"National Japanese American Historical Society Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 12, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Harvey Watanabe narrator \nMarvin Uratsu interviewer \nGary Otake interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-wharvey-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-59","model":"entity","index":"5 2705/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-59/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-59/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-59-mezzanine-a3a34710b8-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-59-mezzanine-a3a34710b8-a.jpg"},"title":"Go for Broke!","description":"1951 feature film that tells the story of 442nd Regimental Combat Team  and that climaxes with the rescue of the \"Lost Battalion.\"  A popular and critical success, Go For Broke! represents a landmark in the representation of Japanese Americans in Hollywood films. The film focuses on the transformation of the initially bigoted Lt. Michael Grayson (played by Van Johnson), who is assigned to command the all-Japanese American unit. The members of the 442nd were mostly played by Nisei  veterans.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Densho Resource Guide</a> at: <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Go%20for%20Broke!%20(film)/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Go for Broke!</a>.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration-films\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films</a> at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/go_for_broke_ACM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.org/details/go_for_broke_ACM</a>.","extent":"01:30:20","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-59","creators":[{"role":"Publisher","namepart":"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Women's Army Corps/Women's Army Auxiliary Corps","id":"442"}],"format":"av","contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","creation":"1951","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Publisher","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-59-mezzanine-a3a34710b8-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-25","model":"entity","index":"6 2706/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-25/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-25/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-25-mezzanine-6fa650d952-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-25-mezzanine-6fa650d952-a.jpg"},"title":"Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith","description":"Documentary film about this history of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church, a Japanese American church in Alameda, California  , on its 100th anniversary. Using family photographs, home movies and other sources, the film takes us through the church's history in ten and twenty year intervals, highlighting its founding and early growth through the Issei era, the impact of wartime incarceration, and its evolution in the postwar period.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Densho Resource Guide</a> at: <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/The%20Ties%20That%20Bind:%20Generations%20of%20Faith%20(film)/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith</a>.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration-films\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films</a> at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/ajahp-VT_1449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.org/details/ajahp-VT_1449</a>.","extent":"01:03:43","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-25","creators":[{"role":"writer and producer","namepart":"Hanamura, Wendy"},{"role":"producer","namepart":"Sigmon, Mark"},{"role":"Director of Photographic Research","namepart":"Niiya, Ted"},{"role":"Editor","namepart":"Ladenburg,Eric"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- California","id":"271"},{"term":"Religion and churches -- Christianity","id":"396"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","location":"Alameda, California","creation":"1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Hanamura, Wendy writer and producer \nSigmon, Mark producer \nNiiya, Ted Director of Photographic Research \nLadenburg,Eric Editor","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-25-mezzanine-6fa650d952-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-ohs-1","model":"collection","index":"7 2707/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-ohs-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-ohs-1/ddr-ohs-1-256-mezzanine-2e07060908-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-ohs-1/ddr-ohs-1-256-mezzanine-2e07060908-a.jpg"},"title":"Yabe Family Papers Collection","description":"Digitized selections from a larger collection that documents the lives and activities of the Yabe family, particularly the first generation (the Issei) who immigrated from Japan to California in the early 1900s, and the second generation, the Nisei. 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The 275 digitized items that are viewable in the Densho Digital Repository and Oregon Historical Society's Digital Collections consist of photographs, school documents, correspondence, and genealogical research.\r\n\r\nThe 275 digitized selections are a small portion of the overall collection, which consists of 2.8 cubic feet of material, and is available for use onsite at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.","links_children":"ddr-ohs-1","language":["eng","jpn"],"contributor":"The Oregon Historical Society","public":"1","rights":"cc","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-ohs-1-256-mezzanine-2e07060908-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-3","model":"entity","index":"8 2708/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1008-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mmitsue-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mmitsue-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Mitsue Matsui Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco when the U.S. entered World War II. Was incarcerated with the family at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After spending a year at Topaz, was able to secure employment as a Japanese typist at the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS), Camp Savage and Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Soon thereafter, was temporarily assigned as secretary to Mr. John F. Aiso and remained in that capacity until Major Aiso received orders to go overseas. Married a MISLS instructor, and went again to Japan postwar during her husband's service in the U.S. occupation forces.<p>(Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.)","extent":"01:30:44","links_children":"ddr-densho-1008-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":52,"namepart":"Mitsue Matsui"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Gary Otake"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr008b87c","namepart":"Kono, Mitsue"}],"contributor":"National Japanese American Historical Society Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 12, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mitsue Matsui narrator \nMarvin Uratsu interviewer \nGary Otake interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer Kono, Mitsue 88922nr008b87c","download_large":"denshovh-mmitsue-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-1","model":"entity","index":"9 2709/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1008-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-kgeorge-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-kgeorge-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Koshi Interview","description":"Kibei male. Born June 16, 1911, in Greeley, Colorado. Raised in Denver, Colorado, until the age of five. Sent to Japan for schooling in 1917 and returned to the U.S. at the age of seventeen. Continued his education to eventually become the first Nikkei attorney in the state of Colorado. Drafted into the U.S. Army in March, 1942, and became a member of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS); served as an instructor of Japanese language in the MIS Language School and then as a language specialist in Washington, D.C., and the Pacific Military Intelligence Research Section (PACMIRS) in Maryland. Was hired as a civilian by the U.S. government postwar to provide legal counsel to defendants in the war crimes trials in Japan, and later, supervise Japanese legal and judicial reform. Received a medal commendation from the Japanese government for work in connection with the reformation of Japan's judicial system.<p>(Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.)","extent":"01:45:27","links_children":"ddr-densho-1008-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":45,"namepart":"George Koshi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"National Japanese American Historical Society Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 10, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Koshi narrator \nMarvin Uratsu interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kgeorge-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-28","model":"entity","index":"10 2710/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-28/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-28/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Daniel Inouye Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born September 7, 1924, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Served in the all-volunteer, all-Nisei, 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, lost his right arm in action and earned the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war, became an attorney, then a six-term senator for Hawaii. Sat on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition. On June 28, 2010, Inouye was sworn in as President Pro-Tempore of the Senate. He was serving his ninth consecutive term when he passed away on December 17, 2012.<p>(This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military service during World War II.)","extent":"01:13:59","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-28","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":32,"namepart":"Daniel Inouye"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Beverly Kashino"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"June 30, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Daniel Inouye narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBeverly Kashino interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-24","model":"entity","index":"11 2711/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-24/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-24/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-24-mezzanine-a7c7669e43-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-24-mezzanine-a7c7669e43-a.jpg"},"title":"Honor Bound: A Personal Journey","description":"Documentary film that tells the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team  through the story of one soldier, Haruo Howard \"Howe\" Hanamura, and his daughter, television reporter Wendy Hanamura, who travel to Europe in October 1994 for 50th anniversary ceremonies of the liberation of Bruyeres and Biffontaine by the 442nd. The film was produced by the National Japanese American Historical Society  (NJAHS) and KPIX, San Francisco, where Wendy Hanamura was a news reporter. After debuting on KPIX on March 5, 1995, it went on to be shown on over 100 PBS stations.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Densho Resource Guide</a> at: <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Honor%20Bound:%20A%20Personal%20Journey%20(film)/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Honor Bound: A Personal Journey</a>.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration-films\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films</a> at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/ajahp-HB_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.org/details/ajahp-HB_1</a>.","extent":"01:03:49","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-24","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Women's Army Corps/Women's Army Auxiliary Corps","id":"442"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","creation":"1995","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-24-mezzanine-a7c7669e43-a.jpg"},{"id":"983","model":"narrator","index":"12 2712/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/983/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/983/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-2_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-2_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/983/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mary Kato","bio":"Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 23, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, Oregon, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved to Walla Walla, Washington, and eventually married and farmed there."},{"id":"984","model":"narrator","index":"13 2713/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/984/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/984/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-1_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-1_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/984/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frances Kajita Nishi","bio":"Nisei-Sansei female. 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These addresses and phone numbers have been redacted to help protect the privacy of Japanese American communities. Please contact Densho to request the original version.","extent":"11.5W x 17H","links_children":"ddr-pc-28-51","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Civil rights","id":"234"},{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen","id":"389"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Nishikawa, Roy"},{"namepart":"Honda, Harry"},{"namepart":"Enomoto, Jerry"},{"namepart":"Hosokawa, Bill"},{"namepart":"Tajiri, Larry"},{"namepart":"Ishihara, Seichi"},{"namepart":"Utsunomiya, Ken"},{"namepart":"Oyama, Mary"},{"namepart":"Kido, Saburo"},{"namepart":"Onuma, Michi"},{"namepart":"Abiko, Yas"},{"namepart":"Hoshiyama, Fred Y."},{"namepart":"Nunotani, Katherine"},{"namepart":"Masaoka, Joe Grant"},{"namepart":"Mori, Henry"},{"namepart":"Fujita, 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These addresses and phone numbers have been redacted to help protect the privacy of Japanese American communities. 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Sumner Rotary Club President in 1971.<p>(This interview is part of a collaborative effort of the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League and Densho.)","extent":"00:55:02","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-116","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":114,"namepart":"John Kanda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Ronald Magden"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014gk36","namepart":"Kanda, Masayoshi John"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 12, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"John Kanda narrator \nRonald Magden interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Kanda, Masayoshi John 88922nr014gk36","download_large":"denshovh-kjohn-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-13","model":"entity","index":"17 2717/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-13/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-13/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-13-mezzanine-905583dbb8-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-13-mezzanine-905583dbb8-a.jpg"},"title":"Lessons in Loyalty: One American's Internment Camp Experience","description":"Documentary film that profiles Masaji \"Mas\" Inoshita, a Nisei who was forcibly removed and incarcerated with his family at the Gila River  , Arizona, camp during World War II and who subsequently served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team  . Lessons in Loyalty is built around interviews with Inoshita and also includes scenes of him visiting the Gila River site and speaking to a class about his experiences. Karen Leong, a professor at Arizona State University, provides the historical context. The film was produced by Ray Gonzales for the City of Chandler, Arizona in 2007.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Densho Resource Guide</a> at: <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Lessons%20in%20Loyalty:%20One%20American%27s%20Internment%20Camp%20Experience%20(film)/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lessons in Loyalty: One American's Internment Camp Experience</a>.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration-films\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films</a> at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/cochaz-Lesson_In_Loyalty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.org/details/cochaz-Lesson_In_Loyalty</a>.","extent":"00:26:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-13","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"City of Chandler"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps","id":"65"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"nocc","genre":"motion_picture","creation":"2018","status":"completed","search_hidden":"City of Chandler publisher","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-13-mezzanine-905583dbb8-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-3","model":"entity","index":"18 2718/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-aterry_g-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-aterry_g-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Terry Aratani  -  Fred Matsumura  -  Kenneth Okuma  -  Henry Bruno Yamada Interview","description":"This interview centers on these individuals' military service during WWII as members of I Company, part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Japanese American fighting unit and one of the most highly decorated military units in U.S. history. During this interview they discuss their experiences training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and fighting in Europe during such battles as the battle of the \"Lost Battalion.\" They also explore the importance of their enduring camaraderie, evident in their frequent reunions over the past fifty years. Also mentioned is Shiro Kashino, a staff sergeant in the 442nd who was wrongly court-martialed after a scuffle in a bar in which a military police officer was struck by one of Kashino's men. Although Kashino's involvement in the scuffle had been limited to trying to break up the fight, he spent the rest of the war in the stockade and released only to fight in battles.<p>(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview. Kari Hiraoka, one of the interviewers, is Shiro and Louise Kashino's daughter.)","extent":"00:52:02","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":3,"namepart":"Terry Aratani"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":5,"namepart":"Kenneth Okuma"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":54,"namepart":"Fred Matsumura"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":106,"namepart":"Henry Bruno Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Matt Emery"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Larry Hashima"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Women's Army Corps/Women's Army Auxiliary Corps","id":"442"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"July 3, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Terry Aratani narrator \nKenneth Okuma narrator \nFred Matsumura narrator \nHenry Bruno Yamada narrator \nMatt Emery interviewer \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nLarry Hashima videographer","download_large":"denshovh-aterry_g-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-12","model":"entity","index":"19 2719/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-12/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-12/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-12-mezzanine-129a19ab4e-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-12-mezzanine-129a19ab4e-a.jpg"},"title":"Bitter Memories: Tule Lake","description":"Early film that provides an overview of the wartime forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast produced by the University of California, Berkeley in 1975. Bitter Memory tells the story through narration and interviews with former inmates accompanied by archival footage from Office of War Information/War Relocation Authority (WRA) films  and WRA still photos. All footage—even contemporary interview footage and footage shot at Tule Lake  —is in black and white. Identified inmate narrators include poet and playwright Hiroshi Kashiwagi  , Mary Otani, Michi Mukai, and Kumito Ishida. The bulk of the film deals with living conditions in the concentration camps—the lack of privacy, the breaking up of the family unit, employment, food and so forth—along with the loyalty questionnaire  and segregation.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Densho Resource Guide</a> at: <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/...%20I%20Told%20You%20So%20(film)/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bitter Memories: Tule Lake</a>.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration-films\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films</a> at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/cabemrc_000010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.org/details/cabemrc_000010</a>.","extent":"00:28:23","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-12","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps","id":"65"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"nocc","genre":"motion_picture","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"1975","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-12-mezzanine-129a19ab4e-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-36","model":"entity","index":"20 2720/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-36/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-36/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kminoru-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kminoru-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Minoru Kiyota Interview","description":"Kibei male, born October 12, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Raised primarily in San Francisco, California, spending four years in Hiratsuka, Japan. Was incarcerated with his family at Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Refused to sign the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" and as a consequence was moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center, California. In Tule, he renounced his U.S. citizenship in protest of the incarceration his treatment in camp, and the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" Shortly thereafter he regretted his actions and attempted to rescind his decision. (It would be ten years before he would regain his citizenship.) After being released from Tule Lake in March 1946 he accepted a scholarship to College of the Ozarks, Arkansas, transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, and then served overseas in the U.S. Air Force Intelligence during the Korean War until his renunciation was discovered. After being dismissed from the air force he stayed in Japan, earning a master's and doctorate degree from Tokyo University. Published an autobiographical work in Japan entitled \"Nikkei hangyakuji,\" which was translated into English as \"Beyond Loyalty: The Story of a Kibei.\"<p>(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Tule Lake Pilgrimage held at Klamath Falls, Oregon and at the site of Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Given the limited time available during this event, the length and breadth of this interview are shorter than other Densho interviews.)","extent":"01:04:25","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-36","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":43,"namepart":"Minoru Kiyota"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tracy Lai"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0089q5w","namepart":"Kiyota, Minoru"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Klamath Falls, Oregon","creation":"July 3, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Minoru Kiyota narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nTracy Lai interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Kiyota, Minoru 88922nr0089q5w","download_large":"denshovh-kminoru-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-90","model":"entity","index":"21 2721/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-90/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-90/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tbill-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tbill-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Bill Thompson Interview","description":"Nisei male of Japanese and Scottish descent. Born in Hilo, Hawaii, 1924. Volunteered and served in the all Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Headquarter's Company, Second Battalion's Anti-tank Platoon. Returned to Hawaii following the war where he attended the University of Hawaii, and later worked for the municipal government. Active in the 442nd Veterans Club in Hawaii.</p><p>This interview provides an account of the narrator's role in the effort to overturn the WWII military court-martial of Shiro Kashino, a serviceman falsely charged with the assault of an MP officer. Despite the fact that he had never met Mr. Kashino, Bill Thompson joined in the effort to reverse Mr. Kashino's court-martial, performing valuable research in the military archives. Later, Thompson was instrumental in the construction of a memorial to the Varsity Victory Volunteers -- Japanese American ROTC students who were among the first to volunteer for the draft during WWII -- on the campus of the University of Hawaii. Also of note in this interview is Mr. Thompson's unique experience as a biracial soldier serving in the 442nd.<p>(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.  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