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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":"00:59:53","links_children":"ddr-densho-1010-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":430,"namepart":"Eddie M. Inaba"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Jill Shiraki"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr003cw5g","namepart":"Inaba, Edward Minoru"}],"contributor":"Preserving California's Japantowns Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Sacramento, California","creation":"December 11, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Eddie M. Inaba narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJill Shiraki interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Inaba, Edward Minoru 88922nr003cw5g","download_large":"denshovh-ieddie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-67","model":"entity","index":"10 285/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-67/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-7-67/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-tgus-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-tgus-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Gus Tanaka Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born August 3, 1923, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where father was a physician in Japantown. Was attending college prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend college before being drafted in 1944. Served in the Army Specialized Training Unit during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Returned to medical school after military service and became a physician practicing in Ontario, Oregon.
(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":"01:59:52","links_children":"ddr-one-7-67","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":783,"namepart":"Gus Tanaka"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Linda Tamura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0064611","namepart":"Tanaka, Augustus Masashi"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Ontario, Oregon","creation":"April 23, 2014","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Gus Tanaka narrator \nLinda Tamura interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Tanaka, Augustus Masashi 88922nr0064611","download_large":"denshovh-tgus-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-366","model":"entity","index":"11 286/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-366/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-366/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ymits-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ymits-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Mits Yamasaki Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born February 3, 1924, in Caldwell, Idaho. In the early 1930s, sent with brothers to live in the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles after mother develops tuberculosis. Remained in Shonien until the onset of World War II. During the war, removed with a friend's family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to live and work in Chicago, Illinois, and served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan during the U.S. occupation.
(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":"02:53:45","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-366","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":608,"namepart":"Mits Yamasaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014397w","namepart":"Yamasaki, Mitsuru"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"September 19, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mits Yamasaki narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer Yamasaki, Mitsuru 88922nr014397w","download_large":"denshovh-ymits-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-341","model":"entity","index":"12 287/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-341/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-341/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hfrank_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hfrank_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Frank Hiratsuka Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born July 16, 1926, in Alviso, California. Lived in various places in California as a child. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, family moved to Reedley, California, in an attempt to avoid incarceration, but were removed when the exclusion zone extended to Reedley. Sent to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp during the war and lived in Morton Grove, Illinois, before being drafted into the military. Eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois.
(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":"01:13:25","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-341","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":578,"namepart":"Frank Hiratsuka"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Skokie, Illinois","creation":"June 15, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Frank Hiratsuka narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-hfrank_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-322","model":"entity","index":"13 288/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-322/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-322/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mjohn-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mjohn-01-a.jpg"},"title":"John Kats Marumoto Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born 1927 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. Lived in Japan for a short time in 1941. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Compton after the Japanese Americans were excluded from Terminal Island. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked on a fishing boat in Mexico. Drafted into the military in the 1950s and served in Japan. After the war, returned to California.
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