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(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
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":"01:33:15","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-17","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":166,"namepart":"Roger Daniels"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"November 18, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roger Daniels narrator","download_large":"denshovh-droger-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-42-106","model":"entity","index":"21 321/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-106/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-42-106/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-42/ddr-csujad-42-106-mezzanine-23e163e7e1-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-42/ddr-csujad-42-106-mezzanine-23e163e7e1-a.jpg"},"title":"Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, Fumio Fred Takano","description":"A notice of assignment issued by War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior. Fumio Fred Takano is assigned to Engineering Section as a plumber foreman. It includes the rate of pay (19.00 dollars) and entrance on duty date. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_55_001","extent":"1 page, 5 x 8 inches, typescript and handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-42-106","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"United States. War Relocation Authority"},{"role":"author","namepart":"Gila River Relocation Center"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Work and jobs","id":"76"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"World War II -- Administration -- War Relocation Authority (WRA)","id":"403"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","location":"Rivers, Arizona","facility":[{"term":"Gila River","id":"3"}],"creation":"8/23/1944","status":"completed","search_hidden":"United States. War Relocation Authority author \nGila River Relocation Center author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-42-106-mezzanine-23e163e7e1-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-410","model":"entity","index":"22 322/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-410/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-410/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-swarren-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-swarren-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Warren Koichi Suzuki Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born February 27, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. At age ten, was sent to Japan to live and attend school. Returned to Seattle prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Answered \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Seattle and lived with then wife and child in a hostel located in Seattle's Japanese language school. Established a postwar career with the City of Seattle.
(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":"01:44:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-410","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":664,"namepart":"Warren Koichi Suzuki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0110h76","namepart":"Suzuki, Koichi Warren"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 10, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Warren Koichi Suzuki narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Suzuki, Koichi Warren 88922nr0110h76","download_large":"denshovh-swarren-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-338","model":"entity","index":"23 323/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-338/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-338/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-utetsushi-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-utetsushi-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born February 7, 1925, in Sacramento, California. At a very young age, sent to Japan for several years. Returned at age six and lived with family in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Arboga Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred briefly to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving camp with the help of a Quaker group to work as a houseboy in Des Moines, Iowa, while attending high school. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service, and served 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":"02:35:09","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-338","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":576,"namepart":"Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr007gk5s","namepart":"Uratsu, Tetsushi Marvin"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Emeryville, California","creation":"May 26, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Uratsu, Tetsushi Marvin 88922nr007gk5s","download_large":"denshovh-utetsushi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-348","model":"entity","index":"24 324/{'value': 6164, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-348/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-348/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-oatsumi-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-oatsumi-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Atsumi Ozawa Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born May 25, 1928, in Huancayo, Peru. Grew up in Huancayo, where father ran a successful store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father went into hiding in an attempt to avoid being picked up by the Peruvian government. He was eventually found and picked up, and was reunited with family on the ship from Peru to the United States in 1944. Atsumi Ozawa was incarcerated with her family in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After leaving camp, worked for a time in Seabrook, New Jersey, and eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois.
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