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Raised in Ault, Colorado, where family operated produce and sugar beet farm. Assumed responsibility for farm at age 15 when father suffered debilitating accident. Drafted into Army in 1942. After basic training in Camp Robinson, Arkansas, transferred to Fort Riley, Kansas. Attended second basic training in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, when President Roosevelt activated the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Severely injured while guarding German POWs in Alabama. After war, moved to South Texas and operated several farms before opening a bowling alley."},{"id":"233","model":"narrator","index":"18 1818/{'value': 4162, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/233/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/233/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/igeorge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/igeorge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/233/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Izumi","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 22, 1921, and raised in California. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After World War II, attending baking school and became a professional baker."},{"id":"9","model":"narrator","index":"19 1819/{'value': 4162, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/9/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/9/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/fgeorge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/fgeorge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/9/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Fugami","bio":"Kibei male. Born August 1, 1915, in Portland, Oregon. Sent with siblings to be educated in Japan when ten years old. Returned to the United States in 1935. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Active in Seattle's postwar Japanese American community as a member and past president of the First Hill Lions Club; past president of the Atlantic Street Center, past president of Franklin High School Band PTA, past zone chairman of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and past JACL district governor, area 19-B. In his interview, discusses childhood memories of Japan and Japanese attitudes and values."},{"id":"524","model":"narrator","index":"20 1820/{'value': 4162, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/524/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/524/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ygeorge_4.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ygeorge_4.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/524/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Yano","bio":"Sansei male. Born July 6, 1942, in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Compiled an extensive family history detailing parents' participation in a \"voluntary evacuation\" from Milpitas, California, to Fort Lupton, Colorado, in 1942, to avoid incarceration."},{"id":"383","model":"narrator","index":"21 1821/{'value': 4162, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/383/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/383/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ugeorge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ugeorge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/383/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Uchida","bio":"Nisei male, born March 14, 1929, in Florin California. Grew up in Florin, where parents ran a farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, served in the Air Force and became an engineer."},{"id":"438","model":"narrator","index":"22 1822/{'value': 4162, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/438/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/438/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_3.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_3.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/438/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Matsumoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 19, 1924, in San Francisco, California. At a young age, family moved to Ocean Park, California, where father ran a concession stand in an amusement park. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, had numerous jobs, including as part of the kitchen staff. In 1943, refused to answer the so-called \"loyalty questions\" and was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After being released from camp, resettled in Chicago, Illinois, before returning to California."},{"id":"347","model":"narrator","index":"23 1823/{'value': 4162, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/347/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/347/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kgeorge_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kgeorge_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/347/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Kikuta","bio":"Kibei male. Born March 3, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. At only a few months of age, removed to the Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps, California. Expatriated to Japan with family during World War II. Grew up in Japan before returning to Los Angeles for high school. Later studied accounting, and became one of the early bilingual Japanese American CPAs in the field."},{"id":"563","model":"narrator","index":"24 1824/{'value': 4162, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/563/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/563/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_4.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_4.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/563/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Murakami","bio":"Nisei male. Born 1934 in Guadalupe, California. During World War II, removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to the Sacramento area. 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