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Raised a family in Chicago, Illinois, and San Jose, California after military discharge. In recent years, attended several pilgrimages to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as well as reunions of Japanese Peruvians. Involved in the Campaign for Justice, an effort to obtain redress for Japanese Latin Americans.","extent":"03:48:04","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-151","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":149,"namepart":"Art Shibayama"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"October 26, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Art Shibayama narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-sart-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-179","model":"entity","index":"6 481/{'value': 507, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-179/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-179/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-179-mezzanine-f7e2c61d49-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-179-mezzanine-f7e2c61d49-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. S. 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See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_26_001","extent":"1 page, 7.25 x 5.5 inches, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-5-181","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Okine, Masao"}],"topics":[{"term":"Japan -- Post-World War II","id":"165"},{"term":"Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan","id":"199"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"correspondence","location":"Tokyo, Japan","creation":"1946-04-23; 1946-05-10;","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Okine, Masao author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-5-181-mezzanine-944c470672-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-87","model":"entity","index":"8 483/{'value': 507, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-87/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-87/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-87-mezzanine-fb460b0ee2-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-87-mezzanine-fb460b0ee2-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. 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See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_25_001","extent":"2 pages, 5.25 x 7 inches, handwritten; 1 envelope","links_children":"ddr-csujad-5-87","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Okine, Makoto"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"},{"term":"Military service -- Post-World War II service","id":"297"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"}],"format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"correspondence","location":"[Italy]","facility":[{"term":"Rohwer","id":"9"}],"creation":"8/19/1945","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Okine, Makoto author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-5-87-mezzanine-fb460b0ee2-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-388","model":"entity","index":"9 484/{'value': 507, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-388/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-388/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kelsa-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kelsa-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Elsa Kudo Interview","description":"Sansei female. 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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":"02:44:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-388","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":636,"namepart":"Elsa Kudo"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Kelli Nakamura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Mathew Medeiros"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"February 6, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Elsa Kudo narrator \nKelli Nakamura interviewer \nMathew Medeiros videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kelsa-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-366","model":"entity","index":"10 485/{'value': 507, '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":"149","model":"narrator","index":"11 486/{'value': 507, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/149/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/149/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sart.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sart.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/149/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Shibayama","bio":"Nisei male. 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Involved in the Campaign for Justice, an effort to obtain redress for Japanese Latin Americans."},{"id":"130","model":"narrator","index":"12 487/{'value': 507, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/130/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/130/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yjoe.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yjoe.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/130/interviews/"},"display_name":"Joe Yasutake","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 25, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December 7, 1941 and interned as an enemy alien. Removed from Seattle with mother, sister and two brothers in 1942. Attended school (fifth through sixth grades) while incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and U.S. Department of Justice internment camp at Crystal City, TX. Reunited with father, Jack Kaichiro Yasutake, who was transferred from the U.S. Department of Justice internment camp in Lordsburg, NM to Crystal City, TX camp in 1944. After release from Crystal City camp, moved with parents to Cincinnati, OH. Moved with parents to Chicago, Illinois where father served as Executive Director of the Chicago Resettlers Committee. After high school graduation, attended Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Graduated from University of Illinois. Commissioned as lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1954, assigned to artillery and served in Germany. Returned to U.S. in 1956, discharged from the army. Married, had three sons. Late wife died in 1984. Was remarried in 1988 and has one stepdaughter. Received M.A., New York University. Moved to Ohio, employed by U.S. Air Force as psychologist. Received Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus OH. Moved to Denver, CO. Retired in 1986 from the U.S. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. Moved to California, employed by Lockheed. Serves in a volunteer capacity with community organizations, including as president of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and speaks at schools to educate students about the experiences of Japanese Americans and loss of constitutional rights during World War II. Also serves as chair of the San Jose Japantown Preservation Committee."},{"id":"ddr-pc-19-29","model":"entity","index":"13 488/{'value': 507, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-19-29/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-19-29/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-19/ddr-pc-19-29-mezzanine-67c6ea2ca9-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-19/ddr-pc-19-29-mezzanine-67c6ea2ca9-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 2 (July 19, 1947)","description":"Selected article titles: \"House Committee Clears Way For Debate, Vote This Week On Evacuee Claims Proposal\" (p. 1), \"Senate Passes Amendment to Soldier Brides Act. Will Permit Entry Into U.S. of 'Ineligible Alien' Spouses of American Servicemen\" (p. 1), \"JACL Committee in Japan Discusses Assistance to Nisei\" (p. 1), \"Real Estate Operator's Plan For Exclusion of Minorities Condemned by Civic Leaders\" (p. 2), \"War Department Aide Denies Rumor of Possible Seizure of Assets of Japan Nationals\" (p. 2), \"Illinois Firm Freezes Supply of Soy Sauce. Unable to Account For Presence of Arsenic in Product\" (p. 2), \"Source of Arsenic Poison Remains Mystery as Stocks Quarantined By Authorities\" (p. 3), \"Integration or Assimilation? 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