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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":"02:50:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-394","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":643,"namepart":"Minoru Tajii"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr011pt86","namepart":"Tajii, Minoru"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Gardena, California","creation":"February 14, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Minoru Tajii narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer Tajii, Minoru 88922nr011pt86","download_large":"denshovh-tminoru_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-153","model":"entity","index":"17 242/{'value': 951, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-153/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-153/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Roy H. Matsumoto Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected for a dangerous mission in Burma, becoming one of the famed Merrill's Marauders. Provided crucial intelligence information for the U.S. government after tapping into a Japanese army communications wire in Burma. Instrumental in a mission to hold Nhpum Ga hill in Burma, in which he shouted military orders in Japanese to confuse the attacking Japanese soldiers. Awarded the Legion of Merit from the U.S. military, and stationed in China and Japan after the war. Met future wife while working undercover in Japan. Inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 1993.
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(This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.)","extent":"02:27:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-111","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":111,"namepart":"Yasashi Ichikawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0160f5w","namepart":"Ichikawa, Yasashi"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"October 16, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yasashi Ichikawa narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Ichikawa, Yasashi 88922nr0160f5w","download_large":"denshovh-iyasashi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-112","model":"entity","index":"22 247/{'value': 951, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-112/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-112/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-iyasashi-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-iyasashi-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Yasashi Ichikawa Interview II","description":"Issei female. Born 1907 in Shimonoseki, Japan. Attended school in Japan, and was encouraged by father to study English. Married a Buddhist minister and immigrated to the United States. Lived in Fresno, California, then returned to Japan for two years. Moved to Seattle, Washington, where husband was a minister at the Seattle Buddhist Temple. During World War II, husband was arrested and imprisoned in the Crystal City Department of Justice Camp, Texas. Mrs. Ichikawa, with her seven children, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, then to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Joined husband in Crystal City before returning to run the Seattle Buddhist Temple.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.)","extent":"02:21:43","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-112","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":111,"namepart":"Yasashi Ichikawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0160f5w","namepart":"Ichikawa, Yasashi"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"November 20, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yasashi Ichikawa narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Ichikawa, Yasashi 88922nr0160f5w","download_large":"denshovh-iyasashi-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-2","model":"entity","index":"23 248/{'value': 951, 'relation': 'eq'}","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. Matsui Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born March 1, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. Spent prewar childhood in Long Beach, California, but attended grade school and junior high in Japan. Returned to the United States to attend high school. In 1941, was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Camp Roberts, San Luis Obispo, California for basic training. Was among the first Japanese American draftees. When World War II broke out, was summarily discharged from the army, reclassified to an enlisted reserve unit, and sent to Santa Anita Assembly Center and then incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Within two months of being incarcerated, was recalled for duty in the Military Intelligence Service. Received Bronze Star for securing the surrender of Japanese military and nonmilitary personnel on the island of Saipan. Served with MacArthur's General Headquarters in Japan.
(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. Matsui narrator \nMarvin Uratsu interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer Matsui, George Shigeo 88922nr015zr0q","download_large":"denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-21-33","model":"entity","index":"24 249/{'value': 951, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-21-33/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-21-33/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-21/ddr-pc-21-33-mezzanine-673c1c511f-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-21/ddr-pc-21-33-mezzanine-673c1c511f-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 8 (August 20, 1949)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Plan to Initiate Case for New Supreme Court Test of State Alien Land Law in California\" (p. 1), \"Galen Fisher Initiates Move To Oppose Appointment of Bendetsen to High Army Post\" (p. 2), \"Ruling Permits Longer Japan Visits by Nisei\" (p. 2), \"Undertake Study of Adjustment of Former Tuleans in Hawaii\" (p. 2), \"Court Rules Nisei Has U.S. Rights Despite Japan Service\" (p. 2), \"Report Returnees Find Wide Acceptance in Hood River Area\" (p. 2), \"National JACL Opposes FHA Plan for Segregated Housing\" (p. 3).","extent":"Pacific Citizen","links_children":"ddr-pc-21-33","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"The Japanese American Citizens League"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","creation":"August 20, 1949","status":"completed","search_hidden":"The Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-21-33-mezzanine-673c1c511f-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"Japan; California","fields":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"],"analyze_wildcard":false,"allow_leading_wildcard":false,"default_operator":"AND"}},"aggs":{"facility":{"nested":{"path":"facility"},"aggs":{"facility_ids":{"terms":{"field":"facility.id","size":1000}}}},"format":{"terms":{"field":"format"}},"genre":{"terms":{"field":"genre"}},"rights":{"terms":{"field":"rights"}},"topics":{"nested":{"path":"topics"},"aggs":{"topics_ids":{"terms":{"field":"topics.id","size":1000}}}}},"_source":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"]}}