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Remained in Japan until the 1970s, eventually regaining U.S. citizenship and moving to Sacramento, California."},{"id":"923","model":"narrator","index":"8 633/{'value': 951, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/923/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/923/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-477_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-477_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/923/interviews/"},"display_name":"Noboru Kamibayashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 23, 1930, in Fairfax, Washington. Grew up in Venice, California, where parents had a produce farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and decided to return with the family to Japan to live. 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Renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan with parents and siblings in 1945. Lived and worked in Japan until 1948, when returned to the United States. Author of Betrayed Trust: The Story of a Deported Issei and His American-Born Family During WWII, published in 2004."},{"id":"ddr-pc-23-18","model":"entity","index":"10 635/{'value': 951, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-23-18/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-23-18/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-23/ddr-pc-23-18-mezzanine-67ce2f7010-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-23/ddr-pc-23-18-mezzanine-67ce2f7010-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 17 (May 5, 1951)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Two Hundred 442nd Veterans Will Be Guests at Tokyo Premiere of 'Go for Broke!' 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