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Born November 28, 1932, in Okinawa, Japan. Grew up in Japan where parents ran a farm. During World War II, when the Allied forces landed in Okinawa, fled home village with a large group and hid in the jungle. After the war, returned home, married, and eventually moved to Hawaii."},{"id":"199","model":"narrator","index":"3 4678/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/199/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/199/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wkim.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wkim.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/199/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kimi Wakabayashi","bio":"Issei female. Born March 27, 1912, in Binmanji, Japan. Grew up and married in Japan, before immigrating with husband to Canada in 1931, eventually settling in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Raised family in Saskatoon, working in fabric store established by husband. City street named in honor of the Wakabayashi family's contributions to the city over the years."},{"id":"648","model":"narrator","index":"4 4679/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/648/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/648/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/fpeggy.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/fpeggy.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/648/interviews/"},"display_name":"Peggy S. Furukawa","bio":"Nisei female. Born March 30, 1928, in San Jose, California. Prior to World War II, sent by father to live in Japan with relatives. Remained in Japan during the war, attending school and working in an airplane parts factory to support the Japanese war effort. Eventually returned to the United States and San Jose."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-124","model":"entity","index":"5 4680/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-124/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-124/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-124-mezzanine-b720b81701-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-124-mezzanine-b720b81701-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 19, 1946 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. This letter is written in Japan where Masao is stationed as a U.S. military soldier and mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. Masao describes his stay in Japan, being transferred from Sagamihara, Kanagawa, to Tokyo, possibly being transferred to the Tohoku area later. He resides in a building in Tokyo, which used to be a building for Nihon Yu??sen Kabushiki Kaisha [=Japan Mail Steamship Co.] and is located near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. He describes the living conditions in the building, such as a good room like a hotel, well functioning heating system, and good meals. He also writes about his efforts to locate their friends and relatives in Tokyo and Hiroshima. He locates his brother-in-law, Nobuyuki Tanimoto in Tokyo, who also stays in the same building. He learns about other relatives in Hiroshima from Nobuyuki, who has visited Hiroshima. Masao confirms that Tamasada and his family are safe but has not been able to confirm the safety of Jokichi Yamanaka or Naoji Okine in Hiroshima. The handwritten notes on the back of the envelope reads: Arrived on January 28, 1946, no. 2 [in Japanese]. 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Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, and was court martialed and imprisoned in the stockade at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Along with other Japanese Americans in the same situation, the group later came to be known as the \"Fort McClellan Disciplinary Barrack Boys,\" or \"DB Boys.\" Sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and served at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. In the 1980s, a legal team headed by Mr. Nomiyama's son-in-law mounted a legal effort to clear the DB Boys' names. They succeeded in having the army grant honorable discharges, but were unable to get the court martials ultimately overturned.
(Participating in this interview is Mr. Paul Minerich, who is Mr. Nomiyama's son-in-law. An attorney, Mr. Minerich headed the effort to clear his father-in-law's name regarding his wartime court martial conviction. 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":"02:17:06","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-279","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":482,"namepart":"Tetsuo Nomiyama"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Westminster, California","creation":"May 2, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tetsuo Nomiyama narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ntetsuo-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-56-584","model":"entity","index":"7 4682/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-584/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-56-584/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-56/ddr-densho-56-584-mezzanine-7231df658e-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-56/ddr-densho-56-584-mezzanine-7231df658e-a.jpg"},"title":"Seattle Japanese Indicted as Arms Plotters. 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Married and raised a son in Japan, living there for thirty-seven years before returning to live in Berkeley, California."},{"id":"ddr-njpa-4-1907","model":"entity","index":"9 4684/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1907/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-4-1907/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1907-master-251fd8051d-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1907-master-251fd8051d-a.jpg"},"title":"Kameno Ota, a sculptor","description":"Caption on reverse [translation]: \"July 17, [?]. A woman sculptor. Miss Kameno Ota. Miss Kameno Ota is a beloved pupil of [?]i Hirosuke, who is a leading figure of sculpting and belongs to the school of the Japan Fine Arts Institution Exhibition. Kameno Ota is the authority among women sculptors. I visited her studio called Hongo Yayoi House. Miss Ota is the only artist whose works were accepted several times for the Japan Fine Arts Institution Exhibition. She is an artist who is [?]. She is making a nude woman statue. She said, 'I cannot concentrate to finish my work because the temperature of the air is very hot.' She rides a horse and is also an authority on horseback riding. After she has a white helmet and nice riding clothes one, she whips her horse instead of driving. She feels very good while she rides a horse in the suburbs. 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Iwasaburo Okino, famous Japanese novelist, who arrived in San Francisco aboard the Tatsuta Maru recently, added to his above statement by saying that American motion pictures and lurid novels have presented a false picture of the United States to a large portion of the Japanese. Altogether interesting is this gentle Man of Letters from the shores of Dai Nippon, who has a broad view point of the Orient and the Occident, and may be just the person to write a true study of American life from the Japanese perspective. He is a follower of Christian ideals, and devoted to the cultural traditions of old Japan, as evidenced by his fifty-three volumes of writings, many of which are for children.\"","extent":"2.75W x 3.25H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-2023","format":"doc","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Okino, Iwasaburo"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"clipping","location":"San Francisco, California","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Okino, Iwasaburo","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-2023-master-bf75e0fdea-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-29-9","model":"entity","index":"11 4686/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-9/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-29-9/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-9-mezzanine-2e93ea250e-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-9-mezzanine-2e93ea250e-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 9 (March 1, 1957)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Noted Oregonians Honored for Wartime Service to Nisei, JACL\" (p. 1); Bill Hosokawa Promoted Post's Exec. News Ed\" (p. 1); Shonien 'red carp,' JACL 'pinwheel' on L.A. museum exhibit\" (p. 1); No. Calif. Japanese Americans launch $5,000 campaign for Immigration Museum\" (p. 1); \"Issei, Nisei, Sansei...Sensei\" (p. 2); \"Seek central camp in Orange County for Japan farm laborers\" (p. 3); \"Salt Lake JACL supports civil rights bill pending before Utah legislature\" (p. 3); \"Disneyland Hotel Reserved for Pacific Southwest Convention\" (p. 4); \"Repeal of Washington State Alien Land Law Motted by JACL\" (p. 5); \"JATB Travelers slap Zebras with 82-71 loss before over 500\" (p. 6); \"Bill Kajikawa resigns head basketball mentor post at Arizona State College\" (p. 6); \"Taul Watanabe in Japan sizing up new enterprises\" (p. 8); \"Ex-Tule Lake head to install cabinet at Santa Barbara\" (p. 8); \"Senate to vote on civil rights bill\" (p. 8); \"Honor new citizens at Snake River fete\" (p. 8)","extent":"11W x 17H","links_children":"ddr-pc-29-9","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Civil rights","id":"234"},{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Politics -- Lobbying","id":"238"},{"term":"Arts and literature -- Visual arts","id":"180"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- California","id":"271"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Oregon","id":"284"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington","id":"290"},{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Community activities -- Sports","id":"24"},{"term":"Industry and employment -- Journalism","id":"360"},{"term":"Redress and reparations -- Mobilizing and organizing the community","id":"111"},{"term":"Reflections on the past -- Exhibitions","id":"394"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"03/01/1957","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-29-9-mezzanine-2e93ea250e-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-16","model":"entity","index":"12 4687/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-16/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-16/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-16-mezzanine-b3374bcce9-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-16-mezzanine-b3374bcce9-a.jpg"},"title":"My future","description":"Term paper by Shig Katayama for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Shig's greatest wish is to live in a democratic world and be a success in his chosen career. He has intended to attend the college of Pharmacy at UC Berkley and run a small drug store. He plans to marry, have several children and plan for retirement. He outlines several ways to repay his parents for their care and the qualities he is looking for in a wife. He worries if Japan loses the war, would he and all of the Nisei have to return to Japan? He hopes this isn't the case, but is worried about the future. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9016. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0016","extent":"7 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-16","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Katayama, Shig"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Education","id":"73"},{"term":"Education -- Secondary education","id":"335"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Impact of incarceration","id":"78"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Eastern California Museum","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","location":"Manzanar, California","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Katayama, Shig author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-16-mezzanine-b3374bcce9-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-18","model":"entity","index":"13 4688/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-18/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-18/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-18-mezzanine-42d83cc3ec-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-18-mezzanine-42d83cc3ec-a.jpg"},"title":"Social prob: the future","description":"Term paper by Toshiro Hara for period 5 Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. 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See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0018","extent":"10 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-18","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Hara, Toshiro"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Education","id":"73"},{"term":"Education -- Secondary education","id":"335"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Impact of incarceration","id":"78"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Eastern California Museum","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","location":"Manzanar, California","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"2/24/1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Hara, Toshiro author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-18-mezzanine-42d83cc3ec-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-107-29","model":"entity","index":"14 4689/{'value': 5887, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-107-29/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-107-29/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-107/ddr-densho-107-29-mezzanine-848cb36559-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-107/ddr-densho-107-29-mezzanine-848cb36559-a.jpg"},"title":"Portraits of elderly couple","description":"Roy Matsumoto's paternal grandparents. Roy's paternal grandfather, Wakamatsu, was the youngest son of the Matsumoto family. He married his sweetheart and came to Kauai, HI, as a government contract laborer to work in the sugar cane fields. Upon completion of the contract, he came to the mainland United States, leased land in southern California, and operated a truck farm. His relatives and other villagers from Hiroshima came to work at his farm. Upon his early retirement, he returned to Hiroshima, Japan, and Roy's mother Tei took over the farm. Roy's paternal grandmother Haru came from the Motoyama Clan of Hiroshima. She went to Hawaii with her husband, Wakamatsu. Upon his departure from Hawaii to the mainland United States, she returned to Japan with her children (Roy's uncle Frank and Aunt Masayo, both born in Kauai, HI). Many years later, her husband Wakamatsu rejoined her in Hiroshima. 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