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During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Returned to Southern California after leaving camp, living briefly in a hostel set up at the Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Moved to Boyle Heights, where he attended school. Graduated from UCLA and established a career in computer software development."},{"id":"1007","model":"narrator","index":"2 677/{'value': 747, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1007/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1007/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-515_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-515_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1007/interviews/"},"display_name":"Robert Moriguchi","bio":"Sansei male. Born November 11, 1931, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, moved to Utah for a time before eventually returning to California and becoming a pharmacist. Served on the board of the Japanese American Citizens League and in later years, became a volunteer docent at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles."},{"id":"989","model":"narrator","index":"3 678/{'value': 747, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/989/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/989/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-512_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-512_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/989/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank T. Sata","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 20, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a photographer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, transferring to Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Moved to Guadalupe, California, living in a Buddhist church for a time. Finished high school in Pasadena, California. Served in the U.S. Army, then worked for an electronics company before becoming an architect."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-132","model":"entity","index":"4 679/{'value': 747, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-132/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-132/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Yoshida Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. 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Author of the book <i>Reminiscing in Swingtime: Japanese Americans in American Popular Music, 1925-1960</i>, published by the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, California.","extent":"03:49:01","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-132","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":126,"namepart":"George Yoshida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"John Pai"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0122p80","namepart":"Yoshida, George"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"February 18, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Yoshida narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Yoshida, George 88922nr0122p80","download_large":"denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"64","model":"narrator","index":"5 680/{'value': 747, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/64/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/64/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/npaul.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/npaul.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/64/interviews/"},"display_name":"Paul Nagano","bio":"Sansei male. 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Taught at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley, California, and served as Director of the Council for Pacific Asian Theology, Oakland, California. Presently, Minister-at-Large-Northern California Japanese American Church Federation."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-42-56","model":"entity","index":"6 681/{'value': 747, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-56/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-42-56/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-42/ddr-csujad-42-56-mezzanine-0026f2411d-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-42/ddr-csujad-42-56-mezzanine-0026f2411d-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Kumaji Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, July 21, 1942","description":"A letter from Kumaji Meguro in the Pomona Assembly Center to his son-in-law and daughter, Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano in the Santa Anita Assembly Center. 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Father passed away early, leaving her mother to run the farm. Hatsuko Mary became a teacher, establishing an education career in Torrance, California, for many years. She later discovered an artistic talent and did many paintings with her family and the war years as her subjects."},{"id":"626","model":"narrator","index":"18 693/{'value': 747, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/626/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/626/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nrobert.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nrobert.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/626/interviews/"},"display_name":"Robert A. Nakamura","bio":"Nisei/Sansei male. Born July 5, 1936, in Venice, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Denver before returning to Los Angeles. After the war, became a pioneering filmmaker. 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Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the Asian Law Caucus, Inc., a co-founder of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, the Asian Pacific Bar of California and the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans. He was involved in significant litigation affecting civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans and other minorities, including Korematsu v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40 year old conviction for refusal to obey exclusion orders aimed at Japanese Americans during WWII, originally upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in landmark decisions; United Pilipinos for Affirmative Action v. California Blue Shield, the first class action employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. 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