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At the time of the interview, Mrs. Terasaki resided in Los Angeles, making and repairing Japanese calligraphy scrolls."},{"id":"896","model":"narrator","index":"3 103/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/896/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/896/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-448_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-448_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/896/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kanji Sahara","bio":"Issei male. Born April 4, 1934, in Hiroshima, Japan, while mother and older siblings were visiting Japan for an extended period. Came to the United States at a few months old, and grew up in the Uptown area of Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, before eventually returning to California."},{"id":"94","model":"narrator","index":"4 104/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/94/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/94/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tayame.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tayame.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/94/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ayame Tsutakawa","bio":"Kibei female. Born May 23, 1924, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. Sent to Japan to live with a relative when thirteen months old. Returned to United States and mother when twelve years old. Incarcerated at Sacramento Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California. Resettled in Sacramento, California. Married George Tsutakawa, renowned artist, and moved to Seattle, Washington."},{"id":"659","model":"narrator","index":"5 105/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/659/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/659/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yyuriko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yyuriko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/659/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yuriko Yamamoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born February 19, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. When mother passed away before the war, went to live with family friends while father went to Japan. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Detroit, Michigan, before eventually returning to California."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-366","model":"entity","index":"6 106/{'value': 137, '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.<p>(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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Born August 23, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Went to Japan for a time as a child with family before returning to California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, learned the saxophone and played with the Jive Bombers band. After leaving camp, attended college and began a career in dentistry while continuing to play music professionally."},{"id":"1000","model":"narrator","index":"8 108/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1000/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1000/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-507_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-507_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1000/interviews/"},"display_name":"Paul Yamazaki","bio":"Sansei male. Born April 17, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, moved with parents to Hiroshima, Japan, where father worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Returned from Japan and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where father was a physician. Moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, and became involved in the Third World Liberation Front strikes. Began working for City Lights Booksellers and Publishers in 1970."},{"id":"170","model":"narrator","index":"9 109/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/170/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/170/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oarthur.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oarthur.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/170/interviews/"},"display_name":"Arthur Ogami","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 10, 1922, in Whittier, California. Spent childhood in California, before being removed to Manzanar concentration camp in 1942. Left Manzanar several times to work as a beet topper for local farmers. Decided to expatriate to Japan because of mother's wishes, and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp. In 1945, was moved with brother to Bismarck, North Dakota, a Department of Justice camp, before renouncing U.S. citizenship and traveling with family to Japan. Lived and worked in Japan until the 1950s, when he was able have his U.S. citizenship reinstated and return to the U.S. Raised family in Los Angeles, California."},{"id":"332","model":"narrator","index":"10 110/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/332/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/332/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kkiyoko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kkiyoko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/332/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kiyoko Morey Kaneko","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 3, 1911, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father operated a successful import/export business with retail stores. Graduated from UCLA, then lived and worked in Japan for a few years. Was married and living in Hawaii in 1941. Witnessed Japanese bomber planes overhead from home in Pearl City on December 7, 1941. After the war, resided in Santa Cruz, California."},{"id":"439","model":"narrator","index":"11 111/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/439/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/439/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smisako.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smisako.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/439/interviews/"},"display_name":"Misako Shigekawa","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 2, 1909, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California, attending the University of Southern California before World War II and graduating with a degree in pharmacy. Married and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After being removed from Terminal Island, moved to Anaheim, California, before being removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Had several children in camp. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"239","model":"narrator","index":"12 112/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/239/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/239/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thikoji.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thikoji.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/239/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hikoji Takeuchi","bio":"Nisei male. Born December 18, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. Parents owned and operated a restaurant. Father passed away prior to the onset of World War II, so mother was responsible for preparing the family to move to camp. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, and in 1942, was shot by a military police officer while picking up scrap lumber. Renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan where he worked for six years before returning to California."},{"id":"481","model":"narrator","index":"13 113/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/481/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/481/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yharry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yharry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/481/interviews/"},"display_name":"Harry K. Yoshikawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 26, 1922, in Montebello, California. Grew up in California, spending a short time in Japan prior to World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver, Colorado, during the \"voluntary evacuation\" period designated by the U.S. government. Arrested after refusing to report for military service after being drafted. Tried and served two years at the Santa Catalina prison camp for draft resistance. After release, eventually returned to Los Angeles, California."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-186","model":"entity","index":"14 114/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-186/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-186/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-186-mezzanine-f636977192-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-186-mezzanine-f636977192-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, May 19, 1946 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He writes from Japan where he is stationed as a Nisei solder. The letter is mailed via San Francisco by the U. S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, he informs that he has received letters from his sister, Hatsuno, his wife, Ayame, and his brother, Makoto, and met his brother-in-law, Nobuyuki Tanimoto, and everyone is being well. He assumes that they do not have enough coal in larger cities, such as Chicago and Los Angeles, but they would be restored soon. He encloses photographs that he has taken during his visit in Hiroshima. The photographs are not found in the item. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: <a href=\"http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/13862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oki_02_31_001</a>","extent":"3 pages, 6 x 9 inches, handwritten; 1 envelope","links_children":"ddr-csujad-5-186","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Okine, Masao"}],"topics":[{"term":"Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan","id":"199"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Family","id":"46"},{"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":"Japan","creation":"5/19/1946","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Okine, Masao author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-5-186-mezzanine-f636977192-a.jpg"},{"id":"290","model":"narrator","index":"15 115/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/290/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/290/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ijoe.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ijoe.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/290/interviews/"},"display_name":"Joe Ishikawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the university's art museum and for the City of Lincoln, Nebraska. Worked for and was greatly influenced by noted socialist Norman Thomas."},{"id":"415","model":"narrator","index":"16 116/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/415/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/415/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sfrank.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sfrank.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/415/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank Sumida","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 10, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up primarily in Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a restaurant. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, where he participating in running an organized gambling operation. Moved briefly to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before being sent to Tule Lake, California, after signing the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" Transferred to the Santa Fe Department of Justice internment camp, New Mexico. Upon wishes of parents, renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan. Worked for the military government during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Eventually regained U.S. citizenship and returned to the United States."},{"id":"619","model":"narrator","index":"17 117/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/619/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/619/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kyukio.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kyukio.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/619/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yukio Kawaratani","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 30, 1031, in San Juan Capistrano, California. Grew up in various places in California. During World War II, was removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While in Poston, family signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to Tule Lake. Father and two older brothers renounced their U.S. citizenship and were eventually expatriated to Japan. The rest of the family returned to California after leaving camp. Mr. Kawaratani established a successful career as an urban planner with the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency."},{"id":"945","model":"narrator","index":"18 118/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/945/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/945/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-12_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-12_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/945/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox","bio":"Sansei female. Born February 20, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, her father, an Issei, was a curator at the Harding Museum in Chicago. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her parents decided to volunteer to go early to Manzanar to help set up the camp. After leaving Manzanar, the family lived in California and then moved to Japan, where father worked for the U.S. Navy translating for the war crimes trials. They returned to Los Angeles where Fumino grew up."},{"id":"ddr-densho-121-12","model":"entity","index":"19 119/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-121-12/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-121-12/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-121/ddr-densho-121-12-mezzanine-3a68e1d791-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-121/ddr-densho-121-12-mezzanine-3a68e1d791-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 5","description":"Selected article titles: \"California Demands Federal Government Maintain Financial Responsibility for Evacuees\" (p. 1), \"Window Smashed in Penryn Store Opened by Nisei Ex-GI\" (p. 1), \"Deportation Cases Will Be Handled by International Institute\" (p. 1), \"Hearing on Thirty Deportation Cases Postponed, Says Wirin\" (p. 1), \"Nisei Specialists Worked Behind Lines in Japan\" (p. 1), \"The Alien Land Cases: State of California Pushes Program to Grab Nisei Lands\" (p. 1), \"Minors Who Refused to Renounce Rights to Get State Care\" (p. 1), \"Los Angeles Lawyer Vote on Admitting Non-Whites to Group\" (p. 1), \"Old Law is Instrument for Big California Land Grab\" (p. 2), \"16 Thousand Evacuees Back in L.A. 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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."},{"id":"594","model":"narrator","index":"21 121/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/594/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/594/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iart_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iart_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/594/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Ishida","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 2, 1921, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles, California, before moving to Japan with parents in 1929 and returning to California in the 1930s. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Gave a qualified answer on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire and was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Moved briefly to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before being released from camp and living in Chicago, Illinois. Drafted into the military and served in Korea as an interpreter for the Military Intelligence Service. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"1016","model":"narrator","index":"22 122/{'value': 137, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1016/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1016/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-525_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-525_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1016/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mike Murase","bio":"Sansei male. Born January 25, 1947, in Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan. Moved to the U.S. with family at age nine and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from UCLA and was involved in a number of civil rights movements and organizations. One of the founders of Gidra, the groundbreaking Asian American publication. Worked for both of Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns and then became district director for Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Co-founded the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Little Tokyo Service Center, and was also active in numerous community social service and activist organizations."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-132","model":"entity","index":"23 123/{'value': 137, '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. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the \"Music Makers,\" a dance band. Left Poston for Chicago in 1943, and was drafted into the U.S. Army. Underwent basic training in the armored (tank) corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was subsequently assigned to the Military Intelligence Language School at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Married Helen Furuyama in 1945, and moved to Berkeley, California, and later to El Cerrito, a neighboring community. George earned his teaching credential and taught in the Berkeley School District for thirty-five years. He raised four children: Cole, Clay, Maia and Lian. Organized the J-Town Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece swing band based in San Francisco, which performs at community events and festivals. 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