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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":"896","model":"narrator","index":"9 684/{'value': 6770, '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. 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Founder of Visual Communications, the oldest community-based media arts center in the United States. Along with wife Karen Ishizuka, founded the Media Arts Center of the Japanese American National Museum."},{"id":"736","model":"narrator","index":"11 686/{'value': 6770, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/736/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/736/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmjack.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmjack.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/736/interviews/"},"display_name":"M. Jack Takayanagi","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 28, 1922, in San Jose, California. As a teenager, moved with family to West Los Angeles, where father was a gardener. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, Jack volunteered to work with the orphans at the Manzanar Children's Village, and also helped to establish Christian church services. Left camp for Des Moines, Iowa, to attend college, and eventually became a minister."},{"id":"989","model":"narrator","index":"12 687/{'value': 6770, '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":"408","model":"narrator","index":"13 688/{'value': 6770, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/408/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/408/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ywakako.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ywakako.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/408/interviews/"},"display_name":"Wakako Yamauchi","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 23, 1924, in Westmorland, California. Grew up in the Imperial Valley before being removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. After leaving camp, attended art school in San Diego before marrying and moving to Los Angeles. Published short story And the Soul Shall Dance, which was adapted into a successful play and then a television drama."},{"id":"915","model":"narrator","index":"14 689/{'value': 6770, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/915/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/915/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-468_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-468_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/915/interviews/"},"display_name":"Norm Hayashi","bio":"Sansei male. Born September 11, 1939, in Oakland, California. Grandfather, father, and other family members established a nursery business in San Francisco, California prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to San Francisco and reestablished the nursery. After going to college and living in Los Angeles for a number of years, Norm eventually returned to the family business."},{"id":"862","model":"narrator","index":"15 690/{'value': 6770, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/862/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/862/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/dflorence.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/dflorence.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/862/interviews/"},"display_name":"Florence Ohmura Dobashi","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 26, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in several cities in California where father was a minister, but was living in Riverside, California, when World War II broke out. During the war, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to finish high school in Ohio, then attended UC Berkeley and UCLA. After the war, worked for attorney Wayne Collins while he fought on behalf of Japanese Americans who renounced their U.S. citizenship in the camps."},{"id":"904","model":"narrator","index":"16 691/{'value': 6770, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/904/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/904/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-456_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-456_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/904/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hatsuko Mary Higuchi","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 31, 1939, in Los Angeles County, California. At a young age, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona, with family. After leaving camp, returned to family's farm in Lawndale, California. 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":"ddr-pc-29-20","model":"entity","index":"17 692/{'value': 6770, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-20/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-29-20/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-20-mezzanine-0b8b37cfb5-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-20-mezzanine-0b8b37cfb5-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 20 (May 17, 1957)","description":"Select article titles: \"Permanment Stay Offered Skilled Japanese on Temporary Visa\" (p. 1); \"Curriculum body acts on CL protest of 'Fuzz Young' story\" (p. 1); \"Claims payment appropriations up for endorsment\" (p. 1); \"Los Angeles-born Nisei successful in transition to life in Detroit circles\" (p. 1); \"Calif. pension bill passes Assembly\" (p. 1); \"Japanese Americans Among First Winners of California Scholarships\" (p. 1); \"Cleveland Nisei awarded music fellowship in Rome\" (p. 1); \"SLC keeping busy with more projects\" (p. 2); \"Surgeon who operates 'without ether or nures' found to be Issei dollmaker\" (p. 3); \"Wife of Cheyenne Nisei judge named ass't Wyoming A.G.\" (p. 3); \"Nisei Leaps 6 FT. 4 IN. 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Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Father was arrested by the FBI and mother had a nervous breakdown. Kenji and his sister were sent to stay at the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles. During mass removal, taken to Manzanar with other orphans and placed in the Manzanar Children's Village. While in camp, reunited with parents. After leaving Manzanar, returned to California. Established a career developing photography lenses and equipment."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-128","model":"entity","index":"21 696/{'value': 6770, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-128/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-128/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Paul Bannai Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born July 4, 1920 in Delta, Colorado. 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He was elected to the Gardena city council in 1972, and in 1973 was elected to the California State Legislature. In 1980, Mr. Bannai became the executive director of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC). 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