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Longtime volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles."},{"id":"631","model":"narrator","index":"20 595/{'value': 772, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/631/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/631/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ytakenori.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ytakenori.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/631/interviews/"},"display_name":"Takenori Yamamoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 21, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. Age three when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and was removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles. 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