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Charlie and his brother were then sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Charlie later left camp to join his family in New Mexico."},{"id":"978","model":"narrator","index":"2 1277/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/978/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/978/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-486_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-486_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/978/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ron Osajima","bio":"Nisei-Sansei male. Born July 8, 1935, in Gardena, California. Spent childhood in Gardena, where father had a wholesale produce business. 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":"246","model":"narrator","index":"3 1278/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/246/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/246/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ksally.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ksally.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/246/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shimako \"Sally\" Kitano","bio":"Nisei female. Born April 6, 1932, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge, and was eight years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Before the war was over, moved to Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Bainbridge Island after World War II."},{"id":"442","model":"narrator","index":"4 1279/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/442/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/442/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sannie.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sannie.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/442/interviews/"},"display_name":"Annie Sakamoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 17, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. Given up for adoption after birth, and placed in the Shonien orphange in Los Angeles. After World War II broke out, removed to the Children's Village in Manzanar. Left camp to live with a foster mother in Los Angeles, eventually becoming a registered nurse."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-128","model":"entity","index":"5 1280/{'value': 1345, '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. Grew up in small mining and farming towns in Colorado, Utah and Arizona, until his family moved to Boyle Heights in the Los Angeles, California area. After graduating from high school, he tested discrimination and employment practices and eventually succeeded in obtaining a job at a bank. During World War II, his family was held in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Bannai joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and was later transferred to the U.S. Military Intelligence Service. He served in New Guinea and elsewhere overseas, was an interpreter for the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS), and interpreted at the surrender of Japanese forces at ceremonies in Indonesia. Married and eventually resettled in Gardena, California, where he worked in the floral industry before founding the Bannai Realty and Insurance Company. An extremely active community and civic volunteer, Mr. Bannai joined the Elks Club as well as many veterans' and other organizations. 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). In 1981, he was appointed chief director of the Memorial Affairs Department of the Veterans Administration by President Ronald Reagan.","extent":"02:27:06","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-128","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":123,"namepart":"Paul Bannai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0099c15","namepart":"Bannai, Paul Takeo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 28, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Paul Bannai narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Bannai, Paul Takeo 88922nr0099c15","download_large":"denshovh-bpaul-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-150","model":"entity","index":"6 1281/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-150/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-150/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Paul Bannai Interview II","description":"Nisei male. 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An extremely active community and civic volunteer, Mr. Bannai joined the Elks Club as well as many veterans' and other organizations. 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). In 1981, he was appointed chief director of the Memorial Affairs Department of the Veterans Administration by President Ronald Reagan.","extent":"02:34:58","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-150","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":123,"namepart":"Paul Bannai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0099c15","namepart":"Bannai, Paul Takeo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 29, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Paul Bannai narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Bannai, Paul Takeo 88922nr0099c15","download_large":"denshovh-bpaul-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"510","model":"narrator","index":"7 1282/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/510/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/510/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uhank.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uhank.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/510/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hank Shozo Umemoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 12, 1928, in Florin, California, a small community outside of Sacramento, California. Lost father at an early age, and was raised primarily by older brother. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, snuck out of camp to spend time in the surrounding hillside. After leaving camp, returned to California and finished high school. Notably, refused to accept on principle the redress payments made to Japanese Americans in the 1980s."},{"id":"42","model":"narrator","index":"8 1283/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/42/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/42/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kfrank.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kfrank.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/42/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank Kitamoto","bio":"Sansei male. Born May 28, 1939, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated with parents at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Returned to Bainbridge Island after end of World War II. President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), a community organization dedicated to the preservation of Japanese American history on Bainbridge Island."},{"id":"602","model":"narrator","index":"9 1284/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/602/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/602/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmasahiro.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmasahiro.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/602/interviews/"},"display_name":"Masahiro Nakajo","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 17, 1927, in Moneta, California. Grew up in the Garden Grove area where parents ran a farm. Was taken to Japan to live as a young child until age ten. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, Caliifornia. After leaving camp, served in the military during the Korean War."},{"id":"239","model":"narrator","index":"10 1285/{'value': 1345, '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":"623","model":"narrator","index":"11 1286/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/623/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/623/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gnancy.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gnancy.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/623/interviews/"},"display_name":"Nancy Nakata Gohata","bio":"Sansei female. Born October 16, 1940, in Compton, California. As an infant, taken with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the government issued the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for ten years at a farm labor camp on an island outside of Stockton. Eventually ended up living in the San Fernando Valley, and became very active with the Japanese American Citizens League."},{"id":"ddr-pc-14-10","model":"entity","index":"12 1287/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-14-10/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-14-10/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-14/ddr-pc-14-10-mezzanine-b378bb04ba-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-14/ddr-pc-14-10-mezzanine-b378bb04ba-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 7 (July 16, 1942)","description":"Selected article titles: \"U.S. Army Trains Thousand Nisei Soldiers for Overseas Duty as 'All-Japanese' Unit\" (p. 1), \"Four Japanese Face U.S. Indictments in Santa Anita Incident\" (p. 1), \"Nisei Loyalty to U.S. Stressed By WRA Official in Congress\" (p. 1), \"States Have No Right to Bar Citizens, Says Governor Carr\" (p. 2), \"Production Is Key to Future of 'Industrial' Manzanar\" (p. 3), \"Masaoka Back In Washington For Conferences\" (p. 6), \"Salt Lake Tribune Says Inland States Must Assimilate Large Japanese Group After War\" (p. 6), \"Greeks Protest Use Of Japanese Labor On California Farms\" (p. 6), \"WRA Official Says U.S. Nisei Loyal\" (p. 7), \"Roosevelt Says Aliens Should Be Used in Industry\" (p. 8), \"Nisei Instructors Teach Japanese to Army Enlisted Men\" (p. 8).","extent":"Pacific Citizen","links_children":"ddr-pc-14-10","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"The Japanese American Citizens League"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"PCN_19420716","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","creation":"July 16, 1942","status":"completed","search_hidden":"The Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-14-10-mezzanine-b378bb04ba-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-2","model":"entity","index":"13 1288/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-2-mezzanine-670030a8d2-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-2-mezzanine-670030a8d2-a.jpg"},"title":"Term paper: my plan for the future","description":"Term paper by Chiyoko Nakasaki for period VII Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Chiyoko discusses finding an office job after graduation, but she worries about giving the wrong impression or building a bad reputation if she sets out as an independent female. She enjoys listening to music, and her true ambition is to travel, specifically to Hawaii and then the Statue of Liberty. Eventually she wants to take up music lessons again, especially piano. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9002. 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/36279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ecm_wells_0002</a>","extent":"10.5 x 8 inches, 12 pages, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-2","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Nakasaki, Chiyoko"}],"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":"Nakasaki, Chiyoko author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-2-mezzanine-670030a8d2-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-37","model":"entity","index":"14 1289/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-37/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-37/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-37-mezzanine-374f4e2a29-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-37-mezzanine-374f4e2a29-a.jpg"},"title":"My career","description":"Term Paper by Matsumura Masuru for period VII Senior Problem class, taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Matsumura describes his desire to be an aeronautical engineer eventually. He describes the necessary training to become a pilot and a aircraft mechanic. He provides a list of technical schools and colleges that provide related degrees as well as their approximate cost. Matsumura provides a brief history of aviation and concludes his paper with a description of a number of modern airplanes. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9037. 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/36225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ecm_wells_0037</a>","extent":"1 volume, 10.5 x 8 inches, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-37","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Masuru, Matsumura"}],"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":"Masuru, Matsumura author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-37-mezzanine-374f4e2a29-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-23","model":"entity","index":"15 1290/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-23/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-23/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-23-mezzanine-20386d31e5-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-23-mezzanine-20386d31e5-a.jpg"},"title":"Nisei's future","description":"Assignment by Ben (last name missing due to torn upper right corner) for period III Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Ben believes the future of the Nisei is a dark one, because they are being held as prisoners of war even though they are American citizens. He states the Nisei must realize the propaganda against them and the prejudice they will face when they leave the camps. They must think and prepare for the future. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9023. 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/36229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ecm_wells_0023</a>","extent":"1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript, damaged","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-23","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":"","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-23-mezzanine-20386d31e5-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-22","model":"entity","index":"16 1291/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-22/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-22/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-22-mezzanine-e60cba3692-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-22-mezzanine-e60cba3692-a.jpg"},"title":"Social problems","description":"Assignment by George Odahara for period V Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. George discusses the problem Japanese Americans in the incarceration camps face. He believes everyone should focus on the future and getting jobs after the war is over. In his opinion farming is going to be the best job for the Japanese Americans, as finding fresh food has been hard during the war. He believes everyone will get their old jobs back after the war. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9022. 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/36239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ecm_wells_0022</a>","extent":"1 page, 8.5 x 7 inches, handwritten, damaged","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-22","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Odahara, George"}],"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":"2/1/1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Odahara, George author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-22-mezzanine-e60cba3692-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-47-15","model":"entity","index":"17 1292/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-15/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-47-15/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-47/ddr-csujad-47-15-mezzanine-79f3f8df0e-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-47/ddr-csujad-47-15-mezzanine-79f3f8df0e-a.jpg"},"title":"Molly Hayes getting ready to snap Mr. Merritt holding the last evacuee in his arms","description":"Photograph of Molly Hayes getting ready to take a photograph of Ralph Merritt holding the last incarceree (a young boy) with a group of civil service employees observing. The group is standing at the front entrance of Manzanar with the sign, \"This project officially closed November 21-1945 no admittance except on business,\" the administrative buildings and the Sierra Nevada in the background. Caption reads: Molly Hayes getting ready to snap Mr. Merritt holding the last evacuee in his arms. November 21, 1945. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album. 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/36568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ecm_merritt_0042</a>","extent":"black and white, 3.5 x 5.25 inches","links_children":"ddr-csujad-47-15","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Leaving camp","id":"101"},{"term":"World War II -- Administration -- War Relocation Authority (WRA)","id":"403"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Women","id":"515"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Nevada","id":"501"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Children","id":"509"}],"format":"img","contributor":"Eastern California Museum","rights":"nocc","genre":"photograph","location":"Manzanar, California","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"11/21/1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-csujad-47-15-mezzanine-79f3f8df0e-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-47-37","model":"entity","index":"18 1293/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-37/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-47-37/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-47/ddr-csujad-47-37-mezzanine-0319df7b96-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-47/ddr-csujad-47-37-mezzanine-0319df7b96-a.jpg"},"title":"Volunteers dig ditches","description":"Photograph of men digging an irrigation channel at Manzanar incarceration camp. 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