(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"01:46:06","links_children":"ddr-one-7-66","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":782,"namepart":"Yoshimitsu Suyematsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zt32","namepart":"Suyematsu, Yoshimitsu"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Ontario, Oregon","creation":"April 22, 2014","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yoshimitsu Suyematsu narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Suyematsu, Yoshimitsu 88922nr015zt32","download_large":"denshovh-syoshimitsu-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-188","model":"entity","index":"4 1304/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-188/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-188/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-amas-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-amas-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Mas Akiyama","description":"Nisei male. Born May 19, 1917, in Eastport, Idaho, and spent childhood in Spokane, Washington. In 1933 traveled to Japan with family where father became ill and died. Attended school in Japan for three years and then returned to Spokane in 1936 and worked on a farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for military service but failed the medical examination. During the war, took brief trips to Manzanar concentration camp, California, a camp in Arkansas, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war worked as a painter of large signs in Spokane.
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Eventually came back to the U.S., joined the Military Intelligence Service, and returned to Japan for military service."},{"id":"277","model":"narrator","index":"6 1306/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/277/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/277/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/otakayo.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/otakayo.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/277/interviews/"},"display_name":"Rose Matsui Ochi","bio":"Nisei female. Born December 15, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. As a child, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Following World War II, became a teacher and then went to law school. In 1974, worked for Los Angeles Mayor Bradley as a legislative research coordinator and eventually executive assistant to the mayor, heading up the Criminal Justice office. Served as the pro-bono lawyer for the Manzanar Committee and was instrumental in the site's establishment and development."},{"id":"16","model":"narrator","index":"7 1307/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/16/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/16/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfumiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfumiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/16/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fumiko Hayashida","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 21, 1911, in Winslow, Washington. Grew up in Japan and the Fletcher's Bay area of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Member of the first group of Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated. Incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, while pregnant and caring for two small children. Subject of famous photo of a mother carrying her sleeping child wearing evacuation tags."},{"id":"782","model":"narrator","index":"8 1308/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/782/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/782/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/syoshimitsu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/syoshimitsu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/782/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yoshimitsu Suyematsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 30, 1927, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge, where parents ran a strawberry farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Bainbridge for a time and then volunteered for the military, serving in Japan during the U.S. occupation. After returning to the United States, established a farm in Ontario, Oregon."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-8","model":"entity","index":"9 1309/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-8-mezzanine-f7fa85e213-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-8-mezzanine-f7fa85e213-a.jpg"},"title":"Looking ahead","description":"Term paper by Betty Hashimoto for period III Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Before being sent to Manzanar, Betty had planned to attend Woodbury Business College and then get a job as a receptionist with solid accounting skills. Betty briefly mentions a need for the Nisei community to prove their loyalty to the \"motherland,\" America. She hopes to move to Chicago soon to work as a stenographer and to attend school to improve her accounting skills. Betty's mentions her proposed future husband was working as a doctor in New York and looking to volunteer for the Army. She proposed to delay plans for a family and then dives into a discussion on growing up with much older siblings and making friends with people older than herself. Finally, Betty discusses the useful information she learned in her Social Problems course. She will not go into the world ignorant, for ignorant people cannot hope to be successful. Betty concludes with the idea that her immediate future is in the hands of the War Relocation Authority. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9008. 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Hitoshi opens by discussing the uncertainty he faces in his future, and the characteristics necessary to be successful. Before the war, he had hoped to go to college and get technical training in a specialized field. After the evacuation, he struggled with motivation, but has settled into a routine school during the week and a job on Saturday and Sunday for spending money. He concludes with the necessary steps to be successful in the future. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9010. 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Yoshio presents a very idealistic view of the needs for good individuals to overcome evil and injustice in the world. He highlights the need for everyone to do their part to win the war, by working their utmost, and producing the necessary components for a successful war. He mentions the consumerism of America versus the single-minded focus of Germany in preparing for war. If the war is lost, he says the future is over. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0014","extent":"8 pages, 10.5 x 8 inches, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-14","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Kusayanagi, Yoshio"}],"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":"Kusayanagi, Yoshio author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-14-mezzanine-dd8c5cb00c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-21","model":"entity","index":"12 1312/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-21/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-21/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-21-mezzanine-d8412e99aa-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-21-mezzanine-d8412e99aa-a.jpg"},"title":"School assignment","description":"Assignment by Midori Kunitomi (first name missing due to torn upper right corner, determined via class roster) for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Kunitomi describes the United States as a melting pot of the world, where everyone has a equal chance and racial difference is not important. The first people came to America to live where they could do as they pleased and created a country where people have a say in their own future. However, racial prejudice on minorities exists, but this is not done by all. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9021. 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Grace has always wanted to become a secretary. She discusses the important qualities necessary to be successful including working well with their employer. She identifies the need to attend business school in order to fulfill her dream. However, when the war broke out, she realized she would need to fight racial prejudice to gain a good position. She no longer plans her future as completely, but hopes to go to Junior College. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9013. 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Became a community activist in Los Angeles and helped to form several important community organizations such as the Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization and the Little Tokyo Service Center."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-38-3","model":"entity","index":"15 1315/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-38-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-38/ddr-csujad-38-3-mezzanine-1a5261de31-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-38/ddr-csujad-38-3-mezzanine-1a5261de31-a.jpg"},"title":"George Naohara's handwritten annotation","description":"English translation of handwritten annotation from \"George Naohara photo album\" (csudh_nao_0001), page 5: When I went to the Manzanar camp in California, late Hiromu Sasaki took me to Maryknoll School, which was a Japanese language school located on Alameda Blvd, Los Angeles, California. I remember I packed my birth certificate, clothes, and other necessities into my suitcase. Because of the outbreak of the war, I was sent to the camp. I was convoyed from Maryknoll School to Union Station and directed to a train. I do not remember how many hours I was riding on the train. On the way, they gave me a large box. There was enough food for lunch, including oranges. The train arrived at the Manzanar camp. I saw military police from the train. I was instructed to stay in the train and wait until called. I was called. I received two blankets. The staff guided me to the assigned room. I do not remember how many people were there but maybe five to six people were Kibei young men. I was introduced to them and placed my luggage on my assigned cotton bed. On the first day, the wind grew strong. The windows in barracks were not covered with glass, and the sandy dust came in through the windows. I swept the floor to remove the dust. I saw an unfamiliar young man talking to someone outside. I learned that Dr. Shimizu was also incarcerated in the Manzanar camp. I entered a school in the camp, and later I learned that the school was operated by Dr. Shimizu. There were only Kibei young men in my room. They spoke in Japanese. I learned that they attended the Maryknoll School. Mr. Oshita was one of the Kibei young men and was sent from Marysville to the camp. Mr. Oshita and I were fluent in English and Japanese, and I remember we were asked to perform Kanichi and Omiya which was a play based on a love story written by Koyo Ozaki. I played a female role, Omiya, and Mr. Oshita acted Kanichi. The play was fun and people liked it very much. I went to work every day, climbing up a hill by truck and digging a 10 x 10 hole for trash. Two to three months later, I went to work for thinning sugar beets which paid one dollar per hour. My destination was Idaho. 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Chapter headings include: After high school- What next?; Possibilities after graduation; What are my goals?; and Will I attend college? Ch. 1: Lily describes an excitement for graduation and a tendency to overplan and overthink her future: In a perfect world, she had hoped to go to college after majoring in music in high school. Her ultimate goal was to become a professional violinist but she describes a need for more than talent to accomplish this goal. Practical advice: it's difficult and competitive and it is hard to make a living as a musician so she will explore teaching music as an alternative. Ch. 2: After graduating from Manzanar High, Lily had hoped to still go to college. On the advice of her father, instead, she is enrolled in a post-graduate music course and will bolster her skills in typing, psychology, etc., at the junior college in preparation for college rather than face poor conditions and racism outside of camp. She also considered applying to the open library position in Manzanar to gain more knowledge and experience. Ch. 3: Lists what is needed to be considered when making goals. Lily wishes to be well-rounded and to catch up on popular books and magazines so she can be a social success. She believes it necessary to earn the respect of others and to understand others well. Ch. 4: Lily had hoped to attend UCLA or USC to study music education. Now, she has been looking at other schools around the country, including Washington State. She then includes a run-down of what is offered at WSU and what has enticed her to apply there. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9006. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0006","extent":"19 pages, 10.5 x 8 inches, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-6","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Fukuhara, Lily"}],"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":"Fukuhara, Lily author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-6-mezzanine-9d60b2c020-a.jpg"},{"id":"18","model":"narrator","index":"17 1317/{'value': 1345, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/18/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/18/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/haiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/haiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/18/interviews/"},"display_name":"Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga","bio":"Nisei female. 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