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":"00:05:23","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-363-24","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":594,"namepart":"Art Ishida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"August 24, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Art Ishida narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-iart_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-403-22","model":"segment","index":"1 476/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-403-22/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-403-22/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdave-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdave-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Dave T. Maruya Interview Segment 22","description":"Serving with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan
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":"00:07:21","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-403-22","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":653,"namepart":"Dave T. Maruya"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Ann Kaneko"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Japan","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000120\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"West Lost Angeles, California","creation":"March 20, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dave T. Maruya narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nAnn Kaneko videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mdave-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-403-21","model":"segment","index":"2 477/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-403-21/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-403-21/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdave-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdave-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Dave T. Maruya Interview Segment 21","description":"Recruited for the Military Intelligence Service
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":"00:06:30","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-403-21","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":653,"namepart":"Dave T. Maruya"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Ann Kaneko"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Fort Snelling, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7013947\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"West Lost Angeles, California","creation":"March 20, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dave T. Maruya narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nAnn Kaneko videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mdave-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-274-33","model":"segment","index":"3 478/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-274-33/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-274-33/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hcharles-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hcharles-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Charles Oihe Hamasaki Interview Segment 33","description":"Volunteering for the Military Intelligence Service
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":"00:06:04","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-274-33","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":454,"namepart":"Charles Oihe Hamasaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Culver City, California","creation":"February 24, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Charles Oihe Hamasaki narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-hcharles-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-308-10","model":"segment","index":"4 479/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-308-10/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-308-10/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ijames-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ijames-01-a.jpg"},"title":"James O. Ito Interview Segment 10","description":"Volunteering for the Military Intelligence Service
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":"00:03:31","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-308-10","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":527,"namepart":"James O. Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Laguna Woods, California","creation":"November 9, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James O. Ito narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ijames-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-260-16","model":"segment","index":"5 480/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-260-16/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-260-16/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Cedrick M. Shimo Interview Segment 16","description":"The Military Intelligence Service Language School
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":"00:01:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-260-16","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":414,"namepart":"Cedrick M. Shimo"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Camp Savage, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2055475\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Torrance, California","creation":"September 22, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Cedrick M. Shimo narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-10-3","model":"segment","index":"6 481/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-10-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-10-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mherbert-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mherbert-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 3","description":"Thoughts about officers in the Military Intelligence Service
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":"00:05:35","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-10-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":834,"namepart":"Herbert Y. Miyasaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"J. Arakaki"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Camp Savage, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2055475\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hawai'i","creation":"December 2, 1985","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Herbert Y. Miyasaki narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer \nJ. Arakaki videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mherbert-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-2-1","model":"segment","index":"7 482/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-2-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-2-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-gkenji-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-gkenji-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Kenji Goto Interview Segment 1","description":"Description of recruits for the Military Intelligence Service
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":"00:08:25","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-2-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":831,"namepart":"Kenji Goto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"J. Arakaki"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hawai'i","creation":"December 8, 1985","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kenji Goto narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer \nJ. Arakaki videographer","download_large":"denshovh-gkenji-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-2-4","model":"segment","index":"8 483/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-2-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-2-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-gkenji-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-gkenji-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Kenji Goto Interview Segment 4","description":"Experiences teaching in the Military Intelligence Service Language School
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":"00:07:35","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-2-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":831,"namepart":"Kenji Goto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"J. Arakaki"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Camp Savage, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2055475\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hawai'i","creation":"December 8, 1985","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kenji Goto narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer \nJ. 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Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-730 with additional notes.","extent":"6.75W x 4.75H","links_children":"ddr-ajah-2-825","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service","id":"88"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Takeuchi, Alice"},{"namepart":"Iwataki, Joe"},{"namepart":"Tomita, Joe"},{"namepart":"Okazaki, Amy"}],"contributor":"Alameda Japanese American History Project","rights":"cc","genre":"photograph","location":"Manila, Philippines","creation":"c. 1945","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Takeuchi, Alice \nIwataki, Joe \nTomita, Joe \nOkazaki, Amy","download_large":"ddr-ajah-2-825-mezzanine-7a82cf074d-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-24","model":"entity","index":"13 488/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-24/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-7-24/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-kgeorge_3-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-kgeorge_3-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Katagiri Interview","description":"Nisei male. 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(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":"03:01:25","links_children":"ddr-one-7-24","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":692,"namepart":"George Katagiri"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Stephan Gilchrist"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tim Rooney"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014h141","namepart":"Katagiri, George"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","creation":"September 23, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Katagiri narrator \nStephan Gilchrist interviewer \nTim Rooney videographer Katagiri, George 88922nr014h141","download_large":"denshovh-kgeorge_3-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-31","model":"entity","index":"14 489/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-31/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-7-31/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-obennie-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-obennie-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Bennie Ouchida Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 10, 1917, in Oregon. Grew up in Gresham, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. Drafted into the army before December 7, 1941. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was segregated from fellow soldiers along with other Japanese Americans. Recruited to the Military Intelligence Service and trained in Minnesota. After the war, lived for a time in Minneapolis before eventually returning to Oregon.
(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":"03:49:30","links_children":"ddr-one-7-31","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":698,"namepart":"Bennie Ouchida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Stephan Gilchrist"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tim Rooney"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","creation":"September 13, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bennie Ouchida narrator \nStephan Gilchrist interviewer \nTim Rooney videographer","download_large":"denshovh-obennie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"379","model":"narrator","index":"15 490/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/379/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/379/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nhenry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nhenry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/379/interviews/"},"display_name":"Henry Nakano","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 11, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where father ran a grocery store and then a small farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Trained in the Military Intelligence Service Language School."},{"id":"711","model":"narrator","index":"16 491/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/711/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/711/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nalice.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nalice.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/711/interviews/"},"display_name":"Alice Nishitani","bio":"Nisei female. Born July 2, 1918, in Emmett, Idaho. Grew up in Idaho before family moved to Eastern Oregon while Alice was still in high school. Married a Nisei man who served in the Military Intelligence Service, and lived in Ontario, Oregon, after World War II."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-153","model":"entity","index":"17 492/{'value': 616, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-153/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-153/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Roy H. Matsumoto Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected for a dangerous mission in Burma, becoming one of the famed Merrill's Marauders. Provided crucial intelligence information for the U.S. government after tapping into a Japanese army communications wire in Burma. Instrumental in a mission to hold Nhpum Ga hill in Burma, in which he shouted military orders in Japanese to confuse the attacking Japanese soldiers. Awarded the Legion of Merit from the U.S. military, and stationed in China and Japan after the war. Met future wife while working undercover in Japan. Inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 1993.
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