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Resettled in Seattle, Washington and worked for the Boeing Company."},{"id":"53","model":"narrator","index":"14 514/{'value': 552, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/53/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/53/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mtakashi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mtakashi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/53/interviews/"},"display_name":"Takashi Matsui","bio":"Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Also served with U.S. occupation forces in postwar Japan and was a war crimes trial investigator. 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When World War II broke out, was summarily discharged from the army, reclassified to an enlisted reserve unit, and sent to Santa Anita Assembly Center and then incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Within two months of being incarcerated, was recalled for duty in the Military Intelligence Service. Received Bronze Star for securing the surrender of Japanese military and nonmilitary personnel on the island of Saipan. Served with MacArthur's General Headquarters in Japan.
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Drafted into the U.S. Army in March, 1942, and became a member of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS); served as an instructor of Japanese language in the MIS Language School and then as a language specialist in Washington, D.C., and the Pacific Military Intelligence Research Section (PACMIRS) in Maryland. Was hired as a civilian by the U.S. government postwar to provide legal counsel to defendants in the war crimes trials in Japan, and later, supervise Japanese legal and judicial reform. 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Left camp to live and work in Chicago, Illinois, and served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan during the U.S. occupation."},{"id":"594","model":"narrator","index":"20 520/{'value': 552, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/594/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/594/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iart_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iart_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/594/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Ishida","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 2, 1921, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles, California, before moving to Japan with parents in 1929 and returning to California in the 1930s. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Gave a qualified answer on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire and was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Moved briefly to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before being released from camp and living in Chicago, Illinois. Drafted into the military and served in Korea as an interpreter for the Military Intelligence Service. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"979","model":"narrator","index":"21 521/{'value': 552, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/979/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/979/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-ajah-1-3_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-ajah-1-3_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/979/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kenji Tomita","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 25, 1924, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a food wholesaling business. Was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left Topaz on student leave to attend the University of Cincinnati. Drafted into the military in 1944, and served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan. After discharge, returned to the Bay Area, graduated from college with a business degree, and worked for the Department of Public Health. Longtime volunteer with the Japanese American Services of the East Bay."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-289","model":"entity","index":"22 522/{'value': 552, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-289/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-289/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kbruce-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kbruce-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Bruce T. Kaji Interview I","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":"02:59:42","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-289","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":506,"namepart":"Bruce T. Kaji"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr009j78q","namepart":"Kaji, Teruo Bruce"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"July 28, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bruce T. Kaji narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Kaji, Teruo Bruce 88922nr009j78q","download_large":"denshovh-kbruce-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-260","model":"entity","index":"23 523/{'value': 552, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-260/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-260/","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","description":"Nisei male. Born October 1, 1919, in Heber, California, in the Imperial Valley. Grew up in Boyle Heights. Received draft notice one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and joined the Military Intelligence Service. After being denied furlough to visit his mother in Manzanar concentration camp, refused to serve overseas with his unit. Was placed in the 1800 Engineering Battalion, made up of Japanese, German and Italian Americans considered \"suspect\" by the U.S. government. After World War II, became the vice president of the export division for Honda, dedicating much of his time to promoting better trade relations between the U.S. and Japan.
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