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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend school in Minnesota, was drafted, and trained in the Military Intelligence Service Language School. After World War II, worked as a transportation agent with the Department of Army Quartermaster Corps."},{"id":"691","model":"narrator","index":"1 676/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/691/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/691/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tjim_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tjim_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/691/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jim Tsujimura","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 10, 1931, in Westport, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon for high school and college and went to medical school, eventually becoming a successful opthalmologist. Served in leadership positions with the Japanese American Citizens League at the district and national levels, and was involved in the redress movement of the 1970s and '80s."},{"id":"782","model":"narrator","index":"2 677/{'value': 743, '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":"784","model":"narrator","index":"3 678/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/784/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/784/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmiyoko_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmiyoko_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/784/interviews/"},"display_name":"Miyoko Tsuboi Nakagawa","bio":"Nisei female. Born March 8, 1925, in Portland, Oregon. Lost mother at an early age and helped to take care of the family. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, worked for a War Relocation Authority office helping to return confiscated property to Japanese Americans. Returned to Portland, then moved to South Bend, Washington, after marriage to an oyster farmer."},{"id":"12","model":"narrator","index":"4 679/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/12/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/12/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gfumiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gfumiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/12/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fumiko Uyeda Groves","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 9, 1933, in Seattle, Washington. Parents operated a store in the Sanitary Market (now known as the Pike Place Market). Father was very active in kenjinkai (prefectural organization) activities, both before and after World War II. Spent prewar childhood in and among Seattle's Japanese American community. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. One of the first Japanese American families to return to Seattle after the war."},{"id":"181","model":"narrator","index":"5 680/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/181/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/181/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmae.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmae.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/181/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mae Kanazawa Hara","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 21, 1913, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle before moving to Chicago, Illinois, for three years to study music. Taught music in Japan for four years before returning to Seattle. After the outbreak of World War II, removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp with husband for Chicago, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin. Raised a family in Madison, and remained actively involved in Methodist church activities and music program."},{"id":"374","model":"narrator","index":"6 681/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/374/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/374/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kthomas.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kthomas.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/374/interviews/"},"display_name":"Thomas T. Kobayashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 4, 1916, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington prior to World War II. Fired from job at Seattle City Light after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During the war, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered for the army, and transferred to Vint Hill, a secret branch of the Military Intelligence Service. Returned to Seattle following World War II."},{"id":"1019","model":"narrator","index":"7 682/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1019/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1019/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-529_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-529_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1019/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sharon Maeda","bio":"Sansei female. Born February 16, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where parents had resettled after leaving the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. Moved at an early age to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Attended the University of Washington where she was active in student groups. Got involved in numerous political campaigns supporting Asian American candidates. Worked as an art educator in the public schools before going on to a career in media, communications, and journalism."},{"id":"1053","model":"narrator","index":"8 683/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1053/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1053/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-538_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-538_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1053/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shiz Inaba","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 19, 1929, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Milwaukie, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon and parents ran a hotel business in Portland. Went to business school and worked for an insurance company before meeting future husband and getting married. Raised a family and worked on the family farm, Inaba Produce Farms."},{"id":"1063","model":"narrator","index":"9 684/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1063/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1063/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-phljacl-1-10_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-phljacl-1-10_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1063/interviews/"},"display_name":"Chiyo Koiwai","bio":"Nisei female. Born June 11, 1919, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma where family ran a hotel. Was studying to be a nurse when World War II broke out, so lobbied to be sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, separate from parents, in order to stay in Washington state to finish training. After Puyallup, sent to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived and worked in St. Louis, Missouri, before eventually settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."},{"id":"2","model":"narrator","index":"10 685/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ajim.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ajim.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/2/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jim Akutsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 25, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted the draft, with the rationale that the U.S. government had classified him 4-C, an enemy alien, and he was therefore under no obligation to serve. Imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Vocal critic of the Japanese American Citizens League. Resettled in Seattle, Washington. Thought by some to be the model for the main character in John Okada's No-No Boy."},{"id":"620","model":"narrator","index":"11 686/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/620/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/620/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/semi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/semi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/620/interviews/"},"display_name":"Emi Somekawa","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 10, 1918, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in the small town of Brooks, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. Prior to World War II, became a nurse, married, and had a child. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and worked in the camp's hospital. Transferred for one year to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, eventually returned to Portland and resumed nursing career."},{"id":"761","model":"narrator","index":"12 687/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/761/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/761/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myoji.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myoji.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/761/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yoji J. Matsushima","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 31, 1933, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a general merchandise store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp for the East Coast because parents wanted to repatriate to Japan. Did not secure a place on the USS Gripsholm, so remained in the United States and went to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After the war, returned to Portland."},{"id":"783","model":"narrator","index":"13 688/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/783/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/783/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tgus.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tgus.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/783/interviews/"},"display_name":"Gus Tanaka","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 3, 1923, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where father was a physician in Japantown. Was attending college prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend college before being drafted in 1944. Served in the Army Specialized Training Unit during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Returned to medical school after military service and became a physician practicing in Ontario, Oregon."},{"id":"974","model":"narrator","index":"14 689/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/974/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/974/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-435-1_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-435-1_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/974/interviews/"},"display_name":"Gerald L. Beppu","bio":"Sansei male. Family owned Linc's Tackle, a longtime Japanese American business in Seattle, Washington. Prior to World War II, father became the owner of Togo's Tackle shop. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While the family was in camp, their prewar insurance agent paid the premiums so they could retain their insurance policy. After they returned to Seattle, Gerald's father was able to use funds from the policy to establish Linc's."},{"id":"79","model":"narrator","index":"15 690/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/79/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/79/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/storu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/storu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/79/interviews/"},"display_name":"Toru Sakahara","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 19, 1916, in Fife, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during the war to Salt Lake City, Utah, and returned to Seattle after the end of World War II. Mr. Sakahara worked on behalf of individuals filing claims for restitution under the Evacuation Claims Act and helped in the repeal of the Washington State alien land laws. Mr. Sakahara was a longtime member and former president of Japanese Community Service."},{"id":"763","model":"narrator","index":"16 691/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/763/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/763/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oetsuko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oetsuko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/763/interviews/"},"display_name":"Etsuko Ichikawa Osaki","bio":"Nisei female. Born February 19, 1931, in Fresno, California. Family moved to Seattle, Washington, where father became minister of the Seattle Buddhist Temple. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, to be reunited with father, who was arrested by the FBI after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After the war, returned to Seattle, where parents reestablished the Buddhist temple. Etsuko and her family eventually moved to Portland, Oregon."},{"id":"82","model":"narrator","index":"17 692/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/82/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/82/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sshosuke.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sshosuke.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/82/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shosuke Sasaki","bio":"Issei male. Born March 26, 1912, in Yamaguchi-ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative use of \"Jap\" in newspapers. Was a strong critic of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). After moving to Seattle, was active in formulating the \"Seattle Plan\" for redress in the early 1970s."},{"id":"150","model":"narrator","index":"18 693/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/150/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/150/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sbetty.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sbetty.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/150/interviews/"},"display_name":"Betty Morita Shibayama","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 30, 1933, in Hood River, Oregon. Raised in the Hood River valley on family farm. After December 7, 1941, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and then to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In 1943, moved with family to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois, after the war. Married Art Shibayama, a Japanese Peruvian, and raised a family in Chicago, Illinois and San Jose, California. Involved in lobbying congresspeople in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Japanese Latin Americans and their fight for redress."},{"id":"422","model":"narrator","index":"19 694/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/422/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/422/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tkaz.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tkaz.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/422/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kaz T. Tanemura","bio":"Male, Issei-han. Born April 27, 1928, in Japan. As an infant, came to the U.S. where parents had previously immigrated. Family ran a hotel in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, returned to Seattle, finished high school, and attended the University of Washington. Drafted into the military, and assigned to serve overseas as a high-ranked engineer. After military discharge, returned to Seattle and worked in management at The Boeing Company."},{"id":"664","model":"narrator","index":"20 695/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/664/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/664/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/swarren.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/swarren.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/664/interviews/"},"display_name":"Warren Koichi Suzuki","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 27, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. At age ten, was sent to Japan to live and attend school. Returned to Seattle prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Answered \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Seattle and lived with then wife and child in a hostel located in Seattle's Japanese language school. Established a postwar career with the City of Seattle."},{"id":"988","model":"narrator","index":"21 696/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/988/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/988/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-498_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-498_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/988/interviews/"},"display_name":"David Sakura","bio":"Sansei male. Born March 28, 1936, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Eatonville, Washington, where father worked for a lumber company. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Father served in the U.S. Army during the war. After leaving camp, lived in public housing on the outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school. Attended Bryan College in Tennessee. Involved in numerous Japanese American community organizations on the East Coast, particularly the Japanese American Citizens League."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-123","model":"entity","index":"22 697/{'value': 743, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-123/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-123/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-itsuguo-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-itsuguo-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tsuguo \"Ike\" Ikeda Interview I","description":"Nisei male. 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