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(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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After military discharge, moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and established a career with Munsingwear.
(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":"01:47:46","links_children":"ddr-densho-1014-11","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":558,"namepart":"Ed Yoshikawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Steve Ozone"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Bill Kubota"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Twin Cities JACL Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Minneapolis, Minnesota","creation":"December 12, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ed Yoshikawa narrator \nSteve Ozone interviewer \nBill Kubota videographer","download_large":"denshovh-yed-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-72","model":"entity","index":"7 282/{'value': 317, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-72/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-7-72/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-pfrances-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-pfrances-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Frances Sumida Palk Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born July 31, 1939, in Portland, Oregon, where parents ran a hotel. During World War II, removed with family to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before returning to Oregon. Was living in Vanport, Oregon, during the flood in the late 1940s, before returning to Portland.
(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":"02:22:14","links_children":"ddr-one-7-72","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":790,"namepart":"Frances Sumida Palk"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Todd Mayberry"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Ian McCluskey"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0062304","namepart":"Sumida, Yoshiko Frances"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Portland, Oregon","creation":"June 13, 2014","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Frances Sumida Palk narrator \nTodd Mayberry interviewer \nIan McCluskey videographer Sumida, Yoshiko Frances 88922nr0062304","download_large":"denshovh-pfrances-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-31","model":"entity","index":"8 283/{'value': 317, '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":"ddr-densho-1000-442","model":"entity","index":"9 284/{'value': 317, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-442/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-442/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-asakaye-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-asakaye-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Sakaye Aratani Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born December 11, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Gardena, where parents ran a chicken farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved temporarily to live with family in Reedley, California, then was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While on a visit to a different camp, Sakaye met her future husband, George Aratani, and they married in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while George was serving in the Military Intelligence Service. After leaving camp, Sakaye and George returned to Los Angeles and raised a family. Sakaye was a founding member of the Montebello Japanese Women's Club, and was also one of the first women to serve on the board of the Sumitomo Bank of California.","extent":"01:29:04","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-442","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":887,"namepart":"Sakaye Aratani"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Akira Boch"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr013n26z","namepart":"Inouye, Sakaye"}],"contributor":"Densho Visual History Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"February 11, 2017","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Sakaye Aratani narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nAkira Boch videographer Inouye, Sakaye 88922nr013n26z","download_large":"denshovh-asakaye-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-21","model":"entity","index":"10 285/{'value': 317, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-21/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-21/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hfred-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hfred-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Fred Hirasuna Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born February 11, 1908, in Lodi, California. Resettled voluntarily to Mankato, Minnesota, prior to mass removal. Resettled in central California in 1947. Member of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) since 1929. Became active in the redress movement as fundraiser and lobbyist for Central California District Council of JACL.
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He probably writes from Military Intelligence Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The letter informs that he has been serving as a truck driver until his Japanese language school starts in August, 1945; and his brother-in-law, Nobuyuki Tanimono, returns to the camp before leaving for overseas. He hopes that the war ends soon, wishes peace and to live with his parents. He also expresses his financial needs and asks for their support. 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Ben was at the Pentagon when the original signed Japanese Instrument of Surrender document arrived for processing, where he was involved in authenticating the document's translations. In 1945 Ben was assigned to be part of the US Army's team to prepare a report on the US Strategic Bombing Survey of Japan. He was sent to Japan in October 1945 and returned to the US in January 1946. During his assignment in Japan, he was able to take a furlough to visit Mayewaki relatives in Hiroshima. Ben visited several cities in Japan to assess the damage that resulted from the strategic bombing of cities during the war. 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Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco when the U.S. entered World War II. Was incarcerated with the family at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After spending a year at Topaz, was able to secure employment as a Japanese typist at the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS), Camp Savage and Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Soon thereafter, was temporarily assigned as secretary to Mr. John F. Aiso and remained in that capacity until Major Aiso received orders to go overseas. Married a MISLS instructor, and went again to Japan postwar during her husband's service in the U.S. occupation forces."},{"id":"147","model":"narrator","index":"20 295/{'value': 317, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/147/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/147/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kmarion.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kmarion.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/147/interviews/"},"display_name":"Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born December 30, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Lived in Japan for fifteen months as a child, before returning to Seattle to attend junior high school. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Department of Justice camp at Missoula, Montana. Removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, before being reunited with father at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Family volunteered to leave for Japan in 1943 on the U.S. government's \"exchange ship,\" the USS Gripsholm. Attended high school in Japan, and participated in military and air raid drills. During the U.S.'s postwar occupation of Japan, attended Doshisha University and worked for a U.S. army station hospital library. Returned to the U.S. and enrolled at St. Mary's teaching hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Denied redress because of expatriation to Japan, but succeeded in obtaining redress in 1996 after filing a class-action lawsuit."},{"id":"ddr-pc-28-49","model":"entity","index":"21 296/{'value': 317, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-28-49/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-28-49/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-28/ddr-pc-28-49-mezzanine-1b6eba3bd1-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-28/ddr-pc-28-49-mezzanine-1b6eba3bd1-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 23 (December 7, 1956)","description":"Selected article titles: \"FBI chief tells personal stand on evacuation\" (p. 1), \"Saturday evening post editorial fears strong Nisei tie with Japan\" (p. 1), \"Delegate-elect Burns names Nisei to be administrative ass't in D.C.\" (p. 1), \"Evacuation claims award procedure explained by gov't\" (p. 1), \"100th Infantry veterans urge immediate statehood for Hawaii\" (p. 2), \"Telling 'Nisei story' before civic, church groups best public relations act\" (p. 3), \"Memorial for American who helped mold future of Hokkaido planned\" (p. 3), \"Nagamatsu of Sanger elected CCDC chairman, mass installation held\" (p. 5), \"Narcotics enforcement officer recalls only one case of Japanese addict in state\" (p. 5), \"Gilroy Hot Springs case draws comments from Minnesota editor, moral issue method\" (p. 6), \"Hillings favors boost in Japanese refugee quota\" (p. 8), \"L.A. 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Taught at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley, California, and served as Director of the Council for Pacific Asian Theology, Oakland, California. Presently, Minister-at-Large-Northern California Japanese American Church Federation."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-273","model":"entity","index":"24 299/{'value': 317, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-273/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-273/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-smarjorie-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-smarjorie-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Marjorie Matsushita Sperling Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born July 27, 1922, in Wapato, Washington. Grew up in Wapato, where family ran a farm. Was attending the University of Washington when the war broke out on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. 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