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Decided to expatriate to Japan because of mother's wishes, and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp. In 1945, was moved with brother to Bismarck, North Dakota, a Department of Justice camp, before renouncing U.S. citizenship and traveling with family to Japan. Lived and worked in Japan until the 1950s, when he was able have his U.S. citizenship reinstated and return to the U.S. Raised family in Los Angeles, California.</p><p>Kimi Ogawa: Shin-Issei female. Born January 4, 1928, in Fukuoka, Japan. Lived in Japan during World War II, and in this interview, discusses her memories of wartime Japan. Met Arthur Ogami in Japan, married, and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s.","extent":"01:47:29","links_children":"ddr-manz-1-109","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":170,"namepart":"Arthur Ogami"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":539,"namepart":"Kimi Ogami"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alisa Lynch"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Kirk Peterson"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zs62","namepart":"Ogami, Arthur Mitsuru"}],"contributor":"Manzanar National Historic Site Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Las Vegas, Nevada","creation":"August 10, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Arthur Ogami narrator \nKimi Ogami narrator \nAlisa Lynch interviewer \nKirk Peterson videographer Ogami, Arthur Mitsuru 88922nr015zs62","download_large":"denshovh-oarthur_g-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1009-1","model":"entity","index":"1 6026/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1009-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1009-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1009/denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1009/denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Roy Ebihara Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born January 11, 1934, in Clovis, New Mexico, where father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. On January 19, 1942, officials rounded up all of the Japanese Americans in Clovis and removed them from the town without warning in the middle of the night in response to an angry mob of townspeople who were threatening the Japanese Americans. They were taken to an unused former CCC camp, Old Raton Ranch, where they were held under guard until the end of 1942. Mr. Ebihara and his family were then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, and then resettled in Cleveland, Ohio. Remained in Ohio and established a successful optometry practice.<p>(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":"01:55:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1009-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":322,"namepart":"Roy Ebihara"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Andrew Russell"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr012559q","namepart":"Ebihara, Roy Yusaku"}],"contributor":"New Mexico JACL Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Rosewell, New Mexico","creation":"July 10, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roy Ebihara narrator \nAndrew Russell interviewer Ebihara, Roy Yusaku 88922nr012559q","download_large":"denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-2","model":"entity","index":"2 6027/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1008-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George S. Matsui Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born March 1, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. Spent prewar childhood in Long Beach, California, but attended grade school and junior high in Japan. Returned to the United States to attend high school. In 1941, was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Camp Roberts, San Luis Obispo, California for basic training. Was among the first Japanese American draftees. 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.<p>(Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.)","extent":"00:55:53","links_children":"ddr-densho-1008-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":51,"namepart":"George S. Matsui"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zr0q","namepart":"Matsui, George Shigeo"}],"contributor":"National Japanese American Historical Society Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 11, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George S. 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Mr. Korematsu lost his initial legal case in 1944, but in the early 1980s, his case was reopened after the discovery of a crucial document indicating that in the original 1944 case, the federal government had lied to the high court. The conviction was vacated by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in 1983.<p>(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film <i>Unfinished Business</i>. </p><p> 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":"00:32:42","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-8","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":205,"namepart":"Fred Korematsu"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":206,"namepart":"Kathryn Korematsu"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr008bb3x","namepart":"Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo"}],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"November 18, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Fred Korematsu narrator \nKathryn Korematsu narrator Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo 88922nr008bb3x","download_large":"denshovh-kfred_g-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-411","model":"entity","index":"4 6029/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-411/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-411/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-uyoshihiro-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-uyoshihiro-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Yoshihiro Uchida Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 1, 1920, in Calexico, California. Grew up in the Orange County area. Drafted into the army during World War II, while family was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Father and brothers were all transferred to Department of Justice camps, and eventually went to Japan. After military service, Mr. Uchida returned to California and lived in San Jose. He earned his black belt in judo as a teenager, and after the war, was head of the judo program at San Jose State for over sixty years. Was instrumental in helping judo become nationally recognized in the U.S. as well as an official Olympic sport.<p>(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":"03:02:37","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-411","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":665,"namepart":"Yoshihiro Uchida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Jose, California","creation":"May 17, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yoshihiro Uchida narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-uyoshihiro-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-56","model":"entity","index":"5 6030/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-56/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-56/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mhenry-04-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mhenry-04-a.jpg"},"title":"Henry Miyatake Interview IV","description":"Nisei male. Born April 28, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Had some key childhood experiences with discrimination that made him a self-described, \"independent thinker,\" and later, an influential figure in the Japanese American community. While a teenager in camp, he wrote and defended an essay criticizing the United States' treatment of racial minorities. His teacher refused to accept his paper, resulting in a failed grade and preventing him from graduating. Postwar, served in the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps, where he was privy to classified documents detailing the placement of spies in the incarceration camps. After leaving the military, he worked at the Boeing Company, where he fought against discriminatory workplace practices. He was also one of the earliest proponents of redress, doing the research, planning, and organizing for the \"Seattle plan,\" the first highly developed plan for obtaining redress from the U.S. government for the WWII incarceration of the Japanese American community.","extent":"02:39:54","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-56","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":59,"namepart":"Henry Miyatake"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle","id":"293"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr005rx3r","namepart":"Miyatake, Jiro Henry"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"September 23, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Henry Miyatake narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Miyatake, Jiro Henry 88922nr005rx3r","download_large":"denshovh-mhenry-04-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-100","model":"entity","index":"6 6031/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-100/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-100/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-uben-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-uben-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ben Uyeno Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born November 30, 1918, in Yakima, Washington. Spent two years of childhood in Japan. Returned to Seattle and became an active participant in Japanese American community life. Was attending the University of Washington when World War II started. Avoided incarceration with the help of the Friends (a Quaker organization), which hid him and helped him enroll in another university. He eventually entered medical school. Later he became a captain in the U.S. Army and served as a MASH doctor in Korea, where he was trained on one of the first kidney machines. Returned to Seattle and helped pioneer the first kidney dialysis program in the United States. Became the first Japanese American Chief of Staff at Providence Hospital in Seattle. Established a private practice that faithfully served the area's Japanese American community for thirty-two years. Helped establish and develop the Keiro nursing home (later operated as part of Nikkei Concerns).","extent":"01:55:31","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-100","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":101,"namepart":"Ben Uyeno"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Dee Goto"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"June 1, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ben Uyeno narrator \nDee Goto interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-uben-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-59","model":"entity","index":"7 6032/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-59/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-59/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomio Moriguchi Interview I","description":"Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with his seven brothers and sisters -- prior to and while attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary, Garfield High School, and the University of Washington. Worked at the Boeing Company before leaving to help run Uwajimaya, becoming CEO and President of Uwajimaya in 1965. In addition, served and held leadership positions in more than 40 civic, social, and professional organizations, and has received numerous honors and awards from both the Nikkei community, and the non-Nikkei mainstream. At the time of this interview, Uwajimaya was the largest food-related Japanese American owned business in the Pacific Northwest, remaining largely a \"family business.\"","extent":"02:50:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-59","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":60,"namepart":"Tomio Moriguchi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle","id":"293"},{"term":"Industry and employment -- Small business -- Grocery stores","id":"371"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010kf7v","namepart":"Moriguchi, Tomio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"October 20, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomio Moriguchi narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Moriguchi, Tomio 88922nr010kf7v","download_large":"denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-61","model":"entity","index":"8 6033/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-61/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-61/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-03-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-03-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomio Moriguchi Interview III","description":"Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with his seven brothers and sisters -- prior to and while attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary, Garfield High School, and the University of Washington. Worked at the Boeing Company before leaving to help run Uwajimaya, becoming CEO and President of Uwajimaya in 1965. In addition, served and held leadership positions in more than 40 civic, social, and professional organizations, and has received numerous honors and awards from both the Nikkei community, and the non-Nikkei mainstream. At the time of this interview, Uwajimaya was the largest food-related Japanese American owned business in the Pacific Northwest, remaining largely a \"family business.\"","extent":"00:12:37","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-61","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":60,"namepart":"Tomio Moriguchi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle","id":"293"},{"term":"Industry and employment -- Small business -- Grocery stores","id":"371"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010kf7v","namepart":"Moriguchi, Tomio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"February 14, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomio Moriguchi narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Moriguchi, Tomio 88922nr010kf7v","download_large":"denshovh-mtomio-03-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-148","model":"entity","index":"9 6034/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-148/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-148/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kmarion-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kmarion-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview","description":"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 <i>USS Gripsholm</i>. 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.","extent":"03:36:26","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-148","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":147,"namepart":"Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0065g5n","namepart":"Tsutakawa, Masako Marion"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"SeaTac, Washington & Seattle, Washington","creation":"August 3 & 4, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Tsutakawa, Masako Marion 88922nr0065g5n","download_large":"denshovh-kmarion-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-289","model":"entity","index":"10 6035/{'value': 6865, '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. 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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. 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Moved briefly to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before being sent to Tule Lake, California, after signing the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" Transferred to the Santa Fe Department of Justice internment camp, New Mexico. Upon wishes of parents, renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan. Worked for the military government during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Eventually regained U.S. citizenship and returned to the United States.<p>(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":"04:22:36","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-261","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":415,"namepart":"Frank Sumida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Barbara Takei"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0116q01","namepart":"Sumida, Frank Teruo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"September 23, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Frank Sumida narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBarbara Takei interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Sumida, Frank Teruo 88922nr0116q01","download_large":"denshovh-sfrank-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-53","model":"entity","index":"12 6037/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-53/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-53/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mhenry-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mhenry-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Henry Miyatake Interview I","description":"Nisei male. 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During the war, father was transferred to Fort Sill internment camp, Oklahoma, where he was shot and killed by a camp guard. Susumu was drafted into the military in 1945, and he served as an interpreter in the Philippines and Japan. After the war, returned to Kona and resumed running the family's store.<p>(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), and the three coram nobis cases. Consultant to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exhibition. \"A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution\"; and consultant for the Justice Department's Office of Redress Administration.<p>(This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. 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