(Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. 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":"02:26:15","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-278","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":481,"namepart":"Harry K. Yoshikawa"},{"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":"April 14, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Harry K. Yoshikawa narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-yharry-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-273","model":"entity","index":"1 6051/{'value': 6909, '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. While in camp, worked for the recreation department. Left camp and attended college in St. Paul, Minnesota. After the war, became very active in the field of recreation, as well as with community and educational groups. Involved in efforts to preserve the sites of the wartime incarceration camps.
(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":"01:58:51","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-273","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":453,"namepart":"Marjorie Matsushita Sperling"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0090d9r","namepart":"Matsushita, Marjorie Maruji"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Culver City, California","creation":"February 24, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Marjorie Matsushita Sperling narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Matsushita, Marjorie Maruji 88922nr0090d9r","download_large":"denshovh-smarjorie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-446","model":"entity","index":"2 6052/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-446/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-446/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-446-1-mezzanine-0ae58ca4fb-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-446-1-mezzanine-0ae58ca4fb-a.jpg"},"title":"Frank Saburo Sato Interview II","description":"Nisei male. Born March 16, 1929, in Puyallup, Washington. Grew up in the Sumner, Washington, area, where parents had a produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, attended the University of Washington and the University of Southern California. Established a career in government. From 1953 to 1965, he worked for the U.S. Air Force Auditor General's Office. From 1965 to 1974, he was with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). From 1974 to 1979, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Audit. Became Inspector General at the Department of Transportation and was appointed Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency by President Ronald Reagan. After his government career, Frank served as president of the Japanese American Citizens League and worked as an activist during the redress movement.","extent":"2:31:18","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-446","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":894,"namepart":"Frank Saburo Sato"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0060c7z","namepart":"Sato, Frank Saburo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"September 8, 2017","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Frank Saburo Sato narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Sato, Frank Saburo 88922nr0060c7z","download_large":"ddr-densho-1000-446-1-mezzanine-0ae58ca4fb-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-348","model":"entity","index":"3 6053/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-348/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-348/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-oatsumi-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-oatsumi-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Atsumi Ozawa Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born May 25, 1928, in Huancayo, Peru. Grew up in Huancayo, where father ran a successful store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father went into hiding in an attempt to avoid being picked up by the Peruvian government. He was eventually found and picked up, and was reunited with family on the ship from Peru to the United States in 1944. Atsumi Ozawa was incarcerated with her family in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After leaving camp, worked for a time in Seabrook, New Jersey, and eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois.
(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":"01:34:43","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-348","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":585,"namepart":"Atsumi Ozawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Skokie, Illinois","creation":"June 17, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Atsumi Ozawa narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-oatsumi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-428","model":"entity","index":"4 6054/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-428/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-428/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ken Yoshida Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born July 31, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington. Lived in Tacoma for a few years before moving with family to Redwood City, California, where family ran a flower nursery. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, refused to obey the draft order and was imprisoned in a county jail and then a road camp in Utah.
(This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. 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":"00:54:43","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-428","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":824,"namepart":"Ken Yoshida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr004vs0b","namepart":"Yoshida, Kenichiro"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"October 17, 2007","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ken Yoshida narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer Yoshida, Kenichiro 88922nr004vs0b","download_large":"denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-377","model":"entity","index":"5 6055/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-377/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-377/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kyukio-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kyukio-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Yukio Kawaratani Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born May 30, 1031, in San Juan Capistrano, California. Grew up in various places in California. During World War II, was removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While in Poston, family signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to Tule Lake. Father and two older brothers renounced their U.S. citizenship and were eventually expatriated to Japan. The rest of the family returned to California after leaving camp. Mr. Kawaratani established a successful career as an urban planner with the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency.
(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":"03:45:08","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-377","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":619,"namepart":"Yukio Kawaratani"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr013ss02","namepart":"Kawaratani, Yukio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"October 26, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yukio Kawaratani narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer Kawaratani, Yukio 88922nr013ss02","download_large":"denshovh-kyukio-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-119","model":"entity","index":"6 6056/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-119/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-119/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-nbill-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-nbill-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Bill Nishimura Interview","description":"Nisei male, born June 21, 1920, in Compton, California. Raised on a farm in Lawndale, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his father was picked up by FBI and detained at a Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. His family voluntarily moved to Visalia, California, then was forcibly moved to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Sent to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as a result of answering \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questions.\" He renounced his U.S. citizenship in protest of the incarceration, and was transferred to the DOJ's Santa Fe internment camp, then to an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) camp in Crystal City, Texas. After his release from Crystal City, he resettled in California. Mr. Nishimura regained his U.S. citizenship in 1953.
(This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.)","extent":"01:01:09","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-119","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":117,"namepart":"Bill Nishimura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0133c3v","namepart":"Nishimura, Toru Bill"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Klamath Falls, Oregon","creation":"July 2, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bill Nishimura narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Nishimura, Toru Bill 88922nr0133c3v","download_large":"denshovh-nbill-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-187","model":"entity","index":"7 6057/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-187/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Yamada Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born November 16, 1923, in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the World Hotel. Father also worked as a mail handler for the Great Northern Railroad. Attended Lewis and Clark High School and Washington State University. During the war remembers seeing train cars pass through Spokane with Japanese Americans headed to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army in 1944 and served at the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota and Presidio, California. After World War II, worked as a chick sexer in upstate New York and surrounding region for thirty years. Returned to Spokane in the mid-1970s and pursued a career in real estate.
(This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.)","extent":"04:03:17","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-187","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":211,"namepart":"George Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Megan Asaka"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Spokane, Washington","creation":"March 15 & 16, 2006","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Yamada narrator \nMegan Asaka interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-119-151","model":"entity","index":"8 6058/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-151/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-119-151/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-151-mezzanine-08781db2d4-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-151-mezzanine-08781db2d4-a.jpg"},"title":"Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 16 (November 7, 1942)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Relocation Faces Barriers -- Miyagawa\" (p. 1), \"Post-Hallowe'en Pranks Reported\" (p. 1), \"Unpaid Mess Workers! Get Pay Due You\" (p. 1), \"Eight Boys Blast Charges Made by Millar as 'Groundless, Unfair'\" (p. 1), \"Barbed Wire Fences Start Going Up in Hospital Area\" (p. 1), \"Editorial: More Socials Needed\" (p. 2), \"Males Outnumber Females. 4,680 More Nisei Men Than Women, WCCA Statistics Show\" (p. 3), \"Cooperatives Principles Enumerated\" (p. 3), \"Chef Happy, All Smiles as Hospital Acquires New Oven\" (p. 3), \"Thumb-Jerking Becomes Mode as Bus Recuperates in Garage\" (p. 4), \"Camphor-Reeking Woolens Make Debut as Hunt Greets First Snowfall\" (p. 5), \"General Election Draws Only 100 Votes Out of Possible 2000\" (p. 5), \"Ample Supply of Textbooks Assured Here\" (p. 6), \"Storing Lumber Discouraged\" (p. 6), \"Padlock, Hinges, Keys are Reported Stolen in Theft\" (p. 8), \"Computation of Clothing Allowances Begins Shortly\" (p. 9).","extent":"1152W x 1989H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-119-151","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Minidoka Irrigator","id":"173"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng","jpn"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"pdm","genre":"periodical","location":"Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"November 7, 1942","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-119-151-mezzanine-08781db2d4-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-119-49","model":"entity","index":"9 6059/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-49/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-119-49/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-49-mezzanine-09888153a2-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-49-mezzanine-09888153a2-a.jpg"},"title":"Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 22 (July 24, 1943)","description":"Selected article titles: \"WRA Says Hunt Cannot be Used to House Prisoners\" (p. 1), \"Governor Requests Use of Hunt for War Prisoners\" (p. 1), \"Illinois Town Welcomes First Japanese Family\" (p. 1), \"WRA Picks Tule Lake As Segregation Center. Segregation Procedures Announced\" (p. 1), \"Army Calls Seven More Volunteers\" (p. 1), \"Senate Committee Recommends Nisei Subject to Draft\" (p. 1), \"Representatives Chosen to Mull Segregation Deal\" (p. 1), \"Project Officials Meet in Denver to Plan Segregation\" (p. 1), \"New Gate Regulations\" (p. 1), \"Ex-Ambassador Draws Comparison of Axis Partners -- Germany, Japan\" (p. 2), \"Economy Meal Plan Set by OPA\" (p. 2), \"Evacuees Warned Not to Violate Rules\" (p. 2), \"Evacuee Property Transferred to Gov. 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War Relocation Authority. 2/16/1944-6/30/1946 (Most Recent) Series: Motion Picture Films, ca. 1939 - ca. 1945 Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1989\r\n\r\nSee this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-57.","extent":"00:14:47","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-57","creators":[{"role":"Producer","namepart":"War Relocation Authority Production"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","creation":"1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"War Relocation Authority Production Producer","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-57-mezzanine-0c4475b4fb-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-122-11","model":"entity","index":"11 6061/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-11/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-122-11/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-03-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-03-a.jpg"},"title":"James Omura Interview II","description":"Nisei male. Born November 27, 1912, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver and took a job as English Editor of a Japanese American vernacular newspaper, the Rocky Shimpo. As editor, wrote about and supported the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain concentration camp. Was charged and tried for conspiracy to counsel draft evasion, and was acquitted on the grounds of the First Amendment and freedom of the press. Mr. Omura was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"00:43:54","links_children":"ddr-densho-122-11","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":144,"namepart":"James Omura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Abe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Chin"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Frank Abe Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"August 1993","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James Omura narrator \nFrank Abe interviewer \nFrank Chin interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-ojimmie-03-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-122-13","model":"entity","index":"12 6062/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-13/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-122-13/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-kgloria-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-kgloria-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Gloria Kubota Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born June 6, 1916, in Santa Clara County, California. Raised in Santa Clara, and met and married Issei Guntaro Kubota, one of the leaders of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. During World War II, incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, along with daughter. Gave birth to a son in camp. Husband Guntaro Kubota was arrested for conspiracy to counsel draft evasion, and served time at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas. Eventually Guntaro's conviction was thrown out, and the family moved back to Los Gatos, California.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"00:32:53","links_children":"ddr-densho-122-13","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":156,"namepart":"Gloria Kubota"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Abe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Chin"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Frank Abe Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"August 28, 1993","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Gloria Kubota narrator \nFrank Abe interviewer \nFrank Chin interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-kgloria-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-122-4","model":"entity","index":"13 6063/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-122-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-02-a.jpg"},"title":"James Omura Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born November 27, 1912, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver and took a job as English Editor of a Japanese American vernacular newspaper, the Rocky Shimpo. As editor, wrote about and supported the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain concentration camp. Was charged and tried for conspiracy to counsel draft evasion, and was acquitted on the grounds of the First Amendment and freedom of the press. Mr. Omura was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:56:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-122-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":144,"namepart":"James Omura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Abe"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Frank Abe Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 9, 1990","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James Omura narrator \nFrank Abe interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-ojimmie-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-34-2","model":"entity","index":"14 6064/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-34-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-34/ddr-csujad-34-2-mezzanine-ff341838da-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-34/ddr-csujad-34-2-mezzanine-ff341838da-a.jpg"},"title":"Manzanar diary","description":"English translation of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp in Arizona, to join his brother's family, and segregated into the Tule Lake camp in California, later. It details his experiences during his incarceration in the three camps, Manzanar, Gila River, and Tule Lake. Descriptions include trips to the camps, living conditions, jobs, events, and incidents, reflecting a Kibei's perspective. The diary was written after he was incarcerated in the Gila River camp, Arizona. The original diary is found in item: csudh_hrs_0001. 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Shig's greatest wish is to live in a democratic world and be a success in his chosen career. He has intended to attend the college of Pharmacy at UC Berkley and run a small drug store. He plans to marry, have several children and plan for retirement. He outlines several ways to repay his parents for their care and the qualities he is looking for in a wife. He worries if Japan loses the war, would he and all of the Nisei have to return to Japan? He hopes this isn't the case, but is worried about the future. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9016. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0016","extent":"7 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-16","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Katayama, Shig"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Education","id":"73"},{"term":"Education -- Secondary education","id":"335"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Impact of incarceration","id":"78"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Eastern California Museum","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","location":"Manzanar, California","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Katayama, Shig author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-16-mezzanine-b3374bcce9-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-29-8","model":"entity","index":"16 6066/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-29-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-8-mezzanine-12917362af-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-8-mezzanine-12917362af-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 8 (February 22, 1957)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Deadline seen for claims compromise: Dec. 31, 1958 target date planned as government confers with attorneys\" (p. 1); \"Anti-Nisei Film on TV Protested by C.L. 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Born April 10, 1922 in Whittier, California. Spent childhood in California, before being removed to Manzanar concentration camp in 1942. Left Manzanar several times to work as a beet topper for local farmers. 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.
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-1012-8","model":"entity","index":"18 6068/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1012-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1012/denshovh-kfred_g-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1012/denshovh-kfred_g-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview","description":"This interview centers on the experiences of Fred Korematsu, a Nisei who challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the mass removal of Japanese Americans during World War II. 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.
(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
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-1009-1","model":"entity","index":"19 6069/{'value': 6909, '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.
(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":"20 6070/{'value': 6909, '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.
(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. Matsui narrator \nMarvin Uratsu interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer Matsui, George Shigeo 88922nr015zr0q","download_large":"denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-10","model":"entity","index":"21 6071/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-10/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-10/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-yhisaye-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-yhisaye-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Hisaye Yamamoto Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born August 23, 1921, in Redondo Beach, California. Raised in California before mass removal to Parker Dam Assembly Center, Arizona, which was later converted into Poston concentration camp. An aspiring writer, worked for the camp newspaper, the Poston Chronicle, while incarcerated. After leaving camp, returned to California and worked for the Los Angeles Tribune. In 1988, published a book titled Seventeen Syllables and other stories. Hisaye received an American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Before Columbus Foundation, and several of her short stories were adapted into a PBS film, \"Hot Summer Winds.\"
(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:21:34","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-10","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":143,"namepart":"Hisaye Yamamoto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Witt Mons"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0120j20","namepart":"Yamamoto, Hisaye"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"March 21, 1994","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Hisaye Yamamoto narrator \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Witt Mons videographer Yamamoto, Hisaye 88922nr0120j20","download_large":"denshovh-yhisaye-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-8","model":"entity","index":"22 6072/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-haiko-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-haiko-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Aiko Herzig Interview","description":"Nisei female. 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 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), 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.
(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:52:29","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-8","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":18,"namepart":"Herzig-Yoshinaga, Aiko"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Witt Mons"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr009rk47","namepart":"Miyazaki, Aiko"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"March 20, 1994","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Herzig-Yoshinaga, Aiko narrator \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Witt Mons videographer Miyazaki, Aiko 88922nr009rk47","download_large":"denshovh-haiko-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-6","model":"entity","index":"23 6073/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-6/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-6/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-kmits-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-kmits-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Mits Koshiyama Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born August 7, 1924, in Mountain View, California. Grew up in the Santa Clara Valley, California, working on his family's leased strawberry farm. In June of 1942, he was involuntarily \"evacuated\" to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, then to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Graduated from high school in camp and at the age of 19, refused induction into the military on the grounds that the incarceration violated his Constitutional rights as an American citizen. Served two years at McNeil Island federal penitentiary, Washington. Later resettled in California and established a flower nursery business with his brother.
(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:07:58","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":125,"namepart":"Mits Koshiyama"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Witt Mons"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zs24","namepart":"Koshiyama, Mitsuru"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Jose, California","creation":"October 2, 1992","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mits Koshiyama narrator \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Witt Mons videographer Koshiyama, Mitsuru 88922nr015zs24","download_large":"denshovh-kmits-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-1","model":"entity","index":"24 6074/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-mfrank-05-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-mfrank-05-a.jpg"},"title":"Frank Miyamoto Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born July 29, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Wrote 'Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle' as a Master's thesis, published in 1939 as one of the first academic works on the Japanese immigrant community. Incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Member of the Evacuation and Resettlement Study which studied the incarceration and resettlement of Japanese Americans during World War II. Resettled in Seattle. Was a longtime member of the faculty in Sociology at the University of Washington, served as Chairman of his department, and was Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:34:52","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":58,"namepart":"Frank Miyamoto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Paul Mailman"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010jw30","namepart":"Miyamoto, Shotaro Frank"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"September 28, 1992","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Frank Miyamoto narrator \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Paul Mailman videographer Miyamoto, Shotaro Frank 88922nr010jw30","download_large":"denshovh-mfrank-05-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"Nisei","fields":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"],"analyze_wildcard":false,"allow_leading_wildcard":false,"default_operator":"AND"}},"aggs":{"facility":{"nested":{"path":"facility"},"aggs":{"facility_ids":{"terms":{"field":"facility.id","size":1000}}}},"format":{"terms":{"field":"format"}},"genre":{"terms":{"field":"genre"}},"rights":{"terms":{"field":"rights"}},"topics":{"nested":{"path":"topics"},"aggs":{"topics_ids":{"terms":{"field":"topics.id","size":1000}}}}},"_source":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"]}}