{"total":6865,"limit":25,"offset":6525,"prev_offset":6500,"next_offset":6550,"page_size":25,"this_page":262,"num_this_page":25,"prev_api":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/search/?fulltext=Nisei&limit=25&offset=6500","next_api":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/search/?fulltext=Nisei&limit=25&offset=6550","objects":[{"id":"705","model":"narrator","index":"0 6525/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/705/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/705/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmika.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmika.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/705/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mika Hiuga","bio":"Nisei female. Born in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where parents owned and operated orchards. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred briefly to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Lived for a short time in Salt Lake City after leaving camp, then returned to Hood River."},{"id":"631","model":"narrator","index":"1 6526/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/631/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/631/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ytakenori.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ytakenori.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/631/interviews/"},"display_name":"Takenori Yamamoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 21, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. Age three when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and was removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles. After World War II, served in the U.S. Air Force, and later became involved in numerous Japanese American community organizations, including forming Asian Pacific Lesbians and Gays."},{"id":"638","model":"narrator","index":"2 6527/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/638/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/638/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tben.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tben.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/638/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ben Y. Tonooka","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 17, 1924, in Fowler, California. At an early age, moved with family to Fresno, California. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, after Jerome closed. After leaving camp, lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for a time before eventually returning to California."},{"id":"923","model":"narrator","index":"3 6528/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/923/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/923/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-477_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-477_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/923/interviews/"},"display_name":"Noboru Kamibayashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 23, 1930, in Fairfax, Washington. Grew up in Venice, California, where parents had a produce farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and decided to return with the family to Japan to live. After several years in Japan, came back to California."},{"id":"942","model":"narrator","index":"4 6529/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/942/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/942/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-17_full.narr","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-17_full.narr","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/942/interviews/"},"display_name":"Chiyoko Chiyo Omachi","bio":"Nisei female. Born July 12, 1926, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island where father worked as a ship builder. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Pennsylvania with relatives before attending college in New York. Family resettled in Chicago, Illinois, after the war, where Chiyoko eventually joined them."},{"id":"899","model":"narrator","index":"5 6530/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/899/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/899/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-451_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-451_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/899/interviews/"},"display_name":"Elsie Uyematsu Osajima","bio":"Nisei female. Born July 25, 1925, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Pasadena, where parents ran a small market. Removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, during World War II, then to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to attend college in Nebraska, then married and returned to California. Worked for many years at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center."},{"id":"902","model":"narrator","index":"6 6531/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/902/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/902/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-454_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-454_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/902/interviews/"},"display_name":"May Ohmura Watanabe","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 13, 1922, in Chico, California. Grew up in Chico, where parents ran a produce store. Was in college when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and was removed with her family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend school in Syracuse, New York, and become a public health nurse. Later worked at the University of Pittsburgh."},{"id":"778","model":"narrator","index":"7 6532/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/778/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/778/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mmolly.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mmolly.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/778/interviews/"},"display_name":"Molly K. Maeda","bio":"Nisei female. Born November 23, 1919, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, where parents had a farm. Finished college before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to the Hood River, Oregon, area."},{"id":"790","model":"narrator","index":"8 6533/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/790/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/790/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/pfrances.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/pfrances.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/790/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frances Sumida Palk","bio":"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."},{"id":"794","model":"narrator","index":"9 6534/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/794/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/794/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yeiichi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yeiichi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/794/interviews/"},"display_name":"Eiichi Yamashita","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 27, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Finished high school in Bellingham, Washington, where family moved for father's oyster business. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago briefly before returning to the Samish Bay area near Bellingham to reestablish family's oyster business."},{"id":"766","model":"narrator","index":"10 6535/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/766/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/766/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjessie.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjessie.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/766/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jessie Hatsue Akiyama Okazaki Harry","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 24, 1925, in Parkdale, Oregon. Grew up in Parkdale, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, before transferring with family to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend sewing school in New York before eventually returning to Hood River, Oregon."},{"id":"767","model":"narrator","index":"11 6536/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/767/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/767/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hdan.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hdan.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/767/interviews/"},"display_name":"Dan Hinatsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 3, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Lake Oswego, 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, worked for a time and then was drafted into the army. Eventually returned to Portland and established a career in advertising."},{"id":"528","model":"narrator","index":"12 6537/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/528/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/528/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/itoshi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/itoshi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/528/interviews/"},"display_name":"Toshi Nagamori Ito","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 19, 1924, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father worked in Little Tokyo. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Soon after arriving in Heart Mountain, was able to leave camp to attend National College in North Carolina. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"746","model":"narrator","index":"13 6538/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/746/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/746/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oshirley.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oshirley.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/746/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shirley Nagatomi Okabe","bio":"Nisei female. Born February 7, 1937, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where father was a prominent Buddhist minister. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to California. Father was instrumental in the planning and building of the cemetery monument at Manzanar after the war."},{"id":"849","model":"narrator","index":"14 6539/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/849/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/849/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smaria.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smaria.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/849/interviews/"},"display_name":"Maria Sato","bio":"Nisei female. Born November 19, 1930, in Trujillo, Peru, where father ran a construction company. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and taken to the United States. The family joined him in Crystal City, Texas, then went to Japan after the war. Maria lived and worked in Japan until the 1950s, then moved to the United States."},{"id":"1003","model":"narrator","index":"15 6540/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1003/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1003/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-509_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-509_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1003/interviews/"},"display_name":"Dotti Yasuko Tagawa Reisbord","bio":"Nisei-Sansei female. Born May 9, 1941, in Seattle Washington. An infant when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family was sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family returned to Seattle, where Dotti attended school. After high school, moved to Southern California, raised a family, and became a teacher before eventually returning to Seattle."},{"id":"121","model":"narrator","index":"16 6541/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/121/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/121/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/itsuguo.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/itsuguo.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/121/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tsuguo \"Ike\" Ikeda","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 15, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated at the North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Kept a diary beginning December, 1941, and through incarceration. Beginning as a teenager, was exceptionally active as a volunteer leader, first within a Japanese American church in Portland, later in camp with Federated Christian Church, school and service clubs, and throughout life.\r\n Graduated from Hunt High School and left Minidoka on indefinite work leave. Drafted in 1944; graduated from United States Military Intelligence Service Language School. After discharge, returned to Portland, Oregon, and graduated from college in 1949. One of the earliest Nisei to obtain Master of Social Work degree from University of Washington, 1951. Married, 1951, and had four children.\r\n Incarceration led him to resolve to work for social justice. In 1953, was one of the first Nisei hired as executive director of a nonprofit organization in the United States (outside the Japanese American community), and served at the Atlantic Street Center in Seattle for 33 years, leading its transformation from settlement house to social service agency. Worked to reduce racial discrimination. Promoted multi-racial, cross-cultural cooperation, equal opportunity and affirmative action in community, church, nonprofit, government and other arenas. Mentors and advises community members, including sharing a set of principles he developed based on values from his cultural heritage. Mr. Ikeda is the recipient of numerous awards, recognitions of service and honors for his professional and volunteer contributions to society."},{"id":"44","model":"narrator","index":"17 6542/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/44/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/44/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kkenge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kkenge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/44/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kenge Kobayashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 25, 1926, in the Imperial Valley, California. Incarcerated at the Tulare Assembly Center, California, Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In his interview, he discusses his memories of Tule Lake concentration camp after it became a segregation center, including the killing of a camp inmate rioting, implementation of martial law, and pressures to participate in pro-Japanese activities."},{"id":"54","model":"narrator","index":"18 6543/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/54/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/54/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mfred.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mfred.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/54/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fred Matsumura","bio":"Nisei male, born April 14, 1923, on the Island of  Molokai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit as a Sergeant and Assistant Squad Leader. Later, he and three others in his unit had their rank reduced to Private after being court-martialed for alleged involvement in a fight with an army military police officer (MP)."},{"id":"78","model":"narrator","index":"19 6544/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/78/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/78/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/okunio.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/okunio.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/78/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kunio Otani","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 31, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in Raymond, Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming; he worked on the staff of both camp newspapers, the Tulean Dispatch and the Heart Mountain Sentinel, respectively. Resettled in Seattle after the war and entered the greenhouse business. He owned and operated the Greenwood Greenhouse with his brother."},{"id":"187","model":"narrator","index":"20 6545/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/187/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/187/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/orichard.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/orichard.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/187/interviews/"},"display_name":"Richard Onishi","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 15, 1931, in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. Moved to San Jose, California, from Hawaii in 1936. Grew up in San Jose's Japantown before the onset of World War II. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned with family to San Jose, after the war, and helped to establish family business, Onishi Florist, in San Jose's Japantown."},{"id":"310","model":"narrator","index":"21 6546/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/310/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/310/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tfrank.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tfrank.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/310/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank Shinichiro Tanabe","bio":"Nisei male. Born on August 10, 1919, in Osaka, Japan. Attended college at the University of Washington before being removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Established Tule Lake's newspaper, the Tulean Dispatch. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service, and served and worked in Tokyo as an interpreter."},{"id":"298","model":"narrator","index":"22 6547/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/298/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/298/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmary_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmary_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/298/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mary Hamano","bio":"Nisei female. Born July 14, 1921, in San Gabriel, California. Spent childhood in Los Angeles where father operated a shoe repair business and grocery store. Family was removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Resettled in Denver after the war and worked in several businesses in Japantown. Married in 1947 and opened a greenhouse and flower shop with husband."},{"id":"236","model":"narrator","index":"23 6548/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/236/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/236/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmary.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmary.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/236/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mary Kageyama Nomura","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 29, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Lost both parents at an early age, and was raised by older siblings as part of a large family. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Trained in music from childhood, became known as the \"Songbird of Manzanar,\" performing in camp. After leaving camp, moved to Pasadena, California, married, and raised a family."},{"id":"485","model":"narrator","index":"24 6549/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/485/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/485/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kkay.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kkay.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/485/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kay Uno Kaneko","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 7, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, age nine when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could be reunited with father. After the war, returned to Los Angeles."}],"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"]}}