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In the postwar years, became a teacher, principal, and multicultural specialist for Washington State's Superintendent of the Office of Public Instruction. Developed and directed the Japanese American Cultural Heritage Program and the Rainbow Program, one of the first multiethnic educational programs in the country."},{"id":"74","model":"narrator","index":"1 6626/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/74/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/74/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmartha.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmartha.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/74/interviews/"},"display_name":"Martha Nishitani","bio":"Nisei female. Born February 27, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Family owned and operated the Oriental Gardens, the first nursery in Lake City. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. An award-winning modern dancer who established the Martha Nishitani Modern Dance School and Martha Nishitani Modern Dance Company, she also choreographs for modern dance, opera, and theater productions, as well as specializes in teaching creative dance to children."},{"id":"152","model":"narrator","index":"2 6627/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/152/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/152/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hsam.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hsam.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/152/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sam Horino","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 17, 1914, in Gardena, California. Passively resisted \"evacuation\" in 1942, forcing two soldiers to carry him out of his home. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and became one of the steering committee leaders of the Fair Play Committee (FPC). Was tried along with the other FPC leaders and was convicted to conspiracy to counsel draft evasion. Served time in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, Kansas, and then returned home to California."},{"id":"179","model":"narrator","index":"3 6628/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/179/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/179/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wwesley.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wwesley.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/179/interviews/"},"display_name":"Wesley K. Watanabe","bio":"Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born May 20, 1935, in Tacoma, Washington. Spent early childhood in Kent, Washington, and was removed with family to the Pinedale Assembly Center at age seven. Family was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and then moved to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled and attended grade school and high school in Chicago, Illinois. Completed dental school at the University of Chicago, eventually opening private dental practice in Chicago."},{"id":"200","model":"narrator","index":"4 6629/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/200/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/200/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ojulie.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ojulie.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/200/interviews/"},"display_name":"Julie Otsuka","bio":"Sansei female. Born May 15, 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Mother was a Nisei who was incarcerated during World War II, and father was a Japanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1950. Grew up in Palo Alto, California, before studing art at Yale University. Later moved to New York, giving up art and beginning to write. Published first novel, When the Emperor Was Divine in 2003, to critical acclaim."},{"id":"213","model":"narrator","index":"5 6630/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/213/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/213/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hbill_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hbill_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/213/interviews/"},"display_name":"Bill Hashizume","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 22, 1922, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission before moving to Japan with mother and sisters at age sixteen. Attended high school and college in Japan and enlisted in the Japanese navy in 1944. Worked in Japan for several years following World War II, then returned to Canada, choosing to live in Toronto, Ontario. Author of Japanese Community in Mission: A Brief History 1904-1942."},{"id":"312","model":"narrator","index":"6 6631/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/312/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/312/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/anelson.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/anelson.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/312/interviews/"},"display_name":"Nelson Takeo Akagi","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 27, 1923, in Lindsay, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to Idaho for \"voluntary evacuation,\" where they worked harvesting sugar beets for the U&I Sugar Company. Volunteered for the army during World War II. Served with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and was present at the liberation of one of Dachau concentration camp's sub-camps. After the war, settled in Salt Lake City, Utah."},{"id":"292","model":"narrator","index":"7 6632/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/292/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/292/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmits.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmits.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/292/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mits Takahashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 22, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where father was a prominent member of the Japanese Gardeners Association. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army, and served in Italy with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Received the Silver Star for valor in combat. Helped to revive the Japanese Gardeners Association in Seattle postwar."},{"id":"294","model":"narrator","index":"8 6633/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/294/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/294/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ivictor.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ivictor.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/294/interviews/"},"display_name":"Victor Ikeda","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 4, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle's Japantown area, where parents operated a hotel. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend school in Minnesota, was drafted, and trained in the Military Intelligence Service Language School. After World War II, worked as a transportation agent with the Department of Army Quartermaster Corps."},{"id":"16","model":"narrator","index":"9 6634/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/16/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/16/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfumiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfumiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/16/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fumiko Hayashida","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 21, 1911, in Winslow, Washington. Grew up in Japan and the Fletcher's Bay area of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Member of the first group of Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated. Incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, while pregnant and caring for two small children. Subject of famous photo of a mother carrying her sleeping child wearing evacuation tags."},{"id":"488","model":"narrator","index":"10 6635/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/488/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/488/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tkazue.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tkazue.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/488/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kazue Murakami Tanimoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 28, 1919, in Hilo, Hawaii. Grew up in Hilo before moving to Japan in 1934. Attended school in Japan, returning to Hilo before the outbreak of World War II. During the war, father was arrested and removed to the Kilauea Military Camp and Sand Island internment camps, Hawaii. During father's absence, took over his job at the Nippu Jiji, a Japanese-language newspaper in Hilo. Remained in Hilo, Hawaii."},{"id":"381","model":"narrator","index":"11 6636/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/381/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/381/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nhenry_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nhenry_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/381/interviews/"},"display_name":"Henry Nishi","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 20, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in several cities in California, where father owned and operated several nurseries and a landscaping business. Attended University of California at Davis prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where, along with a group of friends, established a nursery business. Served in the Military Intelligence Service in Japan before returning to Los Angeles."},{"id":"441","model":"narrator","index":"12 6637/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/441/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/441/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tjohn_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tjohn_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/441/interviews/"},"display_name":"John Tomita","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 20, 1920, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where father operated a restaurant. Attended college and studied engineering before World War II. During the war, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In camp, worked on the survey crew. Remained in Tule Lake when it became a segregation center. After the war, returned to California and became a civil engineer."},{"id":"569","model":"narrator","index":"13 6638/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/569/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/569/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oruth.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oruth.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/569/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ruth Y. Okimoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born April 15, 1936, in Tokyo, Japan. Brought to the United States with parents at the age of one, and grew up in San Diego, California, where father was a minister. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After the war, forged connections with the Colorado River Indian Tribes and studied their historical relationship with the Poston concentration camp."},{"id":"610","model":"narrator","index":"14 6639/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/610/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/610/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kharry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kharry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/610/interviews/"},"display_name":"Harry Kawahara","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 14, 1931, in San Leandro, California. Grew up in San Leandro, where father ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved with family to Salt Lake City for a year before returning to San Leandro. After the war, was involved in numerous causes including the ethnic studies movement and the redress movement."},{"id":"617","model":"narrator","index":"15 6640/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/617/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/617/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myasu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myasu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/617/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yasu Koyamatsu Momii","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 23, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Moved to Los Angeles, California, with family around age six. Had graduated from high school and was attending a trade school in dressmaking when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked for a few years in Cleveland, Ohio, before eventually returning to Los Angeles."},{"id":"626","model":"narrator","index":"16 6641/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/626/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/626/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nrobert.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nrobert.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/626/interviews/"},"display_name":"Robert A. Nakamura","bio":"Nisei/Sansei male. Born July 5, 1936, in Venice, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Denver before returning to Los Angeles. After the war, became a pioneering filmmaker. Founder of Visual Communications, the oldest community-based media arts center in the United States. Along with wife Karen Ishizuka, founded the Media Arts Center of the Japanese American National Museum."},{"id":"691","model":"narrator","index":"17 6642/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/691/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/691/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tjim_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tjim_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/691/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jim Tsujimura","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 10, 1931, in Westport, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon for high school and college and went to medical school, eventually becoming a successful opthalmologist. Served in leadership positions with the Japanese American Citizens League at the district and national levels, and was involved in the redress movement of the 1970s and '80s."},{"id":"736","model":"narrator","index":"18 6643/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/736/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/736/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmjack.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmjack.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/736/interviews/"},"display_name":"M. Jack Takayanagi","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 28, 1922, in San Jose, California. As a teenager, moved with family to West Los Angeles, where father was a gardener. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, Jack volunteered to work with the orphans at the Manzanar Children's Village, and also helped to establish Christian church services. Left camp for Des Moines, Iowa, to attend college, and eventually became a minister."},{"id":"650","model":"narrator","index":"19 6644/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/650/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/650/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjohn_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjohn_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/650/interviews/"},"display_name":"John Y. Hayakawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Jose, California, where father ran a farm. Was an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League and helped to run the San Jose office after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After the war, returned to San Jose."},{"id":"642","model":"narrator","index":"20 6645/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/642/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/642/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sbill.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sbill.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/642/interviews/"},"display_name":"Bill Hiroshi Shishima","bio":"Nisei male. Born December 24, 1930, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California where parents ran a successful grocery store business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, became involved in Boy Scouts activities. Left camp and returned to California, then was drafted into the army. After service, returned to Los Angeles and became a teacher."},{"id":"921","model":"narrator","index":"21 6646/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/921/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/921/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-475_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-475_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/921/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hisaji Q. Sakai","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 28, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where parents had a grocery store business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Iowa to attend college and avoid the mass incarceration. Attended college in Nebraska and Michigan. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation. 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While in Topaz, refused to obey the draft order and was imprisoned in a county jail and then a road camp in Utah."},{"id":"826","model":"narrator","index":"23 6648/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/826/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/826/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mcharlie.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mcharlie.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/826/interviews/"},"display_name":"Charlie Matsubara","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 3, 1920, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. When World War II broke out, Charlie stayed in California with his brother to help take care of property and belongings while the rest of the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Charlie and his brother were then sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. 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