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Transferred to the Military Intelligence Service in 1942, and was asked to help select a group of volunteer linguists to serve with Merrill's Marauders in India and Burma. Herbert was a skilled interrogator of Japanese prisoners of war with Merrill's Marauders, and also served as General Merrill's personal interpreter."},{"id":"782","model":"narrator","index":"1 6651/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/782/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/782/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/syoshimitsu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/syoshimitsu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/782/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yoshimitsu Suyematsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 30, 1927, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge, where parents ran a strawberry farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Bainbridge for a time and then volunteered for the military, serving in Japan during the U.S. occupation. After returning to the United States, established a farm in Ontario, Oregon."},{"id":"784","model":"narrator","index":"2 6652/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/784/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/784/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmiyoko_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmiyoko_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/784/interviews/"},"display_name":"Miyoko Tsuboi Nakagawa","bio":"Nisei female. Born March 8, 1925, in Portland, Oregon. Lost mother at an early age and helped to take care of the family. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, worked for a War Relocation Authority office helping to return confiscated property to Japanese Americans. Returned to Portland, then moved to South Bend, Washington, after marriage to an oyster farmer."},{"id":"526","model":"narrator","index":"3 6653/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/526/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/526/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thiroshi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thiroshi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/526/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hiroshi Terry Terakawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 3, 1929, in Kyoto, Japan. Came to United States as a young child with parents. Moved frequently as a child due to father's role as a Buddhist minister, living in places like Walnut Grove and Marysville, California. During World War II, was living in Salt Lake City. Drafted into the army and served in Japan and Korea after World War II. Received U.S. citizenship while in the military."},{"id":"978","model":"narrator","index":"4 6654/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/978/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/978/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-486_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-486_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/978/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ron Osajima","bio":"Nisei-Sansei male. Born July 8, 1935, in Gardena, California. Spent childhood in Gardena, where father had a wholesale produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Returned to Southern California after leaving camp, living briefly in a hostel set up at the Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Moved to Boyle Heights, where he attended school. Graduated from UCLA and established a career in computer software development."},{"id":"983","model":"narrator","index":"5 6655/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/983/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/983/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-2_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-2_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/983/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mary Kato","bio":"Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 23, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, Oregon, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved to Walla Walla, Washington, and eventually married and farmed there."},{"id":"154","model":"narrator","index":"6 6656/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/154/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/154/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kyosh.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kyosh.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/154/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yosh Kuromiya","bio":"Nisei male. April 23, 1923, in Sierra Madre, California. Was pursuing a degree in art at Pasadena Junior College at the time of mass removal. While incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, continued his artistic pursuits, drawing sketches and designing posters, etc. for various camp projects. Resisted the draft at age 21, and was indicted in 1944 for draft evasion. After serving time in prison, worked as a gardener before becoming a landscape architect in the late 1950s."},{"id":"180","model":"narrator","index":"7 6657/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/180/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/180/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yjoe_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yjoe_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/180/interviews/"},"display_name":"Joe Yamakido","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 3, 1922, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in various cities in California, and was living in Harbor City, California, when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Later moved to the Jerome concentration camp in Arkansas, where he was arrested and served time in prison for draft resistance. Served in the army following World War II."},{"id":"181","model":"narrator","index":"8 6658/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/181/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/181/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmae.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmae.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/181/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mae Kanazawa Hara","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 21, 1913, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle before moving to Chicago, Illinois, for three years to study music. Taught music in Japan for four years before returning to Seattle. After the outbreak of World War II, removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp with husband for Chicago, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin. Raised a family in Madison, and remained actively involved in Methodist church activities and music program."},{"id":"183","model":"narrator","index":"9 6659/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/183/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/183/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ywally.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ywally.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/183/interviews/"},"display_name":"Wally Yonamine","bio":"Nisei-han male. Born June 24, 1925, in Maui, Hawaii. Grew up in a small village on a sugar plantation. Played football in high school, transferring to Honolulu. Signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 1947, but ended football career with an injury. In 1951, signed with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, the first American to play in Japan during the Allied occupation. Eventually became manager of the Chunichi Dragons. In 1994, inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame."},{"id":"325","model":"narrator","index":"10 6660/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/325/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/325/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/otoyoko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/otoyoko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/325/interviews/"},"display_name":"Toyoko Okumura","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 14, 1916, in Gardena, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. In response to the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" transferred to Tule Lake segregation center with family, and expatriated to Japan. Worked in Japan for the U.S. government and a Japanese company. Remained in Japan until the 1980s, and returned to the U.S., eventually settling in Denver, Colorado."},{"id":"290","model":"narrator","index":"11 6661/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/290/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/290/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ijoe.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ijoe.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/290/interviews/"},"display_name":"Joe Ishikawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the university's art museum and for the City of Lincoln, Nebraska. Worked for and was greatly influenced by noted socialist Norman Thomas."},{"id":"239","model":"narrator","index":"12 6662/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/239/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/239/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thikoji.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thikoji.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/239/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hikoji Takeuchi","bio":"Nisei male. Born December 18, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. Parents owned and operated a restaurant. Father passed away prior to the onset of World War II, so mother was responsible for preparing the family to move to camp. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, and in 1942, was shot by a military police officer while picking up scrap lumber. Renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan where he worked for six years before returning to California."},{"id":"12","model":"narrator","index":"13 6663/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/12/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/12/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gfumiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gfumiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/12/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fumiko Uyeda Groves","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 9, 1933, in Seattle, Washington. Parents operated a store in the Sanitary Market (now known as the Pike Place Market). Father was very active in kenjinkai (prefectural organization) activities, both before and after World War II. Spent prewar childhood in and among Seattle's Japanese American community. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. One of the first Japanese American families to return to Seattle after the war."},{"id":"481","model":"narrator","index":"14 6664/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/481/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/481/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yharry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yharry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/481/interviews/"},"display_name":"Harry K. Yoshikawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 26, 1922, in Montebello, California. Grew up in California, spending a short time in Japan prior to World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver, Colorado, during the \"voluntary evacuation\" period designated by the U.S. government. Arrested after refusing to report for military service after being drafted. Tried and served two years at the Santa Catalina prison camp for draft resistance. After release, eventually returned to Los Angeles, California."},{"id":"392","model":"narrator","index":"15 6665/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/392/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/392/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/njames_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/njames_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/392/interviews/"},"display_name":"James A. Nakano","bio":"Nisei male. Born November 12, 1933, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, and was nine years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Father was arrested by the FBI, and family went to the concentration camp at Jerome, Arkansas, to reunite with him. Transferred to Tule Lake, California, following the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" After the war, returned to Honolulu before moving to the mainland and attending law school. Eventually returned permanently to Hawaii to raise children."},{"id":"403","model":"narrator","index":"16 6666/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/403/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/403/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ymary.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ymary.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/403/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mary T. Yoshida","bio":"Nisei female. Born June 6, 1923, in Central Point, Oregon. While in elementary school, sent to live with a foster family in Medford, Oregon. Was attending college when World War II broke out, and was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a housegirl. Finished college at Texas Weslyan College before returning to Minnesota. Following World War II, became involved with organizing youth programs with the YWCA."},{"id":"523","model":"narrator","index":"17 6667/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/523/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/523/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hlily.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hlily.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/523/interviews/"},"display_name":"Lily C. Hioki","bio":"Nisei female. Born July 3, 1925, in San Jose, California. Moved with family frequently as a child before returning to San Jose for high school. In 1942, family decided to avoid incarceration by moving to Utah, and joined an automobile caravan of several families from San Jose. Lived and worked in Utah during the war primarily as farm laborers. After the war, returned to San Jose, where Ms. Hioki worked to help re-establish her husband's laundry business."},{"id":"413","model":"narrator","index":"18 6668/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/413/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/413/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mshig_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mshig_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/413/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shig Miyaki","bio":"Nisei male. Born November 18, 1923, on Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, where father was part of the large Japanese American fishing community. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While at Manzanar, joined the irrigation crew and took expeditons out in the hills surrounding camp to hike and fish. Signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to the Tule Lake Segregation Center."},{"id":"374","model":"narrator","index":"19 6669/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/374/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/374/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kthomas.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kthomas.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/374/interviews/"},"display_name":"Thomas T. Kobayashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 4, 1916, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington prior to World War II. Fired from job at Seattle City Light after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During the war, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered for the army, and transferred to Vint Hill, a secret branch of the Military Intelligence Service. Returned to Seattle following World War II."},{"id":"384","model":"narrator","index":"20 6670/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/384/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/384/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myukiko_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myukiko_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/384/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yukiko Miyahara","bio":"Nisei female. Born November 29, 1919, in Venice, California. Married in Venice prior to World War II, and had a child only a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, when it became a segregation center. After leaving camp, moved to New Jersey and worked for Seabrook Farms for thirty years."},{"id":"439","model":"narrator","index":"21 6671/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/439/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/439/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smisako.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smisako.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/439/interviews/"},"display_name":"Misako Shigekawa","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 2, 1909, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California, attending the University of Southern California before World War II and graduating with a degree in pharmacy. Married and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After being removed from Terminal Island, moved to Anaheim, California, before being removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Had several children in camp. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"444","model":"narrator","index":"22 6672/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/444/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/444/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oart.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oart.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/444/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Okuno","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 15, 1921, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, and was attending the University of California at Berkeley when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, served as scoutmaster for a Boy Scout troop. After leaving camp, eventually returned to San Francisco, was drafted, and served one year in the military."},{"id":"342","model":"narrator","index":"23 6673/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/342/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/342/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ysusumu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ysusumu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/342/interviews/"},"display_name":"Susumu Yenokida","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 28, 1925, in Turlock, California. Grew up in the Cortez, California, area. During World War II, was removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. When drafted by the military, refused to report for the preinduction physical, and was tried and jailed for refusing the draft. Served time in the Santa Catalina prison camp, and was pardoned along with other resisters of conscience by President Truman in 1947."},{"id":"222","model":"narrator","index":"24 6674/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/222/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/222/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ykazue.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ykazue.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/222/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kazue Yamamoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 14, 1927, in Wapato, Washington, where family operated a truck farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to North Portland Assembly Center and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Family left camp in 1945 for Spokane, Washington. Worked as a domestic on Spokane's South Hill before becoming a licensed beautician. Married husband Dick Yamamoto in 1952. 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