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Volunteered out of camp to serve in the U.S. military. Fought in Europe as a battalion runner for the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Single-handedly captured a group of German officers, fought in the famous \"Battle of the Lost Battalion,\" and was present at the liberation of Bruyeres. Was recruited to lobby Congress for passage of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act as a representative for Nikkei veterans, and proved invaluable in garnering support among particularly resistant members of Congress."},{"id":"139","model":"narrator","index":"1 6826/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/139/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/139/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/khiroshi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/khiroshi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/139/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hiroshi Kashiwagi","bio":"Nisei male. Born November 8, 1922, in Sacramento, California. Spent childhood and adolescence in Loomis, California, before spending senior year in high school in Los Angeles, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Marysville Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Resisted the draft and renounced U.S. citizenship, remaining with family in Tule Lake when it was designated a \"segregation center.\" Left camp to attend college in California. Working with Wayne Collins after World War II, was able to get U.S. citizenship reinstated in the 1950s. Worked for the San Francisco public library post-World War II. A playwright and actor, Mr. Kashiwagi has performed in many stage productions and has written several plays, including Laughter and False Teeth and Betrayed."},{"id":"149","model":"narrator","index":"2 6827/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/149/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/149/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sart.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sart.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/149/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Shibayama","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work company camp. Drafted into the army in the 1950s, even though considered an illegal alien, and served in Germany. Raised a family in Chicago, Illinois, and San Jose, California after military discharge. In recent years, attended several pilgrimages to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as well as reunions of Japanese Peruvians. Involved in the Campaign for Justice, an effort to obtain redress for Japanese Latin Americans."},{"id":"155","model":"narrator","index":"3 6828/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/155/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/155/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kdave.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kdave.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/155/interviews/"},"display_name":"Dave Kawamoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born December 16, 1916, in Cupertino, California. Attended San Jose State College, where he was an NCAA wrestling champion. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, tried to enlist in the U.S. Air Corps, but was refused on account of his Japanese ancestry. Was one semester short of earning a business degree when he was removed with his family to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Was one of the Heart Mountain resisters of conscience, and stood trial in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for resisting the draft in 1944. After World War II, went into civil service and a fruit-selling business. Mr. Kawamoto passed away in 1993, and was posthumously awarded his business degree from San Jose State."},{"id":"172","model":"narrator","index":"4 6829/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/172/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/172/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/krichard.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/krichard.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/172/interviews/"},"display_name":"Richard Kosaki","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in the 1950s before taking a position at the University of Hawaii at Manoa as an assistant professor. Worked in Washington, D.C., on Lyndon Johnson's presidential campaign. Was instrumental in establishing Hawaii's system of community colleges, notably the Hawaii Tokai International College. Dr. Kosaki is currently the Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is a senior consultant for the Japanese American National Museum's International Nikkei Research Project."},{"id":"178","model":"narrator","index":"5 6830/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/178/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/178/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/atom.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/atom.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/178/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tom Akashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 7, 1929, in Merced, California. Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, joined a pro-Japan organization created by father, the Sokoku Kenkyu Seinen Dan, (Young Men's Association for the Study of the Motherland). Renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan with parents and siblings in 1945. Lived and worked in Japan until 1948, when returned to the United States. Author of Betrayed Trust: The Story of a Deported Issei and His American-Born Family During WWII, published in 2004."},{"id":"214","model":"narrator","index":"6 6831/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/214/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/214/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ibetty.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ibetty.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/214/interviews/"},"display_name":"Betty Fumiye Ito","bio":"Nisei female. Born March 29, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and spent childhood in Medina and Bellevue, Washington. While in high school was a member of the Bellevue Strawberry Festival's Queen's Court. In 1939 married Kenji Ito, a prominent Japanese American lawyer who practiced in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, recounts her experiences as her husband was picked up by the FBI on the evening of December 7, 1941. Describes the trial and acquittal of her husband after he was accused of working as a non-registered agent for Japan. After the trial, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, resettled in the Los Angeles area."},{"id":"321","model":"narrator","index":"7 6832/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/321/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/321/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ayae.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ayae.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/321/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yae Aihara","bio":"Nisei female. Born August 18, 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. Raised in Seattle, Washington, where family operated a grocery store. Attended Washington Grammar School and Garfield High School in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to Missoula internment camp, Montana. Family was removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In 1943, father decided to repatriate to Japan. The family was transported to Ellis Island detention station to reunite with father and board a repatriation ship, the SS Gripsholm. Transferred to Crystal City internment camp, Texas, after being denied entry on SS Gripsholm. Remained in Crystal City for duration of the war. Resettled to Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1946."},{"id":"489","model":"narrator","index":"8 6833/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/489/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/489/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nhitoshi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nhitoshi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/489/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hitoshi \"Hank\" Naito","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 20, 1926, in San Diego, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Family was transferred to Tule Lake in response to father's answers on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" Turned eighteen in Tule Lake, and also signed \"no-no\" on the questionnaire and renounced U.S. citizenship. Sent to Fort Lincoln (Bismarck) internment camp, North Dakota before going to Japan and reuniting with family. Lived in Japan for a number of years, taking a job with the U.S. army, and volunteering for the U.S. Air Force. Eventually regained citizenship and returned to the U.S."},{"id":"519","model":"narrator","index":"9 6834/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/519/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/519/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yminoru.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yminoru.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/519/interviews/"},"display_name":"Minoru Yasui","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 19, 1916, in Hood River, Oregon. Earned a law degree from the University of Oregon law school and was practicing law prior to World War II. In 1942, deliberately defied the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans in Portland, Oregon, and was arrested. His case was tried, and he was sentenced to one year in prison and given a $5000 fine. The appeal eventually reached the Supreme Court, which ruled that the government did have the authority to restrict the lives of civilian citizens during wartime. Yasui's fine was removed and he was released to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In the 1980s, his case was reopened under writ of error coram nobis, and 1986 his conviction was overturned by the Oregon federal court."},{"id":"546","model":"narrator","index":"10 6835/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/546/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/546/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mramsay.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mramsay.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/546/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ramsay Yosuke Mori","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government misconstrued the conversation, and on December 7, 1941, they were picked up by the FBI and taken to Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii, and Crystal City internment camp, Texas. Mr. Mori was eight years old at the time, and spent the duration of World War II without his parents. After the war, served in the U.S. military and eventually established a career in the airline industry."},{"id":"117","model":"narrator","index":"11 6836/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/117/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/117/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nbill.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nbill.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/117/interviews/"},"display_name":"Bill Nishimura","bio":"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."},{"id":"490","model":"narrator","index":"12 6837/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/490/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/490/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kmasamizu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kmasamizu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/490/interviews/"},"display_name":"Masamizu Kitajima","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. Mother couldn't support the children alone, so the family entered the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, where they were reunited with father. Father signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" and moved the family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, in anticipation of repatriating to Japan. Parents changed their minds and did not go to Japan, so the family returned to Hawaii after leaving Tule Lake. After the war, Masamizu established a successful career in airplane mechanics."},{"id":"51","model":"narrator","index":"13 6838/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/51/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/51/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/51/interviews/"},"display_name":"George S. Matsui","bio":"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."},{"id":"85","model":"narrator","index":"14 6839/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/85/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/85/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/stad.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/stad.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/85/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tad Sato","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 9, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Moved to Seattle with father after parents divorced. Grew up in Seattle's Nihonmachi where father ran a secondhand store. Disinterested in college after seeing a lack of employment opportunities for graduating Japanese Americans. Went to work for Great Northern Railway, laying and maintaining tracks on the West Coast. At war's onset, Great Northern brought its Japanese workers together in a segregated gang outside the restricted zone, so he continued to work for the railroad, thus avoiding incarceration in a War Relocation Authority camp. While away, father was picked up by the FBI, and then sent to Kooskia internment camp, Idaho, where he was held throughout the war. Drafted into military service in 1945. Returned to Great Northern and was promoted through the ranks in the accounting department despite running into workplace discrimination."},{"id":"99","model":"narrator","index":"15 6840/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/99/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/99/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ushigeko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ushigeko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/99/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shigeko Sese Uno","bio":"Nisei female born April 6, 1915, in Seattle, Washington's International District. At an early age became active in the Japanese Baptist Church. Parents owned and operated a dairy plant called White River Dairy. Was a student at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago, Illinois. Took a group of young women on an eye-opening trip to Japan right before the war started. Incarcerated with her family in the Puyallup Assembly Center with a newborn baby, moving to Minidoka concentration camp before relocating to the East Coast. Returned to Seattle in 1947 and became the first Asian American and first woman to work at the Rainier Heat and Power Company, then a key property owner and landlord in the International District. She was the first woman president of the Japanese American Citizens League, and played a lead role in the redress movement."},{"id":"900","model":"narrator","index":"16 6841/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/900/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/900/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-452_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-452_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/900/interviews/"},"display_name":"Bob Suzuki","bio":"Nisei-han male. Born January 2, 1936, in Portland, Oregon, where father worked for the railroad. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family moved to a small community outside of Spokane, Washington, to farm. Went to UC Berkeley and Caltech, then taught at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southern California. He served as chair of the National Education Commission of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and vice chair of the Community Advisory Committee for the Desegregation of the Pasadena Schools. Held several positions in academic administration including Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at California State University, Los Angeles, Vice President for Academic Affairs at California State University, Northridge, and President of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona."},{"id":"1036","model":"narrator","index":"17 6842/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1036/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1036/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-sjacl-2-38_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-sjacl-2-38_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1036/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kathryn Bannai","bio":"Elaine Kim and Bill Tashima interviewed Kathryn Bannai. Kathryn Bannai was the lead counsel in Gordon Hirabayashi's coram nobis case (1983 – February 1985). Among other critical work, she successfully defeated the government's effort to dismiss Hirabayashi's case, which led to overturning Hirabayashi's convictions for resisting the curfew and exclusion orders promulgated under E.O. 9066. Bannai was Seattle JACL President in 1982 in a pivotal period for the Chapter. It was during this period that the Chapter expanded its work toward WWII Japanese American redress, aging and health issues for Issei and Nisei, and youth programming. Bannai also forged partnership with Japanese Canadians to share WWII experiences of injustice. Bannai was the only the third woman Chapter President and one of the earliest Sansei Chapter Presidents. Bannai's Board was the first Seattle JACL Board with a majority Sansei and also a majority female membership."},{"id":"151","model":"narrator","index":"18 6843/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/151/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/151/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mroy.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mroy.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/151/interviews/"},"display_name":"Roy H. Matsumoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected for a dangerous mission in Burma, becoming one of the famed Merrill's Marauders. Provided crucial intelligence information for the U.S. government after tapping into a Japanese army communications wire in Burma. Instrumental in a mission to hold Nhpum Ga hill in Burma, in which he shouted military orders in Japanese to confuse the attacking Japanese soldiers. Awarded the Legion of Merit from the U.S. military, and stationed in China and Japan after the war. Met future wife while working undercover in Japan. Inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 1993."},{"id":"482","model":"narrator","index":"19 6844/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/482/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/482/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ntetsuo.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ntetsuo.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/482/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tetsuo Nomiyama","bio":"Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, and was court martialed and imprisoned in the stockade at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Along with other Japanese Americans in the same situation, the group later came to be known as the \"Fort McClellan Disciplinary Barrack Boys,\" or \"DB Boys.\" Sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and served at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. In the 1980s, a legal team headed by Mr. Nomiyama's son-in-law mounted a legal effort to clear the DB Boys' names. They succeeded in having the army grant honorable discharges, but were unable to get the court martials ultimately overturned."},{"id":"894","model":"narrator","index":"20 6845/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/894/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/894/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-445_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-445_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/894/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank Sato","bio":"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."},{"id":"52","model":"narrator","index":"21 6846/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/52/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/52/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mmitsue.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mmitsue.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/52/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mitsue Matsui","bio":"Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco when the U.S. entered World War II. Was incarcerated with the family at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After spending a year at Topaz, was able to secure employment as a Japanese typist at the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS), Camp Savage and Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Soon thereafter, was temporarily assigned as secretary to Mr. John F. Aiso and remained in that capacity until Major Aiso received orders to go overseas. Married a MISLS instructor, and went again to Japan postwar during her husband's service in the U.S. occupation forces."},{"id":"59","model":"narrator","index":"22 6847/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/59/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/59/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mhenry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mhenry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/59/interviews/"},"display_name":"Henry Miyatake","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 28, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Had some key childhood experiences with discrimination that made him a self-described, \"independent thinker,\" and later, an influential figure in the Japanese American community. While a teenager in camp, he wrote and defended an essay criticizing the United States' treatment of racial minorities. His teacher refused to accept his paper, resulting in a failed grade and preventing him from graduating. Postwar, served in the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps, where he was privy to classified documents detailing the placement of spies in the incarceration camps. After leaving the military, he worked at the Boeing Company, where he fought against discriminatory workplace practices. He was also one of the earliest proponents of redress, doing the research, planning, and organizing for the \"Seattle plan,\" the first highly developed plan for obtaining redress from the U.S. government for the WWII incarceration of the Japanese American community."},{"id":"87","model":"narrator","index":"23 6848/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/87/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/87/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/snobu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/snobu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/87/interviews/"},"display_name":"Nobu Suzuki","bio":"Nisei female. November 25, 1909, in Seattle, Washington. Father established one of the largest oyster companies in the United States prior to World War II. Graduated from Garfield High School, the University of Washington, and then the Pacific School of Religion where she earned a master's degree in religious education. At the outbreak of WWII, assisted Nikkei who lost their jobs and worked with the WRA to help those families trying to relocate inland before the mass removal. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, with husband who served as one of the camp's physicians. While incarcerated, worked on the student relocation and job leave programs. Maintained an active involvement in the Young Christian Women's Association throughout the war, and postwar. Resettled first in Spokane, than later in Seattle. After the war, became active in a myriad of organizations, including, the national PTA, American Association of University Women, League of Women's Voters, and King County Medical Society's women's organization."},{"id":"101","model":"narrator","index":"24 6849/{'value': 6865, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/101/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/101/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uben.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uben.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/101/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ben Uyeno","bio":"Nisei male. Born November 30, 1918, in Yakima, Washington. Spent two years of childhood in Japan. Returned to Seattle and became an active participant in Japanese American community life. Was attending the University of Washington when World War II started. Avoided incarceration with the help of the Friends (a Quaker organization), which hid him and helped him enroll in another university. He eventually entered medical school. Later he became a captain in the U.S. Army and served as a MASH doctor in Korea, where he was trained on one of the first kidney machines. Returned to Seattle and helped pioneer the first kidney dialysis program in the United States. Became the first Japanese American Chief of Staff at Providence Hospital in Seattle. Established a private practice that faithfully served the area's Japanese American community for thirty-two years. Helped establish and develop the Keiro nursing home (now operated as part of Nikkei Concerns)."}],"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"]}}