(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. 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Born September 12, 1923, in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in small town of Thomas, where family was part of the White River Valley farming corporation. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved to Chicago and managed a large estate farm. Eventually became established in the automotive service industry in Minneapolis, Minnesota."},{"id":"983","model":"narrator","index":"5 105/{'value': 126, '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. 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During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. While in camp, obtained temporary leave to work for a railroad company. Volunteered for the military, and served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan during the U.S. occupation. After the war, settled in St. Paul, Minnesota."},{"id":"179","model":"narrator","index":"7 107/{'value': 126, '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":"984","model":"narrator","index":"8 108/{'value': 126, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/984/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/984/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-1_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-494-1_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/984/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frances Kajita Nishi","bio":"Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 24, 1934, in Mosier, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. 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Worked for the Boeing Company postwar while raising a family. 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Involved in lobbying congresspeople in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Japanese Latin Americans and their fight for redress."},{"id":"67","model":"narrator","index":"13 113/{'value': 126, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/67/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/67/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nyaeko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nyaeko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/67/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yaeko Nakano","bio":"Sansei female. Born August 2, 1922, in Suooshima, Yamaguchi, Japan, and lived there until she was about 1 1/2 years old. Grew up in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. At Tule Lake she and her husband married, and her oldest son, Kenichi, was later born there in 1944. Hiroshi was born in 1954 and Stanley was born in 1957. 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Was picked up by the FBI on December 8, 1941, detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Seattle, then interned at the Department of Justice camp at Fort Missoula, Montana. Was transferred to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana, with his family as work crew. Established a farm in Chinook."},{"id":"114","model":"narrator","index":"24 124/{'value': 126, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/114/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/114/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kjohn.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kjohn.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/114/interviews/"},"display_name":"John Kanda","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. 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