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(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"01:53:58","links_children":"ddr-one-7-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":673,"namepart":"Shizuko \"Suzie\" Sakai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Dane Fujimoto"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tim Rooney"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr005224n","namepart":"Hayashi, Shizuko"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","creation":"February 6, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shizuko \"Suzie\" Sakai narrator \nDane Fujimoto interviewer \nTim Rooney videographer Hayashi, Shizuko 88922nr005224n","download_large":"denshovh-sshizuko-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"675","model":"narrator","index":"10 35/{'value': 85, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/675/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/675/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/slury.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/slury.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/675/interviews/"},"display_name":"Lury Sato","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 25, 1915, in Montavilla, Oregon. Grew up in Portland and attended college before World War II. During the war, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp with husband and lived in New York and Washington, D.C. Eventually returned to Portland."},{"id":"ddr-one-5-99","model":"entity","index":"11 36/{'value': 85, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-99/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-5-99/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-5/ddr-one-5-99-mezzanine-8528dff6bd-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-5/ddr-one-5-99-mezzanine-8528dff6bd-a.jpg"},"title":"Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 2 of 6.","description":"Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. This page further elaborates that Confidential Informant SE N-1 has, on several occasions, mis-translated Japanese names. 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(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"02:02:03","links_children":"ddr-one-7-57","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":764,"namepart":"George Tsugawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Linda Tamura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Joshin Yamada and Thomas Coulter"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006588s","namepart":"Tsugawa, George"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Woodland, Washington","creation":"December 19, 2013","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Tsugawa narrator \nLinda Tamura interviewer \nJoshin Yamada and Thomas Coulter videographer Tsugawa, George 88922nr006588s","download_large":"denshovh-tgeorge-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-70","model":"entity","index":"14 39/{'value': 85, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-70/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-7-70/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-kami-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-kami-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ami Kinoshita Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born October 3, 1919, in Enumclaw, Washington. Family moved to Nahcotta, Washington, and ran an oyster farm. Married prior to World War II and lived on husband's family's farm in Gresham, Oregon. During the war, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Gresham.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"01:22:12","links_children":"ddr-one-7-70","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":788,"namepart":"Ami Kinoshita"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Betty Jean Harry"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Ian McCluskey"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006v523","namepart":"Kinoshita, Ami Dora"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Gresham, Oregon","creation":"May 29, 2014","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ami Kinoshita narrator \nBetty Jean Harry interviewer \nIan McCluskey videographer Kinoshita, Ami Dora 88922nr006v523","download_large":"denshovh-kami-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-25-54","model":"entity","index":"15 40/{'value': 85, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-54/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-25-54/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-25/ddr-csujad-25-54-mezzanine-d40d940a5f-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-25/ddr-csujad-25-54-mezzanine-d40d940a5f-a.jpg"},"title":"Japanese family","description":"A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. 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Smith's Lecture\" (p. 3), \"North Portland Ore. 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