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Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could be reunited with father. After the war, returned to Los Angeles."},{"id":"611","model":"narrator","index":"2 252/{'value': 320, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/611/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/611/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ntakeshi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ntakeshi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/611/interviews/"},"display_name":"Takeshi Nakayama","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 15, 1937, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived with family in the Burbank trailer camp before returning to Los Angeles. 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While in camp, mother relapsed and Toshiko again went to live with the same family friends. After the war, returned to California."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-359","model":"entity","index":"6 256/{'value': 320, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-359/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-359/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ngeorge-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ngeorge-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Nakano Interview I","description":"Sansei male. Born November 24, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as a result of parents' answers on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" After leaving camp, returned to California, attended school, and served in the California Air National Guard. 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Eventually regained U.S. citizenship and returned to the United States."},{"id":"584","model":"narrator","index":"11 261/{'value': 320, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/584/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/584/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/cmichiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/cmichiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/584/interviews/"},"display_name":"Michiko Frances Chikahisa","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 9, 1929, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father ran a successful produce business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles and attended college, eventually earning a master's degree in social work. Practiced social work in Los Angeles and eventually in Chicago, Illinois."},{"id":"948","model":"narrator","index":"12 262/{'value': 320, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/948/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/948/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-9_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-9_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/948/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jane Kaihatsu","bio":"Sansei female. Born June 2, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. During World War II, her father's family was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Her mother's family was incarcerated at the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. 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Suzuki thanks Miller for his work and states that \"the nipping of creative endeavor will be the worst evil.\" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: <a href=\"http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/8366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WLM_01-46_01</a>","extent":"1 page and 1 envelope, typescript","links_children":"ddr-csujad-20-3","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Suzuki, Lester E."}],"topics":[{"term":"Activism and involvement","id":"120"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- California","id":"271"},{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations","id":"16"},{"term":"World War II -- Administration -- Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA)","id":"402"},{"term":"World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Education","id":"207"},{"term":"World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Food","id":"405"},{"term":"World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Living conditions","id":"62"},{"term":"World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Religion","id":"410"},{"term":"World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Social and recreational activities","id":"63"},{"term":"World War II -- Support from the non-Japanese American community","id":"80"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"California State University, Northridge. 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See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: <a href=\"http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hslb_ohc_0059</a>","extent":"00:35:00; 5 pages","links_children":"ddr-csujad-53-1","topics":[{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Children","id":"509"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Family","id":"46"},{"term":"Reflections on the past","id":"118"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps","id":"65"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California","rights":"nocc","genre":"interview","location":"Long Beach, California","facility":[{"term":"Jerome","id":"6"},{"term":"Santa Anita","id":"23"}],"creation":"8/10/2006","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-csujad-53-1-mezzanine-cdecc061fe-a.jpg"},{"id":"180","model":"narrator","index":"16 266/{'value': 320, '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. 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Served on the Santa Clara County Historical Heritage Commission for eighteen years, and was involved with the Japanese American Museum of San Jose."},{"id":"980","model":"narrator","index":"20 270/{'value': 320, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/980/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/980/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-ajah-1-4_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-ajah-1-4_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/980/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mary Nakata Tomita","bio":"Nisei female. Born August 6, 1931, in Alameda, California. Had a twin sister, and as an infant was adopted by mother's cousin and her husband. Grew up in Alameda, where adoptive father ran a garage. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned to California after the war. Graduated from UC Berkeley and worked for Dow Chemical. Raised a family in Palo Alto, California."},{"id":"569","model":"narrator","index":"21 271/{'value': 320, '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":"617","model":"narrator","index":"22 272/{'value': 320, '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":"384","model":"narrator","index":"23 273/{'value': 320, '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":"624","model":"narrator","index":"24 274/{'value': 320, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/624/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/624/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmo.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmo.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/624/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mo Nishida","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 11, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California and became involved in numerous civil rights organizations and movements postwar. 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