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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":"03:08:03","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-316","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":546,"namepart":"Ramsay Yosuke Mori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Kelli Nakamura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Hawai'i","id":"277"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honoulu, Hawaii","facility":[{"term":"Crystal City","id":"29"}],"creation":"February 28, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ramsay Yosuke Mori narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nKelli Nakamura interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mramsay-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-119-34","model":"entity","index":"6 181/{'value': 184, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-34/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-119-34/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg"},"title":"Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 6 (April 3, 1943)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Needy Given Financial Assistance. Initial Living Costs, Train Fare Provided Through WRA Grants\" (p. 1), \"Army Exams Here on April 5; Col. Merrill Visits, Airs Plans\" (p. 1), \"January Clothing Payroll Completed\" (p. 1), \"New Co-op Board of Directors Headed by Y. Fujii Installed\" (p. 1), \"Pump Breakdown Causes Critical Water Shortage\" (p. 1), \"Parent-Soldier Group Formation Proposed. Association to Back Up Soldiers With Service and Morale Program\" (p. 1), \"Army School Head Seeks Instructors. Several Interviewed For Teaching Jobs At Savage, Minnesota\" (p. 1), \"Revised Procedure Speeds Up Granting of Leave Permits\" (p. 1), \"Mercy Drive Tops $2,600\" (p. 2), \"Kansas' Plans for Use of Evacuee Labor Hits Snag\" (p. 2), \"Idaho Economist to Aid Relocation\" (p. 2), \"Takigawa Resigns. Fair Labor Board Executive Post\" (p. 3), \"Fire Causes Minor Damage\" (p. 3), \"Nakamura Works in Chicago War Plant; Says Conditions Fine\" (p. 3), \"Counselor's Office Ready to Accept Messages to Japan\" (p. 3), \"Topaz Youth Makes Trout Flies; Donates To Armed Forces\" (p. 3), \"Internment Camp For Families Not Ready Yet -- Myer. Transfer To Rejoin Interned Relatives In Texas Delayed\" (p. 3), \"Evacuees Leaving Urged to Apply For Ration Books\" (p. 6), \"Prompt Service Assured Evacuee Property Owners\" (p. 6).","extent":"1578W x 2066H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-119-34","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Minidoka Irrigator","id":"173"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"pdm","genre":"periodical","location":"Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"April 3, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-136-2","model":"segment","index":"7 182/{'value': 184, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-136-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-136-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yjoe-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yjoe-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Joe Yasutake Interview Segment 2","description":"Life in Crystal City internment camp, Texas: living quarters, shared facilities
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Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated much of the family history work. Jeni participated as a secondary interviewer during the group sessions, October 8-9, 2002.The group interview sessions were conducted in Seattle at the home of Tom Ikeda, executive director of Densho. The oldest Yasutake sibling, Reverend Seiichi Michael Yasutake, had passed away less than a year before the Densho interviewing, in December, 2001. The remaining siblings emphasized that his absence left a gap in their discussion of family history. In addition to Jeni Yamada and videographers Dana Hoshide and John Pai, also present during some portions of the group interview were Tom Ikeda, and Mitsuye Yamada's son Kai Yamada.","extent":"00:03:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-136-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":130,"namepart":"Joe Yasutake"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Department of Justice camps","id":"82"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","facility":[{"term":"Crystal City","id":"29"}],"creation":"October 9, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Joe Yasutake narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-yjoe-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-136-1","model":"segment","index":"8 183/{'value': 184, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-136-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-136-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yjoe-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yjoe-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Joe Yasutake Interview Segment 1","description":"Memories of Crystal City internment camp, Texas: \"I feel like I'm goin' to a prison.\"Joseph Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, William Toshio Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was also interviewed individually on October 9, 2002.
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