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While at Manzanar, joined the irrigation crew and took expeditons out in the hills surrounding camp to hike and fish. Signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to the Tule Lake Segregation Center."},{"id":"914","model":"narrator","index":"7 882/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/914/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/914/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-467_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-467_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/914/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ben Takeshita","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 2, 1930, in San Mateo, California. During World War II, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Due to parents' answers on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" transferred to Tule Lake when it was designated a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to San Mateo, and served with Military Intelligence in Japan and Korea during the Korean War. 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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":"01:42:12","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-259","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":413,"namepart":"Shig Miyaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Barbara Takei"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr009rb4n","namepart":"Miyaki, Shigeru"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Torrance, California","creation":"September 22, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shig Miyaki narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBarbara Takei interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Miyaki, Shigeru 88922nr009rb4n","download_large":"denshovh-mshig_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-47","model":"entity","index":"10 885/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-47/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtom-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtom-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tom Matsuoka Interview","description":"Kibei male. 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Involved in the Campaign for Justice, an effort to obtain redress for Japanese Latin Americans.","extent":"03:48:04","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-151","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":149,"namepart":"Art Shibayama"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"October 26, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Art Shibayama narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-sart-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-2-13","model":"entity","index":"12 887/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-13/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-2-13/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-2/ddr-csujad-2-13-mezzanine-8d6bc9b211-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-2/ddr-csujad-2-13-mezzanine-8d6bc9b211-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Evacuee Police to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, February 1, 1944","description":"Letter from Evacuee Police Force to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, requesting the release of Hiroyoshi Tsuda from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. 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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":"02:41:25","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-287","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":490,"namepart":"Masamizu Kitajima"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014jw5q","namepart":"Kitajima, Masamizu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"June 12, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Masamizu Kitajima narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Kitajima, Masamizu 88922nr014jw5q","download_large":"denshovh-kmasamizu-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"438","model":"narrator","index":"15 890/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/438/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/438/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_3.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_3.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/438/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Matsumoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 19, 1924, in San Francisco, California. At a young age, family moved to Ocean Park, California, where father ran a concession stand in an amusement park. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, had numerous jobs, including as part of the kitchen staff. In 1943, refused to answer the so-called \"loyalty questions\" and was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After being released from camp, resettled in Chicago, Illinois, before returning to California."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-2","model":"entity","index":"16 891/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1008-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-mgeorge-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George S. Matsui Interview","description":"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.
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After leaving camp, went to live at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, where father was a Buddhist priest. Eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois."},{"id":"984","model":"narrator","index":"18 893/{'value': 988, '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. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved to Walla Walla, Washington, and finished school. Remained in Walla Walla, eventually marrying and raising a family there."},{"id":"174","model":"narrator","index":"19 894/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/174/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/174/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/helaine.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/helaine.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/174/interviews/"},"display_name":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes","bio":"Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in many civic organizations such as the American Council on Race Relations. Later moved to Seattle, Washington, and worked for CAMP, the Central Area Motivation Program, the Model Cities program, and Public Health."},{"id":"576","model":"narrator","index":"20 895/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/576/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/576/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/utetsushi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/utetsushi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/576/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 7, 1925, in Sacramento, California. At a very young age, sent to Japan for several years. Returned at age six and lived with family in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Arboga Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred briefly to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving camp with the help of a Quaker group to work as a houseboy in Des Moines, Iowa, while attending high school. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service, and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation."},{"id":"652","model":"narrator","index":"21 896/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/652/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/652/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hgrace_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hgrace_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/652/interviews/"},"display_name":"Grace Hata","bio":"Nisei female. Born December 5, 1930, in Gardena, California. Grew up in Gardena where parents ran a restaurant. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested and taken away by the FBI. During mass removal, family was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and reunited with father. Following the Leave Clearance questionnaire in 1943, family transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and then repatriated to Japan. Grace lived and worked in Japan for a year and a half before returning to California, finishing school, and becoming a nurse."},{"id":"119","model":"narrator","index":"22 897/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/119/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/119/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ocharles.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ocharles.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/119/interviews/"},"display_name":"Charles Olds","bio":"White male. Born 1913 in Karuizawa, Japan, to missionary parents. Attended Canadian school in Kobe, Japan, before coming to the United States with his older brother. He attended the University of Chicago School of Social Work, then volunteered to work for the War Relocation Authority (WRA). He later worked as a relocation officer in the concentration camps in Poston, Arizona, and Tule Lake, California. Mr. Olds was inducted into the army in 1945."},{"id":"179","model":"narrator","index":"23 898/{'value': 988, '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":"391","model":"narrator","index":"24 899/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/391/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/391/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hedward.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hedward.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/391/interviews/"},"display_name":"Edward K. Honda","bio":"Sansei male. Born July 7, 1945, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Parents were from Hawaii, but father was picked up by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and mother went to rejoin him on the mainland. After leaving camp, lived briefly in New York City before returning to Hawaii, where parents separated. 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