(This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. The interviews therefore focused primarily on a single topic, namely, the narrator's role in the redress movement.)","extent":"00:52:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-44","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":50,"namepart":"William Marutani"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Gary Kawaguchi"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zq9m","namepart":"Marutani, William Masaharu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"University of CA, Los Angeles","creation":"September 11, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"William Marutani narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nGary Kawaguchi interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer Marutani, William Masaharu 88922nr015zq9m","download_large":"denshovh-mwilliam-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-7","model":"entity","index":"1 501/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-7/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-uharry-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-uharry-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Harry Ueno Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. Accused of beating up a suspected government informant and was placed in jail, sparking the so-called \"Manzanar Riot.\" Was moved to various jails and the Citizen Isolation Centers Leupp, Arizona, and Moab, Utah, before being reunited with his family in Tule Lake Segregation Center. After release from camp, moved to the Santa Clara Valley, raised three children, and became a farmer.
(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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Since its creation in 2003, Digital Histories has provided a professional and artistic work environment for underserved, ethnic-minority seniors in the Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American community. Past documentary projects have focused on issues such as discovering and preserving family histories, coming to terms with a gay child, and senior love and dating.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-85.","extent":"00:08:00","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-85","creators":[{"role":"Director","namepart":"Nagell, Mitsuko"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps","id":"65"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Nagell, Mitsuko"},{"namepart":"Iwasaki, Frank"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"2006","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Nagell, Mitsuko Director Nagell, Mitsuko \nIwasaki, Frank","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-85-mezzanine-79e8b16415-a.jpg"},{"id":"84","model":"narrator","index":"3 503/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/84/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/84/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ssarah.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ssarah.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/84/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sarah Sato","bio":"Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was expatriated to Japan. Regained U.S. citizenship and returned to the United States."},{"id":"983","model":"narrator","index":"4 504/{'value': 574, '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. Grew up in Mosier, Oregon, 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 eventually married and farmed there."},{"id":"398","model":"narrator","index":"5 505/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/398/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/398/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hbill_3.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hbill_3.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/398/interviews/"},"display_name":"Bill Hirabayashi","bio":"Nisei male. 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":"558","model":"narrator","index":"6 506/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/558/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/558/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yed.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yed.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/558/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ed Yoshikawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 30, 1925, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Michigan. Drafted into the military and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. After military discharge, moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and established a career with Munsingwear."},{"id":"692","model":"narrator","index":"7 507/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/692/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/692/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kgeorge_3.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kgeorge_3.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/692/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Katagiri","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 22, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland where parents ran a small grocery store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, was drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Eventually returned to Portland and became a teacher and school administrator."},{"id":"864","model":"narrator","index":"8 508/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/864/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/864/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmisa.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tmisa.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/864/interviews/"},"display_name":"Misa Taketa","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the South Park area, south of Seattle, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Ontario, Oregon, for a time, before living in Philadelphia and then moving to San Jose, California."},{"id":"771","model":"narrator","index":"9 509/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/771/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/771/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sjoe_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sjoe_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/771/interviews/"},"display_name":"Joe Seto","bio":"Nisei male. Born 1924 in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma, where father worked for a produce business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work harvesting sugar beets for a sugar company. Drafted into the army in 1945. After the war, established a successful career studying the influenza virus."},{"id":"1084","model":"narrator","index":"10 510/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1084/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1084/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-547_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-547_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1084/interviews/"},"display_name":"Misa (Oiye) Mihara","bio":"Sansei female. Born November 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, where parents ran a restaurant. Spent early years at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, where family was held. After leaving camp, moved to Seattle, Washington. Became an accomplished violinist, performing at an early age. Studied music at the University of Washington, then went on to become a music teacher in the Seattle Public Schools."},{"id":"63","model":"narrator","index":"11 511/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/63/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/63/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mrichard.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mrichard.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/63/interviews/"},"display_name":"Richard Murakami","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 18, 1914, in Nemah, Washington. His family owned and operated Eagle Oyster Packing Company in Nahcotta, Washington. Incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Nemah following the war, where his family had to fight to get the company back. Eventually, sold the business to Coast Oyster Company and stayed on as a manager."},{"id":"94","model":"narrator","index":"12 512/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/94/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/94/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tayame.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tayame.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/94/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ayame Tsutakawa","bio":"Kibei female. Born May 23, 1924, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. Sent to Japan to live with a relative when thirteen months old. Returned to United States and mother when twelve years old. Incarcerated at Sacramento Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California. Resettled in Sacramento, California. Married George Tsutakawa, renowned artist, and moved to Seattle, Washington."},{"id":"646","model":"narrator","index":"13 513/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/646/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/646/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/plarry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/plarry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/646/interviews/"},"display_name":"Larry R. Pacheco","bio":"White male. Born November 4, 1922, in San Jose, California. Drafted into the military after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, served as a military police guard at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shipped overseas, and was captured in France as a prisoner of war and held in Germany. After completing military service, returned to San Jose."},{"id":"43","model":"narrator","index":"14 514/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/43/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/43/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kminoru.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kminoru.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/43/interviews/"},"display_name":"Minoru Kiyota","bio":"Kibei male, born October 12, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Raised primarily in San Francisco, California, spending four years in Hiratsuka, Japan. Was incarcerated with his family at Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Refused to sign the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" and as a consequence was moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center, California. In Tule, he renounced his U.S. citizenship in protest of the incarceration his treatment in camp, and the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" Shortly thereafter he regretted his actions and attempted to rescind his decision. (It would be ten years before he would regain his citizenship.) After being released from Tule Lake in March 1946 he accepted a scholarship to College of the Ozarks, Arkansas, transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, and then served overseas in the U.S. Air Force Intelligence during the Korean War until his renunciation was discovered. After being dismissed from the air force he stayed in Japan, earning a master's and doctorate degree from Tokyo University. Published an autobiographical work in Japan entitled \"Nikkei hangyakuji,\" which was translated into English as \"Beyond Loyalty: The Story of a Kibei.\""},{"id":"623","model":"narrator","index":"15 515/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/623/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/623/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gnancy.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gnancy.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/623/interviews/"},"display_name":"Nancy Nakata Gohata","bio":"Sansei female. Born October 16, 1940, in Compton, California. As an infant, taken with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the government issued the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for ten years at a farm labor camp on an island outside of Stockton. Eventually ended up living in the San Fernando Valley, and became very active with the Japanese American Citizens League."},{"id":"179","model":"narrator","index":"16 516/{'value': 574, '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":"384","model":"narrator","index":"17 517/{'value': 574, '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":"402","model":"narrator","index":"18 518/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/402/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/402/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ygeorge_3.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ygeorge_3.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/402/interviews/"},"display_name":"George M. Yoshino","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Grew up in Bellevue, where parents operated a farm. 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":"ddr-densho-1000-59","model":"entity","index":"19 519/{'value': 574, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-59/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-59/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomio Moriguchi Interview I","description":"Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with his seven brothers and sisters -- prior to and while attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary, Garfield High School, and the University of Washington. Worked at the Boeing Company before leaving to help run Uwajimaya, becoming CEO and President of Uwajimaya in 1965. In addition, served and held leadership positions in more than 40 civic, social, and professional organizations, and has received numerous honors and awards from both the Nikkei community, and the non-Nikkei mainstream. 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