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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":"01:25:38","links_children":"ddr-densho-1001-41","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":208,"namepart":"Grant Hirabayashi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"John de Chadenedes"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Bainbridge Island, Washington","creation":"July 27, 2008","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Grant Hirabayashi narrator \nJohn de Chadenedes interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-hgrant_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-119","model":"entity","index":"3 628/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-119/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-119/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-119-mezzanine-6650cb77fc-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-119-mezzanine-6650cb77fc-a.jpg"},"title":"Loyal American","description":"Keige Kaku was a U.S.-born citizen who served in the U.S. Army. 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Returned to medical school after military service and became a physician practicing in Ontario, Oregon."},{"id":"989","model":"narrator","index":"6 631/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/989/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/989/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-512_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-512_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/989/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank T. Sata","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 20, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a photographer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, transferring to Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Moved to Guadalupe, California, living in a Buddhist church for a time. Finished high school in Pasadena, California. Served in the U.S. Army, then worked for an electronics company before becoming an architect."},{"id":"1006","model":"narrator","index":"7 632/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1006/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1006/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-514_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-514_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1006/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jane Kurahara","bio":"Sansei female. Born February 16, 1941, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu where father worked as an insurance agent and mother was a teacher. Attended Punahou school. After World War II, attended Smith College and Columbia University before marrying and returning to Hawaii. Began career as a teacher and then switched to librarianship. Became involved in the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i and worked for many years to restore the wartime site of the U.S. Army internment camp at Honouliuli."},{"id":"51","model":"narrator","index":"8 633/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/51/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/51/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/51/interviews/"},"display_name":"George S. Matsui","bio":"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."},{"id":"847","model":"narrator","index":"9 634/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/847/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/847/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ytokio.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ytokio.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/847/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tokio Yamane","bio":"Kibei male. Born Born September 2, 1922, in Hawaii. Moved with family to Hiroshima at age three, then returned to the Fresno area of the U.S. for high school. During World War II, was sent to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. While at Jerome, refused to answer the so-called \"loyalty questions\" and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp when it became a segregation center. At the end of 1943, was involved in a confrontation with camp administrators and was severely beaten by War Relocation Officials and thrown in Tule Lake's stockade. While in the stockade, participated in a hunger strike, and later helped to organize young people's groups with the goal of going to Japan. Eventually renounced U.S. citizenship and was sent to the Santa Fe Department of Justice camp before expatriation to Japan. Remained in Japan after the war, working for the U.S. occupation army and then in private business."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-160","model":"entity","index":"10 635/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-160/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-160/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-160-mezzanine-52edd21b38-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-160-mezzanine-52edd21b38-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, September 12, 1946 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Masao Okine, who is stationed in Japan as a Nisei soldier to his parents, Seiichi and Ayame Okine. This letter is mailed via San Francisco, California by the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao writes about his visit to Hiroshima during the vacation. He meets Naoji Okine, Jokichi Yamanaka, Mr. Sasaki, Mr. Nakano, and other relatives. He reports about their well-being and harvesting rice in the following month. He also writes about his schedule for returning to the U.S. He is going to be transferred to Zama, Kanagawa, and return to Yokohama, Kanagawa. From Yokohama, he is going to board a ship to return to the U.S, arriving at the end of the month. He assumes that this letter is his last letter from Japan. The handwritten notes on the backside of the envelope read: Arrived on September 16, 1946, this letter is the last [in Japanese]. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_11_001","extent":"2 pages, 6.25 x 9 inches, handwritten; 1 envelope","links_children":"ddr-csujad-5-160","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Okine, Masao"}],"topics":[{"term":"Military service -- Post-World War II service","id":"297"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"},{"term":"Japan -- Post-World War II","id":"165"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Family","id":"46"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"}],"format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"correspondence","location":"Yokohama, Kanagawa","creation":"9/12/1946","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Okine, Masao author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-5-160-mezzanine-52edd21b38-a.jpg"},{"id":"1082","model":"narrator","index":"11 636/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1082/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1082/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-543_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-543_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1082/interviews/"},"bio":"Nisei male. Born February 16, 1934, in Anaheim, California. Grew up in Selma, California, where parents ran a restaurant. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Family returned to the Selma area after leaving camp. Mr. Ogata attended California State University Fresno and served in the army. Became a high school art teacher and also a studio artist, focusing on painting and ceramics. During the redress movement, received a commission from the JACL to make ceramic plates for select U.S. congresspeople.","display_name":"","title":""},{"id":"ddr-pc-14-12","model":"entity","index":"12 637/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-14-12/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-14-12/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-14/ddr-pc-14-12-mezzanine-c7af22eea0-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-14/ddr-pc-14-12-mezzanine-c7af22eea0-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 9 (July 30, 1942)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Citizens May Leave Relocation Centers Under New Program. 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(3/48 - 8/51) *Oiler & fireman water tender on USNS Freeman for U.S. Coast Guard (8/51 - 6/53) (Operating Engineer and plumber at VA Hospital in Seattle, WA (6/53 - 3/78) *Retired at 62 years old.\"","extent":"1.375W x 2.375H","links_children":"ddr-densho-477-25","topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Family","id":"46"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Isoshima, Takeo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"photograph","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Isoshima, Takeo","download_large":"ddr-densho-477-25-mezzanine-42b6371c92-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-477-27","model":"entity","index":"17 642/{'value': 713, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-27/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-477-27/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-477/ddr-densho-477-27-mezzanine-38fd21e565-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-477/ddr-densho-477-27-mezzanine-38fd21e565-a.jpg"},"title":"Man in front of car","description":"Photograph of Takeo Isoshima in a black hat leaning against a car. 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