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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":"03:07:05","links_children":"ddr-densho-1001-40","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":151,"namepart":"Roy H. Matsumoto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"John de Chadenedes"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zs43","namepart":"Matsumoto, Roy Hiroshi"}],"contributor":"Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Bainbridge Island, Washington","creation":"September 6, 2008","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roy H. 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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":"02:59:42","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-289","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":506,"namepart":"Bruce T. Kaji"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr009j78q","namepart":"Kaji, Teruo Bruce"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"July 28, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bruce T. Kaji narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Kaji, Teruo Bruce 88922nr009j78q","download_large":"denshovh-kbruce-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-jamsj-2-14-6","model":"segment","index":"11 61/{'value': 104, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-14-6/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-jamsj-2-14-6/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-jamsj-2/denshovh-gjean-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-jamsj-2/denshovh-gjean-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Jean Shiraki Gize Interview Segment 6","description":"Uncle's U.S. military service during World War I
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":"00:05:39","links_children":"ddr-jamsj-2-14-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":571,"namepart":"Jean Shiraki Gize"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Steve Fugita"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of San Jose Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Jose, California","creation":"May 24, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Jean Shiraki Gize narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nSteve Fugita interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-gjean-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-janm-13-1","model":"entity","index":"12 62/{'value': 104, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-janm-13-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-janm-13/denshovh-krichard-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-janm-13/denshovh-krichard-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Richard Kosaki Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in the 1950s before taking a position at the University of Hawaii at Manoa as an assistant professor. Worked in Washington, D.C., on Lyndon Johnson's presidential campaign. Was instrumental in establishing Hawaii's system of community colleges, notably the Hawaii Tokai International College. Dr. Kosaki is currently the Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is a senior consultant for the Japanese American National Museum's International Nikkei Research Project.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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Mr. Shiosaki fought in Europe, then returned to Spokane where he finished his degree at Gonzaga, and started his career and family.
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