(William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002.
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":"04:04:06","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-138","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":131,"namepart":"Tosh Yasutake"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"November 14, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tosh Yasutake narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ytosh-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-140","model":"entity","index":"2 3277/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-140/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-140/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-fmitsu-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-fmitsu-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Mitsu Fukui Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born September 21, 1911, in Seattle, Washington. Had a younger sister and three younger brothers. Father, Riichiro Fukano, employed by Oriental Trading Company as a bookkeeper in Seattle, before operating a dry cleaning business. Mother, Kiyono (Miyama) Fukano, a seamstress. Learned dressmaking from mother, and helped in the shop. Family lived upstairs above the shop, in a neighborhood with few Japanese American families. Paternal grandfather and grandmother joined the household and lived with them for eleven years before returning to Japan. Father served many years as secretary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Mother served as president of Buddhist Women's Association. Graduated from Lincoln High School in 1930, attended University of Washington one year, and attended school in Japan one year. While living in Fukuoka Ken, served as interpreter for Charles Lindbergh, Yasha Heifetz, and other notable visitors. Married William Owari Fukui, an Issei, in 1936. Husband also in dry cleaning business. Son born 1939. Moved back to parents' house, along with her husband and son, in order to be together with her mother and brothers, when incarcerated in Puyallup Assembly Center in May, 1942. Father had been picked up earlier by FBI, after December 7, 1941, detained and interned separately. Incarcerated in Minidoka concentration camp. Son attended nursery school in Minidoka while she and husband worked. Released on indefinite leave in 1944 with husband and son, to relocate in Detroit, MI. Car vandalized and burglarized in Minidoka camp, during their drive back to Seattle in 1945. Protested lack of assistance from Minidoka concentration camp staff. With husband, started another dry cleaning business in Seattle, overcoming discrimination in financing. Retired from dry cleaning business. Did volunteer work for Children's Hospital in Seattle for over 30 years and provided home care for two and a half years for her husband who suffered from a severe stroke. After his death, she provided volunteer services at Seattle Keiro for six and a half years.","extent":"03:11:34","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-140","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":133,"namepart":"Mitsu Fukui"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006n532","namepart":"Fukui, Mitsu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 18 & 19, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mitsu Fukui narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Fukui, Mitsu 88922nr006n532","download_large":"denshovh-fmitsu-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-24-60","model":"entity","index":"3 3278/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-60/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-24-60/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-24/ddr-csujad-24-60-mezzanine-136add77c1-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-24/ddr-csujad-24-60-mezzanine-136add77c1-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, February 21, 1979 and February 22, 1979","description":"Two letters from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin. In the first letter, dated February 21, 1979, Weglyn criticizes a piece of writing Chin sent to Weglyn and others for their feedback. Weglyn refers to the piece as Chin's \"'Dear Senator Sam' letter.\" One of her primary criticisms is that Weglyn feels Chin is not hard enough of former U.S. Senator H.I. Hayakawa. Weglyn suggests a variety of changes for the piece. In the second letter, dated February 22, 1979, Weglyn apologizes for the tone of her first letter but still encourages changes. These letters are likely referring to draft of an open letter that Frank Chin wrote criticizing Senator Hayakawa that was published in the \"Washington Post\" on May 9, 1979. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_04_002","extent":"5 pages, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-24-60","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Weglyn, Michi, 1926-"}],"topics":[{"term":"Redress and reparations -- Mobilizing and organizing the community","id":"111"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library","rights":"nocc","genre":"correspondence","creation":"1979-02-21; 1979-02-22","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Weglyn, Michi, 1926- author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-24-60-mezzanine-136add77c1-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-29-9","model":"entity","index":"4 3279/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-9/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-29-9/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-9-mezzanine-2e93ea250e-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-9-mezzanine-2e93ea250e-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 9 (March 1, 1957)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Noted Oregonians Honored for Wartime Service to Nisei, JACL\" (p. 1); Bill Hosokawa Promoted Post's Exec. News Ed\" (p. 1); Shonien 'red carp,' JACL 'pinwheel' on L.A. museum exhibit\" (p. 1); No. Calif. Japanese Americans launch $5,000 campaign for Immigration Museum\" (p. 1); \"Issei, Nisei, Sansei...Sensei\" (p. 2); \"Seek central camp in Orange County for Japan farm laborers\" (p. 3); \"Salt Lake JACL supports civil rights bill pending before Utah legislature\" (p. 3); \"Disneyland Hotel Reserved for Pacific Southwest Convention\" (p. 4); \"Repeal of Washington State Alien Land Law Motted by JACL\" (p. 5); \"JATB Travelers slap Zebras with 82-71 loss before over 500\" (p. 6); \"Bill Kajikawa resigns head basketball mentor post at Arizona State College\" (p. 6); \"Taul Watanabe in Japan sizing up new enterprises\" (p. 8); \"Ex-Tule Lake head to install cabinet at Santa Barbara\" (p. 8); \"Senate to vote on civil rights bill\" (p. 8); \"Honor new citizens at Snake River fete\" (p. 8)","extent":"11W x 17H","links_children":"ddr-pc-29-9","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Civil rights","id":"234"},{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Politics -- Lobbying","id":"238"},{"term":"Arts and literature -- Visual arts","id":"180"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- California","id":"271"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Oregon","id":"284"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington","id":"290"},{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Community activities -- Sports","id":"24"},{"term":"Industry and employment -- Journalism","id":"360"},{"term":"Redress and reparations -- Mobilizing and organizing the community","id":"111"},{"term":"Reflections on the past -- Exhibitions","id":"394"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"03/01/1957","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-29-9-mezzanine-2e93ea250e-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-10-1","model":"entity","index":"5 3280/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-10-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-10/ddr-densho-10-1-mezzanine-c85f8d0f91-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-10/ddr-densho-10-1-mezzanine-c85f8d0f91-a.jpg"},"title":"Nisei soldier and the staff of the Minidoka Irrigator","description":"T-Sergeant Ben Kuroki (center front), a famous Nisei war hero, poses with the staff of the Minidoka Irrigator, the Minidoka concentration camp newspaper. Front (left to right): Mitsu Yasuda, Cherry Tanaka, Ben Kuroki, Kimi Tambara, and Kerry Soejima. Middle: Mitsuko Miyoshi, unidentified, Sachi Yasui, Miye Takatsuka, Masako Tsujikawa, and Watson Asaba. Back: Johnny Okamoto, Peter Ohtaki, Hideo Hoshide, Hiro Nishimoto, Ben Matsumoto, and Hank Hirabayashi. The Minidoka Irrigator, a weekly paper, ran from September 10, 1942, through July 28, 1945, and contained news about the camp and of the war when Nisei began enlisting. Japanese Americans with a background in journalism worked on the Minidoka Irrigator and were paid $16 per month. Because Japanese Americans were not allowed to have cameras or radios, all photographs for the newspaper were camp sanctioned. The paper was published in the city of Jerome, under the supervision of the WRA. A copy of each issue was sent to Washington, D.C.","extent":"2240W x 1576H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-10-1","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Minidoka Irrigator","id":"173"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Work and jobs","id":"76"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Yasuda, Mitsu"},{"namepart":"Tanaka, Cherry"},{"namepart":"Kuroki, Ben"},{"namepart":"Tambara, Kimi"},{"namepart":"Soejima, Kerry"},{"namepart":"Miyoshi, Mitsuko"},{"namepart":"Yasui, Sachi"},{"namepart":"Takatsuka, Miye"},{"namepart":"Tsujikawa, Masako"},{"namepart":"Asaba, Watson"},{"namepart":"Okamoto, Johnny"},{"namepart":"Ohtaki, Peter"},{"namepart":"Hoshide, Hideo"},{"namepart":"Nishimoto, Hiro"},{"namepart":"Matsumoto, Ben"},{"namepart":"Hirabayashi, Hank"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"pcc","genre":"photograph","location":"Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"c.1944","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yasuda, Mitsu \nTanaka, Cherry \nKuroki, Ben \nTambara, Kimi \nSoejima, Kerry \nMiyoshi, Mitsuko \nYasui, Sachi \nTakatsuka, Miye \nTsujikawa, Masako \nAsaba, Watson \nOkamoto, Johnny \nOhtaki, Peter \nHoshide, Hideo \nNishimoto, Hiro \nMatsumoto, Ben \nHirabayashi, Hank","download_large":"ddr-densho-10-1-mezzanine-c85f8d0f91-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-10-4","model":"entity","index":"6 3281/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-10-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-10/ddr-densho-10-4-mezzanine-15a9676cbd-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-10/ddr-densho-10-4-mezzanine-15a9676cbd-a.jpg"},"title":"The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator","description":"People of various ages worked on the Minidoka Irrigator, the newspaper of the Minidoka concentration camp. Issei were in charge of writing the Japanese section of the newspaper, for those who did not understand English. The Nisei concentrated on stories in English. Front (left to right): Kimi Tambara, Cherry Tanaka, and Mitsu Yasuda. Middle: Miyuki Inouye and Kerry Soejima. Back: Takako Matsumoto, Sachi Yasui, and unidentified. The Minidoka Irrigator, a weekly paper, ran from September 10, 1942, through July 28, 1945, and contained news about the camp and of the war when Nisei began enlisting. Japanese Americans with a background in journalism worked on the Minidoka Irrigator and were paid $16 per month. Because Japanese Americans were not allowed to have cameras or radios, all photographs for the newspaper were camp sanctioned. The paper was published in the city of Jerome, under the supervision of the WRA. A copy of each issue was sent to Washington, D.C.","extent":"1166W x 2240H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-10-4","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Minidoka Irrigator","id":"173"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Work and jobs","id":"76"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Tambara, Kimi"},{"namepart":"Tanaka, Cherry"},{"namepart":"Yasuida, Mitsu"},{"namepart":"Inouye, Miyuki"},{"namepart":"Soejima, Kerry"},{"namepart":"Matsumoto, Takako"},{"namepart":"Yasui, Sachi"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"pcc","genre":"photograph","location":"Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"c.1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tambara, Kimi \nTanaka, Cherry \nYasuida, Mitsu \nInouye, Miyuki \nSoejima, Kerry \nMatsumoto, Takako \nYasui, Sachi","download_large":"ddr-densho-10-4-mezzanine-15a9676cbd-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-1-473","model":"entity","index":"7 3282/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-473/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-1-473/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-1/ddr-njpa-1-473-mezzanine-4bba8f6c0c-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-1/ddr-njpa-1-473-mezzanine-4bba8f6c0c-a.jpg"},"title":"Newspaper clipping regarding Joseph Grew","description":"Caption on front [translation]: \"Ambassador Grew Won't Come Back After Returning to the US? 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[Stamped] January 16, 1941.\"","extent":"2.75W x 3.5H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-1-473","format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Grew, Joseph"}],"contributor":"Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"clipping","creation":"January 16, 1941","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Grew, Joseph","download_large":"ddr-njpa-1-473-mezzanine-4bba8f6c0c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-sjacl-2-34","model":"entity","index":"8 3283/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-2-34/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-sjacl-2-34/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-sjacl-2/ddr-sjacl-2-34-1-mezzanine-8283041c74-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-sjacl-2/ddr-sjacl-2-34-1-mezzanine-8283041c74-a.jpg"},"title":"In Memory of Cherry Kinoshita Interview","description":"In this interview, Ana Tanaka and Joy Misako St. Germain interviewed Dr. Kyle Kinoshita to discuss Kinoshita's mother's, the late Cherry Kinoshita and Kyle Kinoshita's contributions to the JACL and the JA community. \"Keep Your Eyes on the Prize,\" could well have been Cherry Kinoshita's mantra. She was the linchpin in the Seattle JACL and National JACL's effort to achieve redress for the WWII injustices wrought upon Japanese Americans. Densho described her as one of the \"Five Bad Ass Japanese American Women that You Probably Didn't Learn About in History Class.\" A tireless, indefatigable fighter, she was also a gentle thoughtful strategist. Cherry Kinoshita was a recipient of a 2004 Washington State Jefferson Award, as well as awards from National JACL and the Emperor of Japan, bestowed by Seattle's Japanese consulate. Her son, Dr. Kyle Kinoshita, continued his mother's quest for social justice and equity in his profession in the education field and his ongoing volunteer work in a myriad of community activities.","extent":"1:05:45","links_children":"ddr-sjacl-2-34","creators":[{"role":"narrator","id":1046,"namepart":"Dr. Kyle Kinoshita"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Brent Seto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Joy Misako St. Germain"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Kinoshita, Cherry"}],"contributor":"Seattle JACL","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","creation":"2-Mar-22","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dr. Kyle Kinoshita narrator \nBrent Seto interviewer \nJoy Misako St. Germain interviewer Kinoshita, Cherry","download_large":"ddr-sjacl-2-34-1-mezzanine-8283041c74-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-8","model":"entity","index":"9 3284/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-haiko-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-haiko-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Aiko Herzig Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), the three coram nobis cases. Consultant to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exhibition. \"A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution\"; and consultant for the Justice Department's Office of Redress Administration.(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. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:52:29","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-8","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":18,"namepart":"Herzig-Yoshinaga, Aiko"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Witt Mons"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr009rk47","namepart":"Miyazaki, Aiko"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"March 20, 1994","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Herzig-Yoshinaga, Aiko narrator \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Witt Mons videographer Miyazaki, Aiko 88922nr009rk47","download_large":"denshovh-haiko-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-6","model":"entity","index":"10 3285/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-6/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-6/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-kmits-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-kmits-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Mits Koshiyama Interview","description":"Nisei male. 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Born April 28, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Had some key childhood experiences with discrimination that made him a self-described, \"independent thinker,\" and later, an influential figure in the Japanese American community. While a teenager in camp, he wrote and defended an essay criticizing the United States' treatment of racial minorities. His teacher refused to accept his paper, resulting in a failed grade and preventing him from graduating. Postwar, served in the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps, where he was privy to classified documents detailing the placement of spies in the incarceration camps. After leaving the military, he worked at the Boeing Company, where he fought against discriminatory workplace practices. 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Induction Delayed at Least 10 Days, Report in Washington, D.C., Discloses\" (p. 1), \"Boost Hawaii Army Quota\" (p. 2), \"Urge Study Of Japanese\" (p. 2), \"Forming of Volunteers' Organizations Suggested\" (p. 3), \"Contracts Readied for Beet Thinning Season\" (p. 3), \"Vindication of WRA Policy\" (p. 4), \"Evacuees Must Show Property Disposal Plans\" (p. 6), \"WRA Field Supervisors To Aid in Fulfilling Requests of Owners\" (p. 6), \"New Utah Office Created To Aid Employers Seeking Evacuee Labor\" (p. 6).","extent":"1527W x 2023H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-119-33","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":"March 27, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-119-33-mezzanine-30caf8d9ca-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-122-10","model":"entity","index":"20 3295/{'value': 3434, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-10/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-122-10/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-kmits-03-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-kmits-03-a.jpg"},"title":"Mits Koshiyama Interview","description":"Nisei male. 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