(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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The chance discovery of the nearly forgotten photos has yielded a new book with a haunting insider's view of the interment camps where more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans were held captive during World War II.\" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_npc_0025","extent":"black and white, 7.5 x 10.5 inches","links_children":"ddr-csujad-52-21","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Associated Press"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Living conditions","id":"67"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California","rights":"nocc","genre":"photograph","location":"Manzanar, California","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Associated Press publisher","download_large":"ddr-csujad-52-21-mezzanine-29f76c9f60-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-4-1238","model":"entity","index":"4 1079/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1238/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-4-1238/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1238-master-1b45135c10-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1238-master-1b45135c10-a.jpg"},"title":"Two photographs of Yukio Ozaki and his house on fire","description":"Caption on reverse [translation]: \"Old man escapes from burning Fuunkaku. 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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":"01:46:06","links_children":"ddr-one-7-66","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":782,"namepart":"Yoshimitsu Suyematsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zt32","namepart":"Suyematsu, Yoshimitsu"}],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Ontario, Oregon","creation":"April 22, 2014","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yoshimitsu Suyematsu narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Suyematsu, Yoshimitsu 88922nr015zt32","download_large":"denshovh-syoshimitsu-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-49","model":"entity","index":"7 1082/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-49/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-7-49/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-ishig-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-ishig-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Shig Imai Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born January 16, 1920, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, a former sawmill town, where father worked for the Oregon Lumber Company. Shig went to live in Japan for three years at the age of seven before World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the U.S. Army and eventually served with the medical administrative corps. After service, returned to the Hood River area.
(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":"01:49:52","links_children":"ddr-one-7-49","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":756,"namepart":"Shig Imai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Linda Tamura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Joshin Yamada and Thomas Coulter"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hood River, Oregon","creation":"October 30, 2013","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shig Imai narrator \nLinda Tamura interviewer \nJoshin Yamada and Thomas Coulter videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ishig-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1011-1","model":"entity","index":"8 1083/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1011-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1011-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1011/denshovh-sbill-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1011/denshovh-sbill-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Bill Shishima Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born December 24, 1930, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California where parents ran a successful grocery store business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, became involved in Boy Scouts activities. Left camp and returned to California, then was drafted into the army. After service, returned to Los Angeles and became a teacher.
(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":"00:40:14","links_children":"ddr-densho-1011-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":642,"namepart":"Bill Hiroshi Shishima"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Raechel Donahue"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0116372","namepart":"Shishima, Hiroshi"}],"contributor":"Raechel Donahue and Garrett Lindemann Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"California","creation":"2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bill Hiroshi Shishima narrator \nRaechel Donahue interviewer Shishima, Hiroshi 88922nr0116372","download_large":"denshovh-sbill-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1010-1","model":"entity","index":"9 1084/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1010-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1010-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1010/denshovh-wlouie-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1010/denshovh-wlouie-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Louie Watanabe Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born August 22, 1925, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove, where parents owned and operated a restaurant and rooming house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Chicago, Illinois, and worked in various places, including Colorado Springs and Oklahoma City. Eventually returned to Walnut Grove, and currently resides in Sacramento, California.
(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":"02:48:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1010-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":423,"namepart":"Louie Watanabe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Jill Shiraki"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr007hb8w","namepart":"Watanabe, Louie Mitsuru"}],"contributor":"Preserving California's Japantowns Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Sacramento, California","creation":"December 8, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Louie Watanabe narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJill Shiraki interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Watanabe, Louie Mitsuru 88922nr007hb8w","download_large":"denshovh-wlouie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1006-2","model":"entity","index":"10 1085/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1006-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1006/denshovh-kshizuko-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1006/denshovh-kshizuko-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Went with parents to Japan in 1930, and attended school there. Returned to Canada in 1940 and married before being removed to Hastings Park and then Tashme, in Canada's interior. After leaving Tashme, moved to Toronto, where husband worked for the consul-general's office. Adopted two children. Became involved in the Ikenobo Society, and went to Japan to study ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arranging. Involved along with husband in the establishment of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto in the 1950s.
(This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.)","extent":"02:04:18","links_children":"ddr-densho-1006-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":198,"namepart":"Shizuko Kadoguchi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Peter Wakayama"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Peter Wakayama"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Toronto, Ontario, Canada","creation":"February 15, 2005","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shizuko Kadoguchi narrator \nPeter Wakayama interviewer \nPeter Wakayama videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kshizuko-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-401","model":"entity","index":"11 1086/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-401/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-401/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hjohn_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hjohn_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"John Y. Hayakawa Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Jose, California, where father ran a farm. Was an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League and helped to run the San Jose office after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After the war, returned to San Jose.
(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":"02:16:12","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-401","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":650,"namepart":"John Y. Hayakawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0051w00","namepart":"Hayakawa, Yoneo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Jose, California","creation":"March 21, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"John Y. Hayakawa narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Hayakawa, Yoneo 88922nr0051w00","download_large":"denshovh-hjohn_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-537","model":"entity","index":"12 1087/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-537/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-537/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-537-1-mezzanine-05c0123557-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-537-1-mezzanine-05c0123557-a.jpg"},"title":"Lon Inaba Interview","description":"Sansei male. Born September 15, 1955, in Yakima, Washington. Grew up in the Yakima area, where several generations of family members had run a farm since before World War II. Prior to the war, since Japanese immigrants were barred from purchasing land, Lon's grandfather and great-grandfather had leased land from the Yakama Indian tribe. After they were sent to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, during the war, they returned and continued farming, again with the support of the Yakama Nation. Lon earned a degree in agricultural engineering, and after working for a time on the Hanford nuclear reservation, returned to take over the farm with family members. In 2021, the family made the decision to sell Inaba Produce Farms to the Yakama Nation.","extent":"2:17:27","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-537","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":1052,"namepart":"Lon Inaba"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Yuka Murakami"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Wapato, Washington","creation":"May 27, 2023","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Lon Inaba narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nYuka Murakami videographer","download_large":"ddr-densho-1000-537-1-mezzanine-05c0123557-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-195","model":"entity","index":"13 1088/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-195/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-195/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-eseiko-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-eseiko-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Seiko Edamatsu Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born July 18, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown) where parents ran the U.S. Hotel. Attended Bailey Gatzert Grade School and Washington Junior High School before moving to North Seattle with older siblings to operate a produce stand. Graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1937 and worked as a waitress at the Tokyo Cafe until 1941. Moved to Spokane, Washington, as part of the \"voluntary evacuation\" period in March 1942. Married husband Ed Edamatsu in 1944 and worked as a domestic until retirement.
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