(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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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":"02:32:49","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-405","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":654,"namepart":"Kiwamu \"Kiyo\" Tsuchida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr004qx15","namepart":"Tsuchida, Kiwamu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"April 24, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kiwamu \"Kiyo\" Tsuchida narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Tsuchida, Kiwamu 88922nr004qx15","download_large":"denshovh-tkiwamu-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-175","model":"entity","index":"5 1130/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-175/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-175/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yjames-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yjames-01-a.jpg"},"title":"James Yamazaki Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born July 6, 1916. Grew up in the Los Angeles area, where father was a Buddhist minister. Attended medical school before World War II. During the war, served in the U.S. Army as a doctor with the 106th Infantry Division in Europe. Captured during the Battle of the Bulge and was held in several prisoner of war camps in Germany. After returning to the U.S., worked as a pediatrician for a time before moving to Japan to study the effects of the atomic bombings on children in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(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":"04:44:15","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-175","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":194,"namepart":"James Yamazaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Carl Wakamoto"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Van Nuys, California","creation":"February 4, 2005","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James Yamazaki narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nCarl Wakamoto videographer","download_large":"denshovh-yjames-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-11","model":"entity","index":"6 1131/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-11/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-11/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hjunkoh-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hjunkoh-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Junkoh Harui Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born June 23, 1933, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. His family built and operated Bainbridge Gardens, 27 acres of meticulously landscaped property, with a nursery, grocery store and gas station. At the onset of World War II, family moved to Moses Lake to avoid being incarcerated where they farmed and lived amidst a fairly hostile larger community. Following the war, they returned to Bainbridge Island to find most of their business and property ruined from neglect and pilfering. His parents worked to rebuild it, while Mr. Harui began his own floral shop and landscape business. Eventually, Mr. Harui returned to Bainbridge Gardens and helped restore it to a thriving nursery and testimony to his family's perseverance.
(This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.)","extent":"01:55:07","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-11","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":13,"namepart":"Junkoh Harui"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Donna Harui"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Bainbridge Island, Washington","creation":"July 31, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Junkoh Harui narrator \nDonna Harui interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer","download_large":"denshovh-hjunkoh-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-290","model":"entity","index":"7 1132/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-290/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-290/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-htakashi_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-htakashi_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Takashi Hoshizaki Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born October 3, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents owned and operated a produce store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, decided to resist the draft, and attended meetings of the Fair Play Committee. Tried for draft resistance, and served two years at the McNeil Island federal penitentiary. After the war, was pardoned by President Truman along with all of the other Japanese American wartime draft resisters.
(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":"02:58:45","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-290","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":505,"namepart":"Takashi Hoshizaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Jim Gatewood"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr008p54j","namepart":"Hoshizaki, Takashi"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"July 28, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Takashi Hoshizaki narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJim Gatewood interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Hoshizaki, Takashi 88922nr008p54j","download_large":"denshovh-htakashi_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-262","model":"entity","index":"8 1133/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-262/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-262/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-smarian-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-smarian-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Marian Shingu Sata Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born August 31, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Gardena, where father was a prominent community leader and principal of the Japanese language school. During World War II, removed with family to the Stockton Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp along with a group of Japanese American families to establish farms in Arkansas. Attended Little Rock High School before returning with family to Pasadena, California. After World War II, involved with the Japanese American community in Pasadena.
(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":"02:01:09","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-262","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":416,"namepart":"Marian Shingu Sata"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0079g1z","namepart":"Shingu, Tayeko Marian"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"September 23, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Marian Shingu Sata narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Shingu, Tayeko Marian 88922nr0079g1z","download_large":"denshovh-smarian-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-55-678","model":"entity","index":"9 1134/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-678/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-55-678/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-55/ddr-csujad-55-678-mezzanine-4330729b6a-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-55/ddr-csujad-55-678-mezzanine-4330729b6a-a.jpg"},"title":"Procedure in obtaining indefinite leave","description":"Procedures for incarcerees seeking \"indefinite leave\" from Heart Mountain incarceration camp. 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John writes about the uncertainty of his future and about forms that the United States Army are requiring them to sign so that they may see where the prisoners \"stand.\" [Likely the loyalty questionnaire.] John includes a drawings of himself getting hurt, gymnastics, and two boys running. He concludes by enclosing $1.57, asking Harold to send him some pictures, and asks about Harold's dimensions.","extent":"Letter: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)\\nPhotograph: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. 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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":"01:12:54","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-119","model":"entity","index":"12 1137/{'value': 1655, '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. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he was abruptly discharged and sent to Poston. Outraged by the betrayal, Keige refused to answer the infamous “loyalty questionnaire” and was sent to Tule Lake. He ultimately renounced his citizenship and was deported to Japan, where Henry was born. The film follows Henry as he makes a pilgrimage to Tule Lake and contemplates the question: what does it mean to be a “loyal” American?\r\n\r\nSee this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-119.","extent":"00;10;00","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-119","creators":[{"role":"Director","namepart":"Sakaguchi, Karuka"}],"topics":[{"term":"Reflections on the past -- Camp pilgrimages","id":"81"},{"term":"World War II -- Administration -- Registration and the \"loyalty questionnaire\"","id":"85"},{"term":"World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Renunciation of citizenship","id":"87"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Kaku, Keige"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","facility":[{"term":"Poston (Colorado River)","id":"2"},{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"2025","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Sakaguchi, Karuka Director Kaku, Keige","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-119-mezzanine-6650cb77fc-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-122-19","model":"entity","index":"13 1138/{'value': 1655, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-19/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-122-19/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-uclifford-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-uclifford-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Clifford Uyeda Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born January 14, 1917, in Olympia, Washington. Raised in Washington before attending the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1940. Earned medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and completed his residency at Harvard Medical School in 1949. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and worked as a pediatrician in San Francisco. While president of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), worked to support the redress movement of the 1980s.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. 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