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This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview. 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":"0:07:03","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-432-32","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":847,"namepart":"Yamane, Tokio"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Sachiko Takita-Ishii"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Yoko Murakawa"}],"topics":[{"term":"Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan","id":"199"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Japan","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000120\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Japan","creation":"23-May-04","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yamane, Tokio narrator \nSachiko Takita-Ishii interviewer \nYoko Murakawa interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-ytokio-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"201","model":"narrator","index":"3 4578/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/201/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/201/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kdaryl.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kdaryl.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/201/interviews/"},"display_name":"Daryl Keck","bio":"White male of German descent. 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During the war, served with the Military Intelligence Service as head of the interrogation section in New Guinea and the Philippines as well as for the war crimes trials during the occupation of Japan."},{"id":"517","model":"narrator","index":"6 4581/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/517/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/517/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ayoshiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ayoshiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/517/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yoshiko Asakura","bio":"Japanese female. Born November 29, 1930, in Shizuoka, Japan. Attended school during World War II. After the war, entered the nursing profession and became involved in a number of social and political causes. 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Left camp to resettle in Philadelphia, California."},{"id":"92","model":"narrator","index":"12 4587/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/92/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/92/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/trudy.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/trudy.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/92/interviews/"},"display_name":"Rudy Tokiwa","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 7, 1925, near San Jose. Grew up in Salinas, California, until he went to Japan at the age of thirteen. Studied in Japan until about 1939. Incarcerated at the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Volunteered out of camp to serve in the U.S. military. Fought in Europe as a battalion runner for the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. 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After leaving camp, lived in Chicago, Illinois, for a time before eventually returning to Bainbridge."},{"id":"317","model":"narrator","index":"16 4591/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/317/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/317/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/osadayoshi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/osadayoshi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/317/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sadayoshi Omoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 5, 1922, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Was attending the University of Washington when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. 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Served in Japan with the Military Intelligence Service following World War II."},{"id":"339","model":"narrator","index":"23 4598/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/339/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/339/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kshig.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kshig.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/339/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shig Kaseguma","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 4, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend college in Cincinnati before being drafted. 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