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Grew up in several cities in California, where father owned and operated several nurseries and a landscaping business. Attended University of California at Davis prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where, along with a group of friends, established a nursery business. Served in the Military Intelligence Service in Japan before returning to Los Angeles."},{"id":"569","model":"narrator","index":"9 4784/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/569/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/569/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oruth.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oruth.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/569/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ruth Y. Okimoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born April 15, 1936, in Tokyo, Japan. Brought to the United States with parents at the age of one, and grew up in San Diego, California, where father was a minister. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After the war, forged connections with the Colorado River Indian Tribes and studied their historical relationship with the Poston concentration camp."},{"id":"617","model":"narrator","index":"10 4785/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/617/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/617/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myasu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myasu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/617/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yasu Koyamatsu Momii","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 23, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Moved to Los Angeles, California, with family around age six. Had graduated from high school and was attending a trade school in dressmaking when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked for a few years in Cleveland, Ohio, before eventually returning to Los Angeles."},{"id":"650","model":"narrator","index":"11 4786/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/650/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/650/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjohn_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjohn_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/650/interviews/"},"display_name":"John Y. Hayakawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Jose, California, where father ran a farm. 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During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Bainbridge for a time and then volunteered for the military, serving in Japan during the U.S. occupation. After returning to the United States, established a farm in Ontario, Oregon."},{"id":"921","model":"narrator","index":"13 4788/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/921/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/921/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-475_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-475_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/921/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hisaji Q. Sakai","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 28, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where parents had a grocery store business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Iowa to attend college and avoid the mass incarceration. Attended college in Nebraska and Michigan. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Returned to the San Francisco area and established a career as a radiologist."},{"id":"181","model":"narrator","index":"14 4789/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/181/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/181/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmae.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hmae.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/181/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mae Kanazawa Hara","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 21, 1913, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle before moving to Chicago, Illinois, for three years to study music. Taught music in Japan for four years before returning to Seattle. After the outbreak of World War II, removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp with husband for Chicago, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin. Raised a family in Madison, and remained actively involved in Methodist church activities and music program."},{"id":"183","model":"narrator","index":"15 4790/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/183/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/183/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ywally.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ywally.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/183/interviews/"},"display_name":"Wally Yonamine","bio":"Nisei-han male. Born June 24, 1925, in Maui, Hawaii. Grew up in a small village on a sugar plantation. Played football in high school, transferring to Honolulu. Signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 1947, but ended football career with an injury. In 1951, signed with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, the first American to play in Japan during the Allied occupation. Eventually became manager of the Chunichi Dragons. In 1994, inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame."},{"id":"239","model":"narrator","index":"16 4791/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/239/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/239/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thikoji.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/thikoji.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/239/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hikoji Takeuchi","bio":"Nisei male. Born December 18, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. Parents owned and operated a restaurant. Father passed away prior to the onset of World War II, so mother was responsible for preparing the family to move to camp. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, and in 1942, was shot by a military police officer while picking up scrap lumber. Renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan where he worked for six years before returning to California."},{"id":"290","model":"narrator","index":"17 4792/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/290/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/290/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ijoe.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ijoe.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/290/interviews/"},"display_name":"Joe Ishikawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the university's art museum and for the City of Lincoln, Nebraska. Worked for and was greatly influenced by noted socialist Norman Thomas."},{"id":"392","model":"narrator","index":"18 4793/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/392/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/392/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/njames_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/njames_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/392/interviews/"},"display_name":"James A. Nakano","bio":"Nisei male. Born November 12, 1933, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, and was nine years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Father was arrested by the FBI, and family went to the concentration camp at Jerome, Arkansas, to reunite with him. Transferred to Tule Lake, California, following the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" After the war, returned to Honolulu before moving to the mainland and attending law school. Eventually returned permanently to Hawaii to raise children."},{"id":"439","model":"narrator","index":"19 4794/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/439/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/439/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smisako.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smisako.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/439/interviews/"},"display_name":"Misako Shigekawa","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 2, 1909, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California, attending the University of Southern California before World War II and graduating with a degree in pharmacy. Married and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After being removed from Terminal Island, moved to Anaheim, California, before being removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Had several children in camp. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"444","model":"narrator","index":"20 4795/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/444/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/444/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oart.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/oart.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/444/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Okuno","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 15, 1921, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, and was attending the University of California at Berkeley when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, served as scoutmaster for a Boy Scout troop. After leaving camp, eventually returned to San Francisco, was drafted, and served one year in the military."},{"id":"481","model":"narrator","index":"21 4796/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/481/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/481/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yharry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/yharry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/481/interviews/"},"display_name":"Harry K. Yoshikawa","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 26, 1922, in Montebello, California. Grew up in California, spending a short time in Japan prior to World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver, Colorado, during the \"voluntary evacuation\" period designated by the U.S. government. Arrested after refusing to report for military service after being drafted. Tried and served two years at the Santa Catalina prison camp for draft resistance. After release, eventually returned to Los Angeles, California."},{"id":"509","model":"narrator","index":"22 4797/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/509/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/509/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/taiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/taiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/509/interviews/"},"display_name":"Aiko Tengan Tokunaga","bio":"Nisei female. Born September 8, 1943, in Naha, Okinawa, to a Nisei mother born in Hawaii and father from mainland Japan. Father was killed during World War II while serving in Okinawa in Japan's medical corps. Aiko barely survived infancy due to the devastation in Okinawa during the war. Moved to Los Angeles at the age of twelve to join mother who had moved previously. 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