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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":"290","model":"narrator","index":"1 4776/{'value': 5019, '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":"239","model":"narrator","index":"2 4777/{'value': 5019, '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":"481","model":"narrator","index":"3 4778/{'value': 5019, '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":"392","model":"narrator","index":"4 4779/{'value': 5019, '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":"509","model":"narrator","index":"5 4780/{'value': 5019, '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. Grew up in Los Angeles, eventually becoming a prominent instructor of traditional Okinawan dance."},{"id":"439","model":"narrator","index":"6 4781/{'value': 5019, '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":"7 4782/{'value': 5019, '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":"615","model":"narrator","index":"8 4783/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/615/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/615/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ofrank.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ofrank.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/615/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank K. Omatsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 31, 1924, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father worked as a produce buyer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to work in Chicago, and was drafted into the military. Served with the Military Intelligence Service in the Philippines and Japan. After the war, returned to Los Angeles and worked for the Sumitomo Bank."},{"id":"550","model":"narrator","index":"9 4784/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/550/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/550/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iyutaka.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iyutaka.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/550/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yutaka Inokuchi","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 25, 1924, in Waipahu, Hawaii. Grew up on the Waipahu sugar plantation where parents worked. Was attending Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Father was picked up by the FBI and eventually interned in the Honouliuli POW camp. Mr. Inokuchi got a job in the Honouliuli camp where he could visit his father. After the war, worked for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply."},{"id":"914","model":"narrator","index":"10 4785/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/914/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/914/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-467_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-467_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/914/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ben Takeshita","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 2, 1930, in San Mateo, California. During World War II, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Due to parents' answers on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" transferred to Tule Lake when it was designated a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to San Mateo, and served with Military Intelligence in Japan and Korea during the Korean War. Became involved in numerous Japanese community organizations."},{"id":"897","model":"narrator","index":"11 4786/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/897/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/897/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-449_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-449_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/897/interviews/"},"display_name":"Miyoko Kaneta","bio":"Nisei female. Born December 16, 1926, in El Centro, California. Grew up in various places in California, where parents owned a barbershop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with her family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, resettled in Hazelton, Idaho, and Oakland, California, before moving to Seattle, Washington. After the war, worked for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Hiroshima, Japan. Became a teacher, and taught for many years in the Seattle Public Schools."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-279-3","model":"segment","index":"12 4787/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-279-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-279-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ntetsuo-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ntetsuo-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tetsuo Nomiyama Interview Segment 3","description":"Returning to the United States after avoiding military conscription in Japan<p>Participating in this interview is Mr. Paul Minerich, who is Mr. Nomiyama's son-in-law. An attorney, Mr. Minerich headed the effort to clear his father-in-law's name regarding his wartime court martial conviction. 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":"00:05:05","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-279-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":482,"namepart":"Tetsuo Nomiyama"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Japan","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000120\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Westminster, California","creation":"May 2, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tetsuo Nomiyama narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ntetsuo-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"209","model":"narrator","index":"13 4788/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/209/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/209/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hhideo.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hhideo.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/209/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hideo Hoshide","bio":"Nisei male. 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Worked for the Boeing Company postwar while raising a family. Was a founding member of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee, working on the group's newsletter for thirty years."},{"id":"197","model":"narrator","index":"14 4789/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/197/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/197/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/imitsu.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/imitsu.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/197/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mitsu Ito","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 20, 1924, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission, attending school and helping on family farm. Left home to work several jobs, including in a sawmill and on a sugar beet farm. After World War II, moved to Japan, worked as an interpreter for the British Army, and got married. Moved to Toronto, Canada, in the 1950s and raised two sons. In later life, active in Toronto's Japanese Canadian community, and was involved with charitable foundations."},{"id":"315","model":"narrator","index":"15 4790/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/315/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/315/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kjun.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kjun.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/315/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jun Kurumada","bio":"Nisei male. Born December 13, 1913, in Richfield, Utah. Grew up primarily in Ogden, Utah. Attended the University of Utah and then UC Berkeley for dental school. Established a dental practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, prior to World War II. During the war, was president of the Salt Lake City chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. After World War II, Dr. Kurumada served in the U.S. military in Japan before returning to Salt Lake City and continuing dental practice."},{"id":"571","model":"narrator","index":"16 4791/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/571/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/571/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gjean.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/gjean.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/571/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jean Shiraki Gize","bio":"Nisei female. Born June 16, 1938, in Alameda, California. Was age three when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in camp, father volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Mother answered an ad in the camp newspaper and moved with Jean to a ranch owned by the Duvenicks, a family known for their social justice activism. Eventually returned to the Oakland, California, area."},{"id":"608","model":"narrator","index":"17 4792/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/608/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/608/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ymits.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ymits.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/608/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mits Yamasaki","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 3, 1924, in Caldwell, Idaho. In the early 1930s, sent with brothers to live in the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles after mother develops tuberculosis. Remained in Shonien until the onset of World War II. During the war, removed with a friend's family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to live and work in Chicago, Illinois, and served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan during the U.S. occupation."},{"id":"783","model":"narrator","index":"18 4793/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/783/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/783/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tgus.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tgus.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/783/interviews/"},"display_name":"Gus Tanaka","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 3, 1923, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where father was a physician in Japantown. Was attending college prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend college before being drafted in 1944. Served in the Army Specialized Training Unit during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Returned to medical school after military service and became a physician practicing in Ontario, Oregon."},{"id":"761","model":"narrator","index":"19 4794/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/761/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/761/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myoji.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/myoji.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/761/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yoji J. Matsushima","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 31, 1933, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a general merchandise store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp for the East Coast because parents wanted to repatriate to Japan. Did not secure a place on the USS Gripsholm, so remained in the United States and went to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After the war, returned to Portland."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-251","model":"entity","index":"20 4795/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-251/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-251/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-251-mezzanine-698ca8d1de-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-251-mezzanine-698ca8d1de-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Kamekichi and Sueno Nakano to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, June [9?] 1948 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Kamekichi and Sueno Nakano in Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. The letter is singed by both Kamekichi and Sueno, but it appears that it is written by Sueno Nakano. In the letter, Sueno notes that her requested items have arrived and thanks the Okines for them. She has shared tobacco and ajinomoto [monosodium glutamate] with Jokichi Yamanaka, but he does not accept sugar because he believes that the Nakanos need to use it when they provide meals to the people who help to build their barn. She has also shared ajinomoto and soap bars with the Sasakis in Miyake, Hiroshima, Japan. Sueno is thankful for the sugar and ajinomoto, explaining that she was able to cook and provide delicious meals when people come to help the Nakanos to build a barn. Her husband, Kamekichi, admires of the good quality of ajinomoto, and her son, Akito, shares appreciation for the tobacco and clothes. Learning that Fumiko Yamanaka left for the U.S. on April 30, she regrets that she was not able to prepare any gifts that Fumiko could bring to Seiichi and Tomeyo. Sueno explains that she was planning to give the Okines dried persimmons or rice crackers that she makes, but she learned that both were not allowed to be brought in. 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Okine, [February?], 1948 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Sueno Nakano in Hiroshima, Japan to her sister, Tomeyo Okine. The letter is mailed under her husband's name, Kamekichi Nakano. In the letter, Sueno laments her struggles and grieves for the losses of Sunada family members [Tomeyo and Sueno's parent's family]. In losing their four brothers, Sueno takes over the responsibilities for the Sunada family and details the tragic experiences of one of the brothers, Otomatsu Sunada. Otomatsu resided in Manila, the Philippines, with his wife and two sons. He visited Japan, leaving his family in the Philippines, he died of tuberculosis while at Sueno's place. His wife was killed in the Philippines and their sons were orphaned. Sueno and her husband are adopting one of the sons and will assume full responsibilities for the Sunada family which makes Sueno feel that she owes her husband. She also writes about Jokichi Yamanaka, who will to return to the U.S. in May. She wishes that he could bring some dried persimmons she makes but she has learned they are not allowed to be brought into the U.S. She writes about gifts including wool yarns, jackets, safety pins, sugar, towels, sewing needles and threads from the Okines brought by Jokichi and expresses her appreciation. Additionally, she requests ajinomoto [monosodium glutamate] and a winter coat for her husband. The arrival date of the letter, March 1, 1948, and the replied and shipping date, March 6, is recorded on the envelope.  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