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Ten years apart in age, they grew up in Mosier, Washington, where their parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, the family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" in 1943, they transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, both sisters moved to Walla Walla, Washington, where they remained after the war.\r\n
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Remained in Ohio and established a successful optometry practice.","extent":"01:51:12","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-222","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":322,"namepart":"Roy Ebihara"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr012559q","namepart":"Ebihara, Roy Yusaku"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Denver, Colorado","creation":"July 5, 2008","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roy Ebihara narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Ebihara, Roy Yusaku 88922nr012559q","download_large":"denshovh-eroy-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"322","model":"narrator","index":"15 1015/{'value': 1042, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/322/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/322/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/eroy.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/eroy.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/322/interviews/"},"display_name":"Roy Ebihara","bio":"Nisei male. 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