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vh Frank Kitamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-35)

Sansei male. Born May 28, 1939, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated with parents at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Returned to Bainbridge Island after end of World War II. President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), a community organization dedicated to the preservation of Japanese American history on Bainbridge Island.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-35/

vh Frank Kitamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-25)

Sansei male. Born 1939 in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated with parents at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Returned to Bainbridge Island after end of World War II. President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), a community organization dedicated to the preservation of Japanese American history on Bainbridge Island.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-25/

img Mother with children on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-34-181)

Shigeko Kitamoto with her children (L to R) Jane, Frances, and Frank Kitamoto.

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doc Testimony of Shigeko Kitamoto (ddr-densho-67-266)

Written testimony of Shigeko Kitamoto of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated in the Manzanar concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-266/

img Mother and her children in front of their barracks (ddr-densho-34-111)

Shigeko Kitamoto and her children (left to right): Frances, Jane, Frank, and Lilly Kitamoto.

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img Children standing on a truck (ddr-densho-34-146)

The Hayashida and Kitamoto children are about to leave the Minidoka concentration camp for their homes on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Mr. Frank Yoshito Kitamoto bought this truck to transport both families' belongings. Yoshito Frank Kitamoto also went by Frank Yoshito Kitamoto.

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img Three men after a fishing trip (ddr-densho-34-112)

Left to right: Ilohlio Narte holding an unidentified child, Felix Narte, and Frank Yoshito Kitamoto holding his daughter, Lilly. Yoshito Frank Kitamoto also went by Frank Yoshito Kitamoto.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-112/

img Family on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-34-149)

Shigeko Kitamoto and her children say goodbye to friends on the day of exclusion from their home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Front, left to right: Ilohio Narte (kneeling) holding Frank Kitamoto. Back, left to right: An unidentified man holding Jane Kitamoto, Lilly Kitamoto, Shigeko Kitamoto, Frances Kitamoto and Felix Narte. The Nartes had worked for Mrs. …

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img Japanese Americans on a bridge (ddr-densho-34-74)

Shigeko Kitamoto, Felix Narte, Cion Narte, Jane Kitamoto, Natalie Hayashida and Fumiko Hayashida at the opening of the Agate Pass Bridge.

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img Two children on a swing (ddr-densho-34-130)

Lilly (left) and Frank Kitamoto.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-144)

Shigeko Kitamoto and her children, Jane, Frances and Frank, wait to board a special ferry to Seattle, Washington. Bainbridge Island, Washington was evacuated on March 30, 1942. It was one of the first communities on the West Coast to be evacuated presumably due to its proximity to the Puget Sound Navy Yards.

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img Mother and daughter (ddr-densho-34-157)

Shigeko Kitamoto and her child, Lilly.

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img Four children in a garden (ddr-densho-34-109)

Left to right: Lilly, Frank, and Jane Kitamoto. The child on the right is unidentified.

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img Women and children outside a home (ddr-densho-34-95)

Mrs. Shigeko Kitamoto and her daughters, Lilly and Frances. The friend is unidentified.

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img Three children behind barracks (ddr-densho-34-118)

Left to right: Frank, Lilly, and Jane Kitamoto behind their barracks at the Minidoka concentration camp.

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img Family picnic (ddr-densho-34-102)

This picnic was on the Kitamoto farm.

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img Two children leaving camp (ddr-densho-34-43)

Cousins Jane Kitamoto (left) and Natalie Hayashida.

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img Family birthday party (ddr-densho-359-215)

A group photograph at Don Nakata's 4th birtday party. Pictured from back to front and left to right: Nobuko Hayashida, Yasuko Hayashida, Shigeko Kitamoto, Hideko Kitamoto, Pauline Nakata, Fumiko Hayashida, Miyeko Nishi, Alice Kawamoto, Hisako Hayashida, Kenji Nakata, Yuriko Kitamoto, Tomiko Hayashida, Bobby Nishi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-215/

img Woman with grandchildren (ddr-densho-34-99)

Mrs. T. Nishinaka holds her grandson Frank Kitamoto.

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img Family outside home (ddr-densho-34-110)

Mrs. T. Nishinaka (far right) watches as Mrs. Shigeko Kitamoto gets her children ready for a photograph. Children, left to right: Frances, Jane (in her mother's arms), Lilly and Frank Kitamoto.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-110/

img Family outside home (ddr-densho-34-96)

Mrs. T. Nishinaka with daughter, Mrs. Shigeko Kitamoto and grandchildren Lilly, Frances, Frank and Jane.

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img Children on family farm (ddr-densho-34-116)

Lilly (left, back) and Frances Kitamoto (right, back) with two unidentified children on their farm.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-116/

img Japanese Americans in camp before departure (ddr-densho-34-44)

Mrs. Fumiko Hayashida, with Takamono (first name unknown), Frank Kitamoto, Neil Hayashida, Atmoto Tanaguchi, Jane Kitamoto, an unidentified child and Natalie Hayashida, before their departure from Minidoka concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-44/