{"id":"682","model":"narrator","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/682/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/682/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ofrances.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ofrances.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/682/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frances Ota","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 22, 1923, in Wilsonville, Oregon. Taken to Japan to live with family for a few years before the outbreak of World War II. Returned alone to Oregon to join sister at age sixteen with the help of a white benefactor. Removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, but then left immediately to live and work at a farm labor camp and attend school with the help of the benefactor. Volunteered for military service and served with the medical corps. Lived in Salt Lake City for a time before eventually returning to Oregon.","created":"2016-12-14T11:15:15","modified":"2016-12-14T11:15:15","nr_id":"","b_date":"1923-01-22T00:00:00","d_date":"2009-04-03T00:00:00","last_name":"Ota","first_name":"Frances","middle_name":"","nickname":"","gender":"F","generation":"Nisei","ethnicity":"Japanese","nationality":"US","religion":"","birth_location":"Wilsonville, Oregon","has_published":"1"}