{"id":"987","model":"narrator","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/987/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/987/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-497_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-497_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/987/interviews/"},"display_name":"Makoto Otsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 26, 1926, in Steveston, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Steveston, where father fished for a cannery. During World War II, the family was forced to leave Steveston and moved to the abandoned Minto Mine site in the Bridge River Valley of British Columbia. After staying for a few years, Makoto moved to Winnipeg, Canada, to attend school, and got a job at an aircraft company in Toronto. In the 1950s, took a job with Boeing and moved to Seattle, Washington.","created":"2022-03-22T11:15:15","modified":"2022-03-22T11:15:15","nr_id":"","b_date":"1926-03-26T00:00:00","d_date":"2024-12-24T00:00:00","last_name":"Otsu","first_name":"Makoto","middle_name":"","nickname":"","gender":"M","generation":"Nisei","ethnicity":"Japanese","nationality":"","religion":"","birth_location":"Steveston, British Columbia, Canada","has_published":"1"}