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Narrator Alice Nishitani

Nisei female. Born July 2, 1918, in Emmett, Idaho. Grew up in Idaho before family moved to Eastern Oregon while Alice was still in high school. Married a Nisei man who served in the Military Intelligence Service, and lived in Ontario, Oregon, after World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/711/

Narrator Rose Tanaka

Nisei female. Born October 11, 1926, in San Luis Obispo, California. Grew up in San Luis Obispo, where parents farmed. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp with the help of the Nisei Student Relocation project and moved to Denver, Colorado.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/806/

Narrator Francis Mas Fukuhara

Nisei male. Born January 30, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Seattle's Nihonmachi/Yesler Terrace area. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Postwar commander of Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC) in 1988 and 1989.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/11/
Mitsu Fukui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-140)
vh Mitsu Fukui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-140)
Nisei female. Born September 21, 1911, in Seattle, Washington. Had a younger sister and three younger brothers. Father, Riichiro Fukano, employed by Oriental Trading Company as a bookkeeper in Seattle, before operating a dry cleaning business. Mother, Kiyono (Miyama) Fukano, a seamstress. Learned dressmaking from mother, and helped in the shop. Family lived upstairs above the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-140/
Six Weddings and a Dress (ddr-densho-1024-7)
av Six Weddings and a Dress (ddr-densho-1024-7)
Short documentary film centering on Chiyomi Ogawa, a Nisei woman who had been incarcerated in Manzanar , and her wedding dress, which was subsequently used by five other women in the early postwar years. Born as Chiyomi Marumoto in 1924, Ogawa and her family lived in the in fishing community of |Terminal Island , where her …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-7/

Narrator Lillian Sato

Nisei/Sansei female. Born December 14, 1928, in Stockton, California. Father was Issei and mother was Nisei, born in Hawaii. Grew up in Santa Monica, California. During World War II, moved with family to Colorado to avoid mass removal. Remained in Denver, later operating a grocery store and greenhouse business with husband.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/326/

Narrator Edith Watanabe

Nisei female. Born August 29, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Burlington, Washington. Was just starting college when incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp early because of illness and married a Nisei GI, Harvey Watanabe. Lived in Midwest for duration of war and resettled in Seattle, Washington following the war.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/102/

Narrator Sue K. Embrey

Nisei female. Born January 6, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, was incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California. Wrote for the Manzanar Free Press while incarcerated. Resettled during World War II in Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Los Angeles, California, in 1948. Founding member of Nisei Progressives and the Manzanar Committee.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/8/

Narrator Kenjiro Akune

Nisei male, born July 3, 1923. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/471/

Narrator Gordon Yamada

Nisei male, born April 16, 1924. Served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/462/

Narrator Sunao "Phil" Ishio

Nisei male. Born January 12, 1918, in Berkeley, California. Served in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/468/

Narrator Harry Akune

Nisei male, born May 20, 1920. During World War II, served as an interpreter with the Military Intelligence Service.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/470/

Narrator Louise Kashino

Nisei female. Born April 25, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during the war in Chicago, Illinois, and returned to Seattle after the war. Member of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee Women's Auxiliary. In her interview, talks about her efforts to successfully get her husband's …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/35/

Narrator Barry Saiki

Nisei male. Born June 21, 1919, in Stockton, California. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/464/

Narrator Roy Uyehata

Nisei male. Born December 9, 1917. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service in New Caledonia and Guadalcanal.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/467/

Narrator Edward H. Mitsukado

Nisei male. Born June 1, 1912, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, where father ran a taxi business. Was serving with the Hawaii Territorial 298th Infantry when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Went to the mainland for training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Transferred to the Military Intelligence Service and was asked to help select the Nisei …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/833/

Narrator Chester Tanaka

Nisei male. Born in St. Louis, Missouri. During World War II, served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy and France.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/836/

Narrator Yoshi Mamiya

Nisei female. Born October 25, 1924, and raised in Seattle, Washington. During her interview, she discusses memories of growing up in Seattle's Japantown.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/39/

Narrator Sumi Saito

Nisei female. Born in Asher, Washington. Grew up in Vale, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. Remained in Oregon during World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/707/

Narrator Masao Watanabe

Nisei male. Born December 10, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up near the Nihonmachi area of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In 1943, volunteered for the army while in camp. Served in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company. Returned to Seattle after the war and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/104/

Narrator Tetsujiro "Tex" Nakamura

Nisei male. Born July 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in Sacramento, and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1939. During World War II, was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Voluntarily stayed in Tule Lake after it was designated a Segregation Center, and worked in the legal aid office. Assisted attorney Wayne …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/417/
Jun Dairiki Interview (ddr-densho-1021-6)
vh Jun Dairiki Interview (ddr-densho-1021-6)
Jun Dairiki was born in San Francisco in 1934 and was seven years old when the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor. Her family was sent to a detention center in Tanforan, then to the camp in Topaz, Utah. Dairiki remembers how her mother told her that, now that she was in camp, she was free of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1021-6/

Narrator Don Oka

Nisei male. Born January 5, 1920. During World War II, served as a translator with the Military Intelligence Service in Alasaka, Saipan and Tinian.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/475/

Narrator Ernie Iyama

Nisei male. WGrew up in California. During World War II, was removed to the Tanforan assembly center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/715/

Narrator Art Emi

Nisei male, born January 20, 1919. Brother of Frank Emi, leader of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee (FPC). While incarcerated, helped the FPC organize.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/153/
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