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Narrator Lucy Kirihara

Nisei female. Born February 27, 1931, in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, resettled with family in Minnesota, becoming a teacher in St. Paul.

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Narrator Kaz Kinoshita

Nisei male. Born October 1, 1914, in Gresham, Oregon. Grew up in Gresham where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Portland.

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Narrator Natsuko Hashitani

Nisei female. Born May 5, 1916, in Winslow, Washington. Family moved to Banks, Oregon, when Natsuko was young. During World War II, moved to Ontario, Oregon, to avoid mass removal, and continued to farm there during and after the war.

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Narrator Jean Matsumoto

Nisei female. Born 1934 in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a hotel business. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Portland.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/744/

Narrator Alice Matsumoto Ando

Nisei female. Born January 2, 1933, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a hotel. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Portland.

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 24 of 26. (ddr-one-5-146)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 98b - 102b of 111. Koyama continues to answer "No" to all questions regarding his or family involvement in foreign governments or their military. He also states that he has never aided an …

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vh Shig Imai Interview (ddr-one-7-49)

Nisei male. Born January 16, 1920, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, a former sawmill town, where father worked for the Oregon Lumber Company. Shig went to live in Japan for three years at the age of seven before World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the U.S. Army and eventually …

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vh Chiye Tomihiro Interview (ddr-densho-1000-93)

Nisei female. Born December 20, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled first in Denver, Colorado and later in Chicago, Illinois. Former witness chair for Chicago area hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) and former chairperson of the JACL Chicago …

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Narrator Yoneko Hara

Nisei female. Born September 12, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland where family ran a greenhouse business. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, eventually returned to Portland.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/690/

Narrator Alice E. Sumida

Nisei female. Born July 18, 1914, in Osco Flaco, California. Grew up in Pismo Beach, California. During World War II, moved to a farm labor camp near Nyssa, Oregon. Lived and farm for a time in Idaho before eventually settling in Portland, Oregon.

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vh Judy Murakami Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1014-17-2)

Description of prewar Japantown in Portland, Oregon

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vh Homer Yasui Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-one-7-26-7)

Growing up in Hood River, Oregon

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vh Albert A. Oyama Interview Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-52-9)

First impressions of the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon

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vh Albert A. Oyama Interview Segment 11 (ddr-one-7-52-11)

Returning to Oregon; father tries to restart newspaper business

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vh Albert A. Oyama Interview Segment 13 (ddr-one-7-52-13)

Returning to Oregon and deciding to become a doctor

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vh Shig Imai Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-49-3)

Father's work with the Oregon Lumber Company

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vh Yoji J. Matsushima Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-54-10)

Returning to Oregon and attending school

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vh George Iseri Interview Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-40-9)

The Ontario, Oregon, community after the war

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vh Susie "Jinx" Fujii Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-69-3)

Family home and farm in Brooks, Oregon

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vh Susie "Jinx" Fujii Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-69-10)

Leaving camp and returning to Oregon

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vh Jim Tsugawa Interview Segment 18 (ddr-one-7-55-18)

Moving to Bethany, Oregon, and living on a farm

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vh Jim Tsugawa Interview Segment 21 (ddr-one-7-55-21)

Returning to Oregon and studying dentistry

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vh Yoshimitsu Suyematsu Interview Segment 22 (ddr-one-7-66-22)

Getting married and starting a farm in Ontario, Oregon

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vh Kena Gimba Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-2-5)

Leaving camp and returning to Oregon

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vh Homer Yasui Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-one-7-27-1)

A history of Japanese Americans in Oregon

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