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\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” width=”80%” max_width=”1080px” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Bill Doi Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” background_color=”#494949″ custom_padding=”20|20|20|20″ saved_tabs=”all” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.12″ background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n \n Bill Doi<\/b><\/p>\n Raised by a single father with three other siblings, S. Bill Doi went to the Tule Lake Internment Camp in his 20s. \u00a0After seven months, he volunteered for military service and was sent to the Japanese Language School set up by the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) at Camp Savage. After a couple months of training, he was reassigned to Special Services, which planned recreational activities for the soldiers in the schools. He married his late wife Peggie, whom he met at the Tule camp in 1943 and started his family of five children in Minnesota. After the war, he became an active member of the JACL, both locally and nationally, as well as served on the Redress Committee. He was also a founder of the Minnesota Nikkei project.\u00a0In addition, he contributed to different Twin Cities organizations and received many awards for his achievements. Bill passed away on May 16, 2018 at the age of 101.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Peggy Doi Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”outset” background_color=”#494949″ border_width=”5px” custom_padding=”20|20|20|20″ saved_tabs=”all” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n Peggy Doi<\/b><\/p>\n The oldest of Bill Doi\u2019s five children, Peggy was born and grew up in Minneapolis. She received a degree in Medical technology from the University of Minnesota and worked in pharmaceutical research at various places from the East Coast to Hawai’i before moving back to the Twin Cities to retire and look after her father. Currently, she is a consultant and also makes handbags and other articles sold at a non-profit shop for the Roseville AREA Senior Programs, where she is a member of the Advisory Council. She has also been an active member of the Minnesota Nikkei Project, an organization spearheaded by her father to provide activities and camaraderie with other Issei (First generation Japanese born in Japan) as they aged. She has two children and four grandchildren.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” width=”80%” max_width=”1080px” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Entenmann Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” background_color=”#494949″ custom_padding=”20|20|20|20″ saved_tabs=”all” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.12″ background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n Robert Entenmann<\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Entenmann, Professor of History and Asian Studies at St Olaf College, teaches history and interdisciplinary courses on Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. His\u00a0research focuses on the social history of Chinese Catholics in the eighteenth century. His many notable services and distinctions include the board of directors of the Association for Asian Studies, Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor at Carleton College (2002-2003), and the president of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (2008-2009). Prof. Entenmann\u2019s illustrious career has led him to many interactions with the Japanese American communities, including Gordon Hirabayashi, who is best known for his resistance to the internment with a court case that bears his name. Prof. Entenmann has retired from teaching in 2018 and currently resides in Northfield, MN.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Bill Hirabayashi Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” background_color=”#494949″ custom_padding=”20|20|20|20″ saved_tabs=”all” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.12″ background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n \u00a0Bill\u00a0Hirabayashi<\/b><\/p>\n Bill was a carefree farm boy in Washington before the war. Everything changed as the evacuation order forced his family to Pinedale Assembly Center and then to Tule Lake. Bill grew up with his cousin Gordon Hirabayashi, who fought against the internment in the Supreme Court case Hirabayashi vs. United States (1943). His brother Grant had served in the army unit most famously known as Merrill\u2019s Marauders. Bill married his wife Anice at Tule Lake, and young couple was then able to leave the camp because Bill had found a sponsor with a job offer near Chicago, where he worked at Grassmere farms. After the passing of the owner, Bill moved to Minnesota with family, first worked as an auto mechanic, and later started his own car dealership business. Bill and his wife were active in the Festival of Nations,\u00a0Minnesota Nikkei Project, and other community activities. Bill passed away on August 6, 2017 at the age of 93.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” width=”80%” max_width=”1080px” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Mikio Kirihara Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” background_color=”#494949″ custom_padding=”20|20|20|20″ text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.12″ background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n Mikio “Micky” Kirihara<\/strong><\/p>\n Born and raised in Oakland, California, Mikio \u201cMicky\u201d Kirihara was interned at the age of 13 with the rest of his family first at the Tanforan assembly center and later at the Topaz internment center. \u00a0After the war, he moved with his family to the Twin Cities, where he finished high school and attended college. \u00a0It was during this time that he met his future wife, Lucy. \u00a0After Micky graduated from University of Minnesota with an architecture degree and secured a job as a draftsman, the couple tried to settle in Bloomington, Minnesota. \u00a0This proved to be difficult due to the housing discrimination faced by Japanese Americans after World War II. \u00a0Eventually, they found the house where they would raise their three children. He was also a Korean War veteran.\u00a0 In his days of retirement he enjoyed playing with their dog and sailing miniature sailboats. Micky passed away peacefully at his home on November 30, 2017.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Lucy Kirihara Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”outset” background_color=”#494949″ border_width=”5px” custom_padding=”20|20|20|20″ saved_tabs=”all” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n \n Lucy Kirihara<\/strong><\/p>\n Lucy Kirihara (Torii) was born and grew up in Portland, Oregon. \u00a0Once Executive Order 9066 was issued, she and her family were taken away to Minidoka, Idaho, where they spent the rest of the war. \u00a0After the war, Lucy\u2019s family had nowhere to go except the Twin Cities, where Lucy\u2019s two older sisters – Esther and Eunice – were attending Macalester College. \u00a0Lucy went to the University of Minnesota and studied to become a teacher. \u00a0In 1955, she married Mikio \u201cMicky\u201d Kirihara, and the young couple started their family in the cities. \u00a0They have three children. 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As a result, he was able to attend Dunwoody College in Minneapolis. \u00a0He was later joined by his family, including his younger brother Mikio. \u00a0After graduated from Dunwoody, Jim went into accountancy and thrived in this profession throughout his career in Minnesota.\u00a0Jim was also a long time Mason and Shriner\u00a0and the friendships he shared were a very important part of his life. 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He is an educator, poet, writer, and artist. He had studied at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and the University of St. Thomas, and was well known as a dedicated teacher and a talented poet, who has become the voice to his mother\u2019s unspeakable internment experience. Stanley is the author of 180 Days: Reflections and Observations of a Teacher<\/i>. He was also the recipient of a Loft Asian Inroads mentorship as well as a Minnesota State Arts Board \u201cCultural Collaborations\u201d Grant. He is now retired after teaching at Red Oak Elementary School in Shakopee. 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Nakasone<\/strong><\/p>\n Born in 1927 on the island of Maui (Hawaii), Edwin was a mere 14 years old when he witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. \u00a0As soon as he was old enough, he enlisted and was sent to Fort Snelling to train as an interpreter. \u00a0Shortly after, however, the war ended, and he finished his training in California.\u00a0 Ed served during the occupation of Japan and returned home to attend college at the University of Minnesota starting in 1950. He was a retired U.S. Government Public Works Center welder at Pearl Harbor. He also taught first at White Bear Lake High School, and then at Century College. \u00a0Over the course of his life, he has written numerous books, articles, and films, along with winning two Fulbright grants. \u00a0He is currently retired, though still an active speaker on Japanese-American military history. 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Nason, the first chairman of the NJASRC (National Japanese American Student Relocation Council). \u00a0Prof. Smith served as the dean of Carleton College (1967-72) while Nason was president, and thus came to know him well. \u00a0Over the years, Prof. Smith has done extensive research on Nason\u2019s life and work, including his efforts to relocate Japanese American students during World War II. \u00a0Prof. Smith later became John W. Nason Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Carleton and was a vital player in building the Asian Studies program. Prof. Smith has been interested in Asia ever since serving in the Marines in the Pacific during World War II. \u00a0He continues to stay in Northfield after his retirement in 1995. Prof. Smith passed away on November 28, 2022, at the age of 97.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Sally Sudo Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_color=”#494949″ custom_padding=”20|10|20|10″ text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n \n Sally Sudo<\/strong><\/p>\n Born Shigeyo Ohno, Sally was forcibly evacuated along with her family at the age of 6 to the Puyallup Assembly Center from her home in Seattle. They were then relocated to the Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho. \u00a0After the camp closed, one of her older brothers, Joe, who had served in the Military Intelligence Service at Fort Snelling, helped to bring the entire family to Minnesota. \u00a0Sally later attended the University of Minnesota, where she met her husband Sudo, an exchange student from Japan. They have three children and lived in Japan for 17 years due to her husband\u2019s work. 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of Washington in Seattle when Pearl Harbor was bombed and Executive Order 9066 was subsequently signed. \u00a0She and her family were incarcerated in the Minidoka Relocation Center, where she met her future husband, George Tani. \u00a0In July of 1943 she went from Minidoka to Chicago to Milwaukee, and eventually moved to St. Paul and married George, who was then at Fort Snelling. \u00a0They settled down in the area to start a family, which would eventually include her daughter Kay Tani and granddaughter Emily Tani-Winegarden. Tani passed away peacefully on December 3, 2022 at the age of 101.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Emily Tani-Winegarden Bio” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” background_color=”#494949″ custom_padding=”20|20|20|20″ saved_tabs=”all” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.12″ background_color_gradient_stops=”#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%”]<\/p>\n \n Emily Tani-Winegarden<\/strong><\/p>\n Emily Tani-Winegarden is a graduate of St. Olaf College. Her Nisei grandparents George and Yoshi Tani met and became engaged in the Minidoka internment camp. Through the War Relocation Authority the young couple resettled\u00a0to Chicago and subsequently moved to Minnesota, where Emily’s mother was\u00a0born. 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<\/a>Beyond the Barbed Wire: Japanese Americans in Minnesota<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>is an ongoing digital project that aims to document the unique stories of the Japanese Americans in Minnesota, as they left the internment camps and settled in the Midwest after World War II. In the summer and fall of 2015, the research team had the honor to interview individuals who personally lived through the war and relocation, along with their families, historians, and scholars. Their knowledge, recollections, and wisdom greatly enhanced our understanding of not only this dark chapter in the twentieth-century American history, but also the challenge of being ethnic minority in the American heartland. \u00a0We sincerely appreciate their time, generosity, and support, without which, this project would not have been possible, and we hope to do their stories justice.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n