This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.","extent":"00:01:51","links_children":"ddr-densho-122-18-10","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":161,"namepart":"Randy Senzaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Abe"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Community responses to resistance","id":"99"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Frank Abe Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"May 5, 1996","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Randy Senzaki narrator \nFrank Abe interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-srandy-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-8","model":"segment","index":"1 901/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 8","description":"Observing differences between Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland during training
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:10:02","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-8","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Camp Shelby, Mississippi","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7013698\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-9","model":"segment","index":"2 902/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-9/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-9/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 9","description":"The important role of Nisei in the postwar occupation of Japan
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:05:47","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-9","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Japan","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000120\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-2","model":"segment","index":"3 903/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 2","description":"Conducting a survey in Minnesota to determine the area's receptiveness to Japanese Americans
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:05:14","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Leaving camp -- \"Resettlement\"","id":"104"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Minneapolis, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7014080\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-1","model":"segment","index":"4 904/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 1","description":"The challenges faced by Nisei soldiers
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:04:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service","id":"88"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-6","model":"segment","index":"5 905/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-6/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-6/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 6","description":"Understanding the positions of draft resisters during World War II
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:07:16","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Other forms of resistance","id":"98"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-7","model":"segment","index":"6 906/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-7/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-7/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 7","description":"The difficulties faced by Nisei in the Military Intelligence Service because of secrecy
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:05:36","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-7","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-5","model":"segment","index":"7 907/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-5/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-5/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 5","description":"Being stripped of weapons by the War Department after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:13:43","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-5","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"Military service -- Pre-World War II service","id":"92"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Hawaii","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007249\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-3","model":"segment","index":"8 908/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 3","description":"General Mark Clark's feelings towards the Japanese Americans in the 100th Battalion
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:07:34","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-4","model":"segment","index":"9 909/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 4","description":"Facing challenges finding sponsors for a redress bill
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:06:18","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"topics":[{"term":"Redress and reparations","id":"110"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. Matsunaga narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-3-10","model":"segment","index":"10 910/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-3-10/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-3-10/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/denshovh-mspark-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 10","description":"Looking back on life
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:06:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-3-10","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":832,"namepart":"Spark M. Matsunaga"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"April 17, 1987","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Spark M. 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Here the Indonesians are on the ground floor awaiting arrival of buses to take them to the Southern Pacific railroad where they boarded cars and were taken, under guard, to Crystal City. They are still held in Crystal City (Jan.10.1947) [sic] awaiting final outcome of the appeal to the Supreme Court, whereby they seek to kill the immigration order of deposition, so that they may remain in the United States.\" The image shows a packed room full of men in suits. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ind_01_01_006","extent":"black and white, 7.5 x 10 inches","links_children":"ddr-csujad-27-8","topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- California -- San Francisco","id":"273"},{"term":"World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Expatriation/repatriation/deportation","id":"107"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"photograph","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"1947","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-csujad-27-8-mezzanine-20993d838c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-156","model":"entity","index":"12 912/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-156/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-156/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-156-mezzanine-67951118a7-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-156-mezzanine-67951118a7-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, August 16, 1946 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Masao Okine who is stationed in Yokohama, Japan as a Nisei soldier to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. This letter is mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Postal Service. In the letter, he describes his work and daily routine in Japan. He has been transferred from Tokyo to Yokohama and his duty is driving a jeep. He gets up at 4:45 AM, eats breakfast at 6:15 AM, and leaves for work at 7:30 AM. He works until 12:30 PM and is free in the afternoon. He assumes that he is going to be discharged around October and his brother, Makoto, who is deployed in Europe as a Nisei soldier, is returning to the U.S. soon. The arrival date of the letter, August 20, 1946, is recorded on the backside of the envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_06_001","extent":"2 pages, 5.5 x 9 inches, handwritten; 1 envelope","links_children":"ddr-csujad-5-156","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Okine, Masao"}],"topics":[{"term":"Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan","id":"199"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"}],"format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"correspondence","location":"Yokohama, Japan","creation":"8/16/1946","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Okine, Masao author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-5-156-mezzanine-67951118a7-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-122","model":"entity","index":"13 913/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-122/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-122/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomiye Terasaki Interview","description":"Kibei female. Born October 5, 1910, in San Francisco, California. At age three, sent to live with grandfather and receive education in Fukuoka, Japan. After high school, temporarily moved to Tokyo and assisted family-owned business. In 1929, returned to U.S. to join parents in Sacramento. After arranged marriage to Mr. Tadao Sakita, moved to Los Angeles, raised three children and jointly ran a successful cafe. Returned to Sacramento after the bombing of Pearl Harbor to be with family in 1942, until all persons of Japanese ancestry were removed from West Coast. Gave birth to a son while at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, and converted to Christianity. Remarried to Mr. Terasaki after first husband's death. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Terasaki resided in Los Angeles, making and repairing Japanese calligraphy scrolls.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English, in order to recreate Mrs. Terasaki's manner of speaking. Mrs. Terasaki spoke in the Fukuoka dialect.)","extent":"01:03:58","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-122","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":120,"namepart":"Tomiye Terasaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Ken Silverman"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010wd4q","namepart":"Sakita, Tomiye"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"July 3, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomiye Terasaki narrator \nKen Silverman interviewer \nAlice Ito interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Sakita, Tomiye 88922nr010wd4q","download_large":"denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-113","model":"entity","index":"14 914/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-113/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-113/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-blorraine-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-blorraine-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Lorraine Bannai Interview","description":"Sansei female. Born 1955 in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Gardena, California, surrounded by a large Japanese American community. Influenced by father's role in community and politics, and mother's emphasis on education. Attended University of California, Santa Barbara where she became increasingly aware of Japanese American history, issues of ethnic identity and racial inequality. Attended the University of San Francisco School of Law where she honed her commitment to political and social activism. Only a few years out of law school, she joined a team of lawyers working to reopen the Supreme Court's 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States. Convicted of violating the exclusion order during World War II, Mr. Korematsu's case went all the way to the Supreme Court where the exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans was upheld as constitutional, based on the government's argument of \"military necessity.\" Through a petition for writ of error coram nobis (establishing that the case was premised on errors of fact withheld from the judge and the defense by the prosecution), the legal team reopened the case, provided evidence that the factual underpinnings to the exclusion orders were fraudulent, and successfully had the Korematsu conviction vacated, as well as a handful of other similar convictions. In this interview, Ms. Bannai discusses the coram nobis legal team, the support for the effort among the Japanese American community, and personal lessons gained from being a part of this effort.","extent":"04:11:39","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-113","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":112,"namepart":"Lorraine Bannai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Margaret Chon"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai/Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"March 23 & 24, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Lorraine Bannai narrator \nMargaret Chon interviewer \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai/Dana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-blorraine-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-121","model":"entity","index":"15 915/{'value': 4396, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-121/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-121/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-121-mezzanine-eeee8e0019-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-121-mezzanine-eeee8e0019-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 10, 1946 [in Japanese]","description":"A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne. This letter is written in Japan where Masao is currently stationed as a Nisei soldier and mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao describes his work as a US Army solider in Japan: He has been staying in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, but has not been informed of the next deployment. The solders take an exam and the next locations are determined based on the results of the exam. He also writes about her brother-in-law, Nobuyuki Tanimoto, who Masao has been trying to locate in Tokyo. He states that Ginza in Tokyo is completely destroyed by the bombing attacks during the war. He also appreciates his parents for the financial support, 37.00 dollars given to his wife, Ayame. The handwritten notes on the back on the envelope read: Arrived on January 30, 1946, no. 3 [in Japanese]. 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(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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He often visits a friend's place and is treated as if he is one of their family members. The arrival date of the letter, March 18, 1946, and the replied date, March 21, 1946, are recorded. Also the shipping fees, 25 cents, are recorded. 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Masao confirms that Tamasada and his family are safe but has not been able to confirm the safety of Jokichi Yamanaka or Naoji Okine in Hiroshima. The handwritten notes on the back of the envelope reads: Arrived on January 28, 1946, no. 2 [in Japanese]. 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Convicted of violating the exclusion order during World War II, Mr. Korematsu's case went all the way to the Supreme Court where the exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans was upheld as constitutional, based on the government's argument of \"military necessity.\" Through a petition for writ of error coram nobis (establishing that the case was premised on errors of fact withheld from the judge and the defense by the prosecution), the legal team reopened the case, provided evidence that the factual underpinnings to the exclusion orders were fraudulent, and successfully had the Korematsu conviction vacated, as well as a handful of other similar convictions. 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