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Leupp Will House Troublemakers from Tule Lake Center\" (p. 2), \"\"U.S. Supreme Court Postpones Test Cases. 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Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, joined a pro-Japan organization created by father, the Sokoku Kenkyu Seinen Dan, (Young Men's Association for the Study of the Motherland). Renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan with parents and siblings in 1945. Lived and worked in Japan until 1948, when returned to the United States. 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Moved briefly to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before being sent to Tule Lake, California, after signing the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire.\" Transferred to the Santa Fe Department of Justice internment camp, New Mexico. Upon wishes of parents, renounced U.S. citizenship and expatriated to Japan. Worked for the military government during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Eventually regained U.S. citizenship and returned to the United States."},{"id":"ddr-pc-21-17","model":"entity","index":"12 187/{'value': 246, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-21-17/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-21-17/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-21/ddr-pc-21-17-mezzanine-05f7a3ac9b-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-21/ddr-pc-21-17-mezzanine-05f7a3ac9b-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 17 (April 30, 1949)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Seattle to Dedicate Memorial to Nisei GIs\" (p. 1), \"Prejudice in San Francisco Against Nisei Group Told in Report to Mayor's Committee\" (p. 1), \"JACL Asks for Ending of Segregation in Army. Masaoka Urges Positive Action to Abolish Discrimination in United States Armed Forces\" (p. 1), \"Japan's Press Watches U.S. Move to Repeal Exclusion Law\" (p. 1), \"JACL Reports San Francisco Area Employers Discriminate Against Japanese Americans\" (p. 2), \"Japanese American Strandees May Initiate Mass Suit in Japan for U.S. Citizenship\" (p. 3), \"Mrs. Kingman Deplores Nisei Tendency to Self-Segregation. Urges Cooperation With Other Minorities Toward Common Goals\" (p. 3).","extent":"Pacific Citizen","links_children":"ddr-pc-21-17","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"The Japanese American Citizens League"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","creation":"April 30, 1949","status":"completed","search_hidden":"The Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-21-17-mezzanine-05f7a3ac9b-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-22-46","model":"entity","index":"13 188/{'value': 246, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-22-46/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-22-46/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-22/ddr-pc-22-46-mezzanine-b1145b3070-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-22/ddr-pc-22-46-mezzanine-b1145b3070-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 31 No. 20 (November 18, 1950)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Twelve Japanese Americans To Serve in Isle Legislature; Okino Election Called Surprise\" (p. 1), \"Plan to Speed Action on Claims of Aged Issei\" (p. 1), \"Kawakita Appeals Treason Conviction Before U.S. Court. Convicted of Charge of Brutal Treatment of War Prisoners\" (p. 1), \"Sen. McCarran Will Expedite Citizenship Bill, Says Masaoka\" (p. 1), \"Strandees Who Voted in 1946 Japan Elections Win Back Citizenship by Court Decree\" (p. 2), \"Two Tule Lake Renunciants File Court Cases. Sue to Obtain Right to Return to United States\" (p. 2), \"National Urban League May Expand Denver Activities to Aid Nisei in Job Placements\" (p. 8).","extent":"Pacific Citizen","links_children":"ddr-pc-22-46","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"The Japanese American Citizens League"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","creation":"November 18, 1950","status":"completed","search_hidden":"The Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-22-46-mezzanine-b1145b3070-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-379-750","model":"entity","index":"14 189/{'value': 246, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-750/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-379-750/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-379/ddr-densho-379-750-mezzanine-be66b14562-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-379/ddr-densho-379-750-mezzanine-be66b14562-a.jpg"},"title":"Chimata Sumida Department of Justice Case File","description":"Chimata Sumida's Department of Justice File includes the warrant for his arrest on January 19, 1942; a FBI investigation report that focused on Sumida's store and the inclusion of a stock of radios with short-wave capabilities; Sumida's Alien Enemy Questionnaire; and a transcript of his hearing for parole from Fort Missoula. Chimata Sumida's hearing for parole focused on his business, community involvement, and his feelings about what loyalty he held toward Japan and the United States. The original decision by the hearing committee was for further internment, but a further review decided that Chimata Sumida would be paroled. 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Alice and Bill Hosokawa, young Americans of Japanese ancestry now residing at Heart Mountain. Bill, whose father came to the United States many years ago is a recognized Nisei leader, a graduate of the University of Washington, West coast newspaper man, foreign correspondent for the Shanghai Times and Far East Review and Editor of the Singapore Herald. Bill and Alice have lived in Japan and China, and Bill has traveled extensively in Mongolia and Melashia. 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(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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Born March 26, 1912, in Yamaguchi-ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative use of \"Jap\" in newspapers. Was a strong critic of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). After moving to Seattle, was active in formulating the \"Seattle Plan\" for redress in the early 1970s."},{"id":"451","model":"narrator","index":"18 193/{'value': 246, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/451/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/451/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfrank.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfrank.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/451/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank H. Hirata","bio":"Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and returned to the United States. Became involved in the fight to save Los Angeles' Little Tokyo from further encroachment from City Hall. 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