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Ken Inose Interview (ddr-densho-400-5)
av Ken Inose Interview (ddr-densho-400-5)
Ken Inose was born in 1933 in Los Angeles, California, as one of four children to Sejiro and Yoshiko Inose. Before World War II, Ken lived in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles where he had ethnically diverse neighbors. His father was a salesman and his mother was a housewife. When the war broke out, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-400-5/
Hideo
av Hideo "Jibo" Satow Interview (ddr-densho-400-20)
Hideo "Jibo" Satow was born on July 23, 1914, in Inglewood, California. He was the oldest of ten children. His father, Tomijiro Satow was a flower grower in Hawthorne, California. The Satow family was imprisoned at the Santa Anita Race Track and the concentration camp at Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. After the war, Satow …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-400-20/
Yoshi Inose Interview (ddr-densho-400-6)
av Yoshi Inose Interview (ddr-densho-400-6)
Yoshi Inose was born on September 24, 1908, in Los Angeles, California. She was one of three children, and her parents' names were Seijiro and Soko Shibuya. Her father was a lawyer and the first publisher for the Rafu Shimpo and her mother was a koto instructor. After World War II broke out, the family was …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-400-6/
May Minami Interview (ddr-densho-400-16)
av May Minami Interview (ddr-densho-400-16)
May Minami was born on January 26, 1914, in Oxnard, California. She grew up in Gardena, California, where her father was the first person to sell insurance to other Japanese community members. During WWII, her parents were arrested by the FBI and the family was sent to the concentration camp at Rohwer, Arkansas. When she returned …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-400-16/
Marriage certificate (ddr-densho-331-1)
doc Marriage certificate (ddr-densho-331-1)
The marriage certificate of Minoru Takasugi and Mitsuye Sano.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-1/
Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-10)
img Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-10)
Caption on reverse: "Lloyd, 11 mo. (Rohwer, Ark.) / Fusako Sano, aunt 10 yrs old."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-10/
A woman standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-331-3)
img A woman standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-331-3)
Caption on reverse: "To Mits / Taken 5/30/43 / Rohwer Relocation Center / Arkansas."
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A baby at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-12)
img A baby at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-12)
Caption on reverse: "Lloyd, Rohwer, Ark."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-12/
Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-8)
img Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-8)
Caption on reverse: "Itoko, Lloyd 1944 / Rohwer, Ark. Front porch of / our barrack."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-8/
Birth announcement for Lloyd Takasugi (ddr-densho-331-13)
doc Birth announcement for Lloyd Takasugi (ddr-densho-331-13)
In Pacific Citizen Vol. 18 No. 14.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-13/
Itoko Sano holding Lloyd Takasugi in Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-9)
img Itoko Sano holding Lloyd Takasugi in Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-9)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-9/
A group standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-331-4)
img A group standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-331-4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-4/
Mitsuye Sano Takasugi's reflections about her time at Rowher concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-14)
doc Mitsuye Sano Takasugi's reflections about her time at Rowher concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-14)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-14/
Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-6)
img Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-6)
Caption on reverse: "Itoko June Sano / Aunt 12 yrs. old / Lloyd (11 mo. old) / in Rohwer, Ark."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-6/
A baby at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-11)
img A baby at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-11)
Caption on reverse: "Lloyd, Rohwer, Ark."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-11/
Wedding photograph (ddr-densho-331-2)
img Wedding photograph (ddr-densho-331-2)
A photograph of Minoru Takasugi's and Mitsuye Sano's wedding day.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-2/
Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-7)
img Two children at Rohwer concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-7)
Caption on reverse: "Itoko, Lloyd / Rohwer, Ark 1944."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-7/
View of the Mess Hall No.14 at Rowher concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-5)
img View of the Mess Hall No.14 at Rowher concentration camp (ddr-densho-331-5)
Caption on reverse: "Rohwer, Arkansas / Coal & old wood for cooking in mess hall."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-331-5/
Report and minority views of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on Japanese War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-381-55)
doc Report and minority views of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on Japanese War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-381-55)
A report submitted by John M. Costello to the House of Representatives discussing concerns with the War Relocation Authority's management of the concentration camps.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-55/
War Relocation Authority contact list (ddr-densho-381-43)
doc War Relocation Authority contact list (ddr-densho-381-43)
A contact list of War Relocation Authority directors.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-43/
War Relocation Authority administrative notice on payroll allotments for war bonds (ddr-densho-381-19)
doc War Relocation Authority administrative notice on payroll allotments for war bonds (ddr-densho-381-19)
Acting Director, Leland Barrows, encourages War Relocation Authority staff to meet payroll allotment goals for war bonds. Included in the notice are copies of letters from H. Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a list of participation numbers.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-19/
Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)
doc Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)
Dillon S. Myer, War Relocation Authority Director, lists twelve reasons why he believes detainees are reluctant to leave the camps.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-6/
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-223)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-223)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he recalls a month long recruitment trip to some of the WRA camps for qualified Niseis to join MIS. His writing includes a mention for being present to an incident at Poston (possibly the Poston Strike or the incidences that lead to the strike). He talks …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-223/
Speech
doc Speech "The Evacuation and Relocation of Japanese Americans" (ddr-densho-356-1032)
Speech given at The Regional Conference of Church Social Workers in St. Louis, Missouri by Joseph B. Hunter, Chief of Community Services at Rohwer on the subject of Japanese American relocation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1032/
Fourth-grade classroom (ddr-densho-37-470)
img Fourth-grade classroom (ddr-densho-37-470)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Fourth Grade School in Barracks 3-4-B.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-470/
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