Military

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 20 (November 15, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-46)

Selected article titles: "History Project Repeats Need for All Documentary Matter" (p. 1), "Portland Attorney Honored by JACL for Fight Against Oregon Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "JACL Policy on Kawakita When Prime Minister Ikeda Visited U.S. Recalled as Nisei Pastor Seeks Presidential Pardon" (p. 1), and "Last Japanese Soldier to Leave Guadalcanal Hosted by North …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2025 (January 5-12, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-1)

Selected article titles: "JACL to File Redress Bill" (pp. 1, 9-10), "When Douglas MacArthur 'Reigned' in Japan" (p. 2), "What Was the U.S. Occupation of Japan Like?" (pp. 3, 15), and "Japan's Secret Intercontinental Missile: Konnyaku Bakudan" (pp. 5, 14).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-1/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 89, No. 2052 (July 20, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-28)

Selected article titles: "Mineta Lauds Nisei MIS Role During WW2 in Pacific Theater" (pp. 1, 7), "Major Cutback in Whaling Approved" (p. 1), "J. William Fulbright Says: Japan Acquires Secret for Humanity: Make Cultural Development, Not War" (p. 2), and "Ex-Kamikaze Pilot Teaches English to Foreign Students at Michigan State" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-28/

doc Former Kamikaze greeted by U.S. benefactors (ddr-csujad-49-27)

Newspaper clipping about Robert Nishiyama, a former Kamikaze student pilot, receiving a scholarship from American soldier Robert Johnstone's GI insurance. An item from: page 21 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_020_03

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-27/

doc What he was fighting for; Kamikaze pilot bewildered by fuss of reporters (ddr-csujad-49-26)

Newspaper clippings about Robert Nishiyama and the scholarship he received from Robert Johnstone, an American soldier. An item from: page 21 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_020_02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-26/

img Japanese family, Japanese Imperial Navy (ddr-csujad-25-21)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include a photograph of Japanese women in western dress and Japanese men in Japanese Imperial Navy uniforms at a picnic. Also include photographs of houses. See this object …

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doc Letter from Megumi Sasaki to Mr. S. Okine, January 22, 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-244)

A letter from Megumi Sasaki in Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. Megumi introduces himself as though he has never met them nor been in contact with them before. He is a son of Matsuyo Sasaki and a brother of Minoru Sasaki. He explains that he was drafted into the Japanese military in 1944 and …

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doc Japan student's scholarship endowed by GI's insurance (ddr-csujad-49-25)

Newspaper clipping about Robert Nishiyama, a former Kamikaze student pilot, receiving a scholarship from American soldier Robert Johnstone's GI insurance. An item from: page 21 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_020_01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-25/

Kamikaze goes to college: a Japanese suicide pilot starts his freshman year at Lafayette on a scholarship started by a dead GI (ddr-csujad-49-263)

doc Kamikaze goes to college: a Japanese suicide pilot starts his freshman year at Lafayette on a scholarship started by a dead GI (ddr-csujad-49-263)

Article, titled "Kamikaze Goes to College," that is about Robert Yukimasa Nishiyama, a former pilot in the Imperial Japanese military who later attended college in the United States. An item from: page 130 and the inner back cover of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Shim Hiraoka interview (ddr-csujad-6-5)

Oral history interview with Shim Hiraoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_HIRAOKA_SHIM

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-5/

doc Eric Andow interview (ddr-csujad-6-2)

Oral history interview with Eric Andow. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_ANDOW_ERIC

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-2/

doc Mrs. Akiko Suda (ddr-csujad-8-66)

Oral history interview with Mrs. Akiko Suda. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Suda, Mrs Akiko

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-66/

doc Michio and June Toshiyuki (ddr-csujad-8-77)

Oral history interview with Michio and June Toshiyuki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Toshiyuki, Michio and June

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-77/

img Military demonstration (ddr-densho-278-178)

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img Military demonstration (ddr-densho-278-180)

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img Photo of a Japanese Army artist's painting (ddr-densho-299-234)

Caption: "As their aircraft carrier sinks, the officers drink a toast while another approaches with a flag." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many large paintings were made by Japanese Army artists. Some paintings were 8 feet long. These paintings were displayed in public places in the lands that they had conquered such as Manchuria, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-234/

img Troops coming home from China and Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-102)

Caption: "Troops returning from service in China and Manchuria."

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img United States and Japanese soldiers looking at confiscated equipment (ddr-densho-299-2)

Caption on reverse: "More / confiscated / and captured / equipment."

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img Photo of a Japanese Army artist's painting (ddr-densho-299-250)

Caption: "General Percival and staff as they surrender their forces." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many large paintings were made by Japanese Army artists. Some paintings were 8 feet long. These paintings were displayed in public places in the lands that they had conquered such as Manchuria, and parts of China. After the war …

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img Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-97)

Caption: "General Douglas MacArthur puts his signature on the document."

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img A Japanese officer after surrender (ddr-densho-299-4)

Caption on reverse: "Officer in / charge of one / detachment of / returning soldiers."

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img Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-98)

Caption: "Russia is represented by General Derevyanko."

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img Japanese tanks (ddr-densho-299-109)

Caption: "Tanks to be destroyed."

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img Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-96)

Caption: "Aboard the USS Missouri, the victors and the vanquished sign the historic / surrender document."

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img Photo of Japanese Army artist's painting of the destruction of the British ships Prince of Wales and Repulse (ddr-densho-299-230)

Caption: "The painting shows the sinking of the British 'Prince of Wales' and the 'Repulse.' Artistic license / shows the two ships closer than in actual fact." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many large paintings were made by Japanese Army artists. Some paintings were 8 feet long. These paintings were displayed in public places …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-230/

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