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img Japanese American building a model ship (ddr-densho-37-597)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, former produce market employee form Los Angeles, California, is shown sandpapering the hull of a model into final shape in the model ship factory here. These ships are carefully constructed for the Navy by the Japanese-American craftsmen.

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img Bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-37-769)

Original caption: Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. Navy's caption: Colors flying from USS WEST VIRGINIA(left) and USS ARIZONA (right) aflame, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of Dec. 7, 1941., 12/07/1941

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vh Gloria Toshiko Imagire Interview (ddr-manz-1-46)

Nisei female. Born June 25, 1935, in Vacaville, California. Grew up in Vacaville before being removed to the Turlock Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. After the war, lived briefly with parents in Ogden, Utah, before returning to the Sacramento area.

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Collection Poston Chronicle Collection (ddr-densho-145)

This collection consists of the Poston Chronicle, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Poston consisted of three separate sections, designated Poston I, II and III. As a result, many of the Chronicle's issues contain pages contributed by the different sections. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1002-7-30)

Memories of Leupp, Arizona: secretly listening to news of the war on a shortwave radio

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 2 (January 16, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-2)

Selected article titles: "Broadcaster's Remarks Add to Black-Asian Tensions in Pa." (pp. 1-2), "Family, Attorneys to Continue Yasui Appeal" (pp. 1, 8), "Third Try: Redress Bill Is Introduced in 100th Congress" (p. 1), and "Arizona, Florida Next?: Proposition 63 Forces Plan Campaigns in Other States" (pp. 1, 3).

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img Mitzi Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-193)

Photographed is Mitzi Masukawa at the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_05_003

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doc Information Roundup Vol. VI, No. 11 (ddr-densho-156-380)

Section titles: "Winter Arrives"; "Fryer in Washington"; "Railroads Recruiting Evacuees in Montana"; "Office Hours Changed"; "Arizona Closed to Cotton Picking"; "Receiving Warehouses Opened"; "2000 News Stories Briefed'; "WRA to Handle Repatriation"; "Industrial Policy Supplemented"; "Information Service at Central Utah"; "Public Relations Improve in Idaho"; "News From the Projects"; "Project Reports."

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vh George Hiromoto Interview (ddr-densho-1010-12)

Nisei male. Born 1921 in Courtland, California. Grew up in the Clarksburg area, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to Turlock Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan. Eventually returned to Clarksburg and reestablished farm.

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vh Mas Hashimoto Interview (ddr-densho-1015-7)

Nisei male. Born September 15, 1935, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville before being removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Following World War II, returned with family to Watsonville and finished school. Became a teacher of U.S. History at Watsonville High School.

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img Yokota family (ddr-csujad-38-281)

Photographed is the Yokota family, sitting in front of their barrack in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. Includes Yukie Masukawa. It was presumably taken when Yukie Masukawa, an incarceree at the Poston camp in Arizona, visited her family at the Jerome camp. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at the Jerome camp to Mitzi …

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Self analysis and inventory by high school students regarding the affects of the Colorado River Relocation Center residence, Poston Arizona (1942-1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1835)

doc Self analysis and inventory by high school students regarding the affects of the Colorado River Relocation Center residence, Poston Arizona (1942-1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1835)

Questionnaire form for a self-analysis and inventory to be completed by high school students at Poston incarceration camp. Questions cover the impacts of incarceration and students perceptions towards "relocation." Sections include, Part I covering culture, Part II covering attitudes, Part III covering personality, and Part IV covering achievements. See also sac_jaac_1836 and sac_jaac_1837 for report and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 16 [April 26, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-16)

Select article titles: "Internment video gets mixed reviews" (p. 1), "Japan-Arizona trade event set" (p. 1), "Councilman makes racial remark" (p. 1), "Group honors outstanding Asian Americans" (p. 1), "Pearl Harbor news" (p. 1), "Fred Korematsu documentary being filmed" (p. 1), "Seattle remembers..." (p. 5), "No Nisei vets -- no redress!" (p. 5).

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img Children at the Poston camp (ddr-csujad-38-198)

Photographed are female children incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_05_008

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img Koyuta Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-229)

Photographed is Koyuta Masukawa, an incarceree of the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_10_002

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img Children at the Poston camp (ddr-csujad-38-197)

Photographed are male children incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_05_007

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img Betty Shintaka (ddr-csujad-38-225)

Photographed is Betty Shintaka, an incarceree at the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 9. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_09_005

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img Yukie Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-210)

Photographed is Yukie Masukawa, an incarceree at the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 7. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_07_006

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img Ducks in a pond in the Poston camp (ddr-csujad-38-214)

Photographed are ducks in a pond in the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 7. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_07_010

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img Koyuta Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-230)

Photographed is Koyuta Masukawa, an incarceree of the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_10_003

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. I No. 2 (September 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-141-2)

Selected article titles: "Temporary Government Organized" (p. 1), "Recent Ruling Affect Aliens" (p. 1), "Employment Policies Announced by W.R.A." (p. 1), "Entry Permit Process Stated" (p. 1), "Arizona Believes in Nisei" (p. 2), "Three Students Leave Center for School" (p. 3), "Mixed Couples Ruling Revealed" (p. 3), "Citizens May Quit Center" (p. 4).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XVIII No. 1 (March 3, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-478)

Selected article titles: "73 Go to Tule Center" (p. 1), "Internee Mail" (p. 1), "More Go to Crystal City" (p. 1), "Editorial: How to Spread a Rumor in One Easy Lesson" (p. 2), "Five Amache Nisei Ignore Draft Call" (p. 2), "Arizona Selective Service Headquarters Release Army Classifications for Eligible Men" (p. 3).

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 51 (March 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-52)

Selected article titles: "Social Security May be Had" (p. 1), "40 Per Cent in Hawaii Volunteer for Army" (p. 1), "Air Mail May be Rationed" (p. 2), "Map of Arizona Showing the New Exclusion Line" (p. 5), "Topaz Volunteers Draw Up Credo of Loyalty" (p. 5), "Mass Deportation is Unamerican" (p. 7).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 118 (October 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-51)

Selected article titles: "Storm Raging Over Girl's Enrollment"; "Share Evacuees?"; "On the Other Hand"; "Orders Issued"; "Exclusion"; "Dewey Interested in Sentiment"; "10 Minute Job"; "Want Ads"; "Attorney General Discloses Number of Draft Act Violators"; "Youth Fined $200.00"; "Family Counselling Program Under Way"; "Question Arizona Resettlement Agreement"; "Urge Book Clubs"; "Hold Meeting on Amendment."

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doc Postcard to Yuhachi Miyagi from Akiko Miyagi (ddr-densho-416-2)

Postcard to Yuhachi Miyagi from his daughter Akiko Miyagi. Akiko tells about a sandstorm on July 3rd, how her younger brother Donald can now say "goodbye" and how the tempature in Arizona is very hot. Per donor, this letter was written by the older sister Takeko (aged 9) for Akiko (aged 3).

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