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img Group of men posing for photo outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-809)

Caption: MIS Military Intelligence Service language school / Camp Savage, Minnesota. Iwataki graduated for the MIS in December 1942 / Taro Yoshihashi / Grant Hirabayashi (served in Burma) / Joe Iwataki of Alameda, CA (served in Australia) / Yasuharu Koike of Alameda, CA. (served in CBI campaign)

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img Charles Kingsford Smith standing next to his plane (ddr-njpa-1-724)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kingsford Smith Fails to Set New Record from Britain to Australia. (Sydney) Rengo Arrived Today. The famous Australian aviator Major Kingsford Smith, who departed from Windham on September 23 to break the record set by former RAF pilot Charles William Scott in April of nine days and three hours from Britain to …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 3 (July 17, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-29)

Selected article titles: "Evacuee claimant's private bill to extend filing deadline vetoed" (p. 1), "Hawaiian statehood certain to affect racial policies of Australia, New Zealand" (p. 2), "Names hurt like sticks, stones" (p. 7), "California fair housing bill signed, affects FHA-VA homes" (p. 8).

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img Neal Blaisdell meeting with hotel directors (ddr-njpa-4-1512)

Caption on reverse: "PACIFIC HOTEL SEMINAR OPENS HERE: Seventy hotelmen from the Pacific's top resort areas gathered here today for the opening of a six-day seminar on all phases of the hotel business this morning at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Attending the meetings are hotelmen from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, Formosa, Fuji, and the …

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img Christmas party (ddr-densho-397-270)

The caption in the photo album reads "Col. Allen of U.S. on the lap of Col. Allen of Australia who plays Santa 24 Dec. '46". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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vh Walter Tanaka Interview (ddr-densho-1004-6)

Nisei male. Born February 19, 1918, in Watsonville, California. Drafted into the military before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service and interrogated Japanese POWs in Australia during the war. After the war, served as a linguist and interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-259)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he talks about the difficulties of writing on a train by candlelight, his recent assignment to a Marine unit, responses to a letter Yuri wrote to him, facts about trains in Australia, his feelings on question 28, and inquires if the Domoto family has plans to …

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img Newspaper clipping regarding Charles Kingsford Smith (ddr-njpa-1-726)

Caption on reverse: "An English aviator sets a new record for the flight to Australia; wing commander Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith starts from London on the flight on which he bettered by more than forty hours the previous record made by C.W.A. Scott. His elapsed time was 7 days 4 hours and 44 minutes. (Times Wide World …

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img Nisei soldier on garden walk (ddr-densho-397-269)

The caption in the photo album reads "Strolling in the garden". Takashi Matsui poses in the garden of the residence of General O'Brien of Australia in Japan. Matsui served as a part of the U.S. occupation forces in Japan after World War II. Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied …

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img Roy W. Howard met by Keith Maddock [?] (ddr-njpa-1-642)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Group of American Reporters Head to the South Pacific. (Sydney) Domei. A group of American reporters arrived in Sydney in late August for the purpose of observing Australia, the Dutch East Indies, and other places in the south Pacific, as if with the intention of restraining our policy of southern expansion. Photograph: …

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img A Honolulu attorney and young members of Eisenhower's reelection campaign (ddr-njpa-2-517)

Caption on reverse: "Harold Kay Mum on T. H. Governorship Honolulu attorney Harold T. Kay, one of the reported candidates for the Hawaii governorship, is going back to Washington for conferences within the next few weeks. Kay yesterday declined to discuss the governorship, saying his meetings will concern the National Citizens for Eisenhower group. He was …

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Collection Alameda Japanese American History Project: Joe Iwataki Military Service Collection (ddr-ajah-2)

The album contains photos and documents from Joe Iwataki’s military service in WWII including time at MIS language school and posting to the Pacitic theatre. Collection includes material from MIS reunions. Joe Iwataki was born in Alameda, California and enlisted in the military in Spring of 1941. After Pearl Harbor he was assigned to guard duty …

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img Charles Kingsford Smith standing in front of a car (ddr-njpa-1-725)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Smith's 'Baby Car' Unsuitable for the Hero of the 'Southern Cross.' (Sydney) Rengo. The car belonging to the famous Australian pilot Kingsford Smith, who gained fame for crossing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and magnificently making it from Australia to Britain in the 'Southern Cross' is a cute one. Even though his …

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Narrator Harvey Watanabe

Nisei male. Born February 7, 1919, in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 17 (April 24, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-17)

Selected article titles: "Australia not interested in Americans of Oriental ancestry as immigrants" (p. 1), "Gov. Brown vows to fight FEPC referendum if placed on ballot" (p. 1), "Strandee sues gov't for selling off home" (p. 1), "Salt Lake chapter signs Japanese movie star, now housewife, as 550th member" (p. 4), "Perfumed waters off mudflats of …

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-102)

Nisei male. Born February 7, 1919, in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went …

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1008-5)

Nisei male. Born February 1919 in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went to …

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