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Excerpts from speech given at the University of Hawaii Forum, March 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-3)
Excerpts from speech given at the University of Hawaii Forum, March 1943. The document presents three quoted passages from the speech, one concerning the role of people of "the Japanese race" in serving as liaisons who can provide the most reliable check on the morale, needs, and activities of "the Japanese community"; one comparing the United …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 10 (September 4, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-35)
Selected article titles: "Berkeley police push hunt for Sansei killer" (p. 1), "No literacy test for Issei voters in California now" (p. 1), "Asian actors picket show" (p. 1), "Coroner's jury rules in death of Miss Okubo" (p. 1), "Social service agency executives hear Asian community leaders air problems" (p. 1), "Ethnic studies program initiated at …
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Japanese in Hawaii (ddr-csujad-19-86)
An article from "The new republic," vol. 107, no. 11, number 1450 (September 14, 1942), by Blake Clark describes the feeling in mainland United States, that the Japanese in Hawaii cannot be trusted as a result of the many rumors that came out after the attack on Pearl Harbor. See this object in the California State …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 100 (August 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-187)
Selected article titles: "Revise Procedure in Canadian Suit"; "On the Other Hand"; "Distinguished Service"; "Diverse Views are Held"; "Robert Sakai, Lieutenant"; "Views Divided on Governing Japan"; "Draftee Casualties Number Total of 755"; "Study Post-Camp Evacuee Problems"; "Guns, Pistols and Cameras Owned by Issei Will be Returned to Owners Soon"; "Man Disappears from Camp; Destination is Unknown"; …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4289 (March 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-2)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Loyalty Told as Hawaii Newspaper Calls for Statehood"; "Tule Lake Trio Sentenced"; "AFL Union Suspends Member for Anti-Nisei Talk"; "Nisei Indicted for Desertion From CPS Camp"; "Graves Bearing Enemy Names Desecrated"; "'Real Friendship' from California Man"; "Lost Battalion Thanks Nisei"; "Sacramento Evacuee Killed in Chicago"; "WRA Denies Plan to Unite Enemy Families"; …
Narrator Kiyoko Morey Kaneko
Nisei female. Born September 3, 1911, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father operated a successful import/export business with retail stores. Graduated from UCLA, then lived and worked in Japan for a few years. Was married and living in Hawaii in 1941. Witnessed Japanese bomber planes overhead from home in Pearl City on …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 12 (September 20, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-38)
Selected article titles: "Angelenos mourn death of Sansei police officer" (p. 1), "Spark & Patsy won't have easy campaign as Mayor Blaisdell files at last minute" (p. 1), "Matsunaga calls for Dept. of Peace, first advocated for U.S. in 1779" (p. 1), "390,000 Orientals in California now" (p. 1), "Seattle human rights commission asks extra funds …
Narrator Masamizu Kitajima
Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 27 (March 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-116)
Selected article titles: "Price-War Story Disturbs Fresnans"; "Assault Charges Made Against Three Persons"; "On the Other Hand"; "Souvenir Translated"; "Tule Lake's Outlawed Organizations' Chiefs Sentenced to Jail Terms"; "Emoto of Hunt Charged with Weapon"; "Benefit Dance Sunday Night"; "California to Accept State Job Application"; "'Nisei Action -- Today and Tomorrow'"; "Dean Opposes College Student Equality Group"; …
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Portraits of elderly couple (ddr-densho-107-29)
Roy Matsumoto's paternal grandparents. Roy's paternal grandfather, Wakamatsu, was the youngest son of the Matsumoto family. He married his sweetheart and came to Kauai, HI, as a government contract laborer to work in the sugar cane fields. Upon completion of the contract, he came to the mainland United States, leased land in southern California, and operated …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 3 (July 20, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-29)
Selected article titles: "President Truman Honors Nisei Troops. 6,000 Rain-Soaked Spectators Look on as Chief Executive Reviews Famed Combat Team" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Dismisses Court Petition by Renunciants to Regain American Citizenship" (p. 1), "Plans Changed, Combat Team To Be Deactivated in Hawaii" (p. 2), "JACL Group Will Undertake Active Program Against Race Prejudice Faced …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 8 (August 20, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-33)
Selected article titles: "Plan to Initiate Case for New Supreme Court Test of State Alien Land Law in California" (p. 1), "Galen Fisher Initiates Move To Oppose Appointment of Bendetsen to High Army Post" (p. 2), "Ruling Permits Longer Japan Visits by Nisei" (p. 2), "Undertake Study of Adjustment of Former Tuleans in Hawaii" (p. 2), …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 7 (February 13, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-7)
Selected article titles: "Native Son leader of 1941-42 addresses Oakland JACL inaugural" (p. 1), "Calif. State Senate Urges Hawaii Statehood" (p. 1), "For longevity--eat sashimi and ripe tomatoes, said Issei who lived till 101" (p. 2), "Racial bias at bar hit in California measure" (p. 2), "Nisei medico reports diagnosis of flu during epidemic half right, …
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Hawaii's 150,00 Japanese (ddr-csujad-19-84)
An article from "The nation," vol. 155, no. 4 (July 25, 1942). It is written by Albert Horlings and describes the historic gamble by the United States government in Hawaii by trusting the loyalty of 150,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese, 40,000 of whom were aliens and and majority of those who cannot read or speak English. …
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Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
Narrator Kenji Maruko
Sansei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Fresno, California. Father was born in Hawaii, mother was born in Japan. Grew up in Fresno, where parents ran a successful bicycle shop and general store. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 3 (July 20, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-29)
Selected article titles: "Claimants requested to refrain from writing Dep't of Justice for 60 days as all claims being reviewed under 1955 amendment" (p. 1), "Kibei fired as security risk in plea to Eisenhower" (p. 1), "Action unlikely on committee ok'd bill to return war vested property" (p. 1), "Renunciation law and segregation termed by Myer …
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Bert Nakano Interview (ddr-densho-1000-67)
Nisei male. Born March 5, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Incarcerated at the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Resettled in Gardena, California. Member of the Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization (LTPRO) and National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR).
(This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the …
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Nobuko Miyake-Stoner Interview (ddr-densho-1000-242)
Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …
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Kenji Maruko Interview (ddr-densho-1010-8)
Sansei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Fresno, California. Father was born in Hawaii, mother was born in Japan. Grew up in Fresno, where parents ran a successful bicycle shop and general store. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 4 (January 29, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-4)
Selected article titles: "Report Evacuees Slow in Filing Claims for Evacuation Losses With Department of Justice" (p. 1), "Nisei in Japan May Enlist as U.S. Interpreter" (p. 1), "California Assembly Considers Bills to Outlaw Race Prejudice" (p. 1), "Social Scientists Study Effects Of Language School Reopening On Japanese in Hawaii" (p. 2), "Ashes May Be Sent …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 14 (October 5, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-40)
Selected article titles: "Note Sansei in Hawaii Politics, 2 Seek Offices" (p. 1), "Sansei scores 190 pts. out of possible 110 in Oregon State entrance examination" (p. 1), "New Justice Dep't Procedures for Renunciants Follows JACL Policy" (p. 1), "Effective campaign to carry 'Yes on Prop. 13' urged in Nisei vernacular" (p. 1), "Detroit JACLers open …
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Susumu Ito Interview (ddr-densho-1000-29)
Nisei male. Born July 27, 1919, in Stockton, California. Emeritus professor of anatomy at Harvard Medical School. During World War II, was second lieutenant, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. In his interview, he discusses his memories of serving in the 442nd and some of the more psychological aspects of combat.
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Masamizu Kitajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-287)
Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. …
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-92)
Nisei male. Born July 7, 1925, near San Jose. Grew up in Salinas, California, until he went to Japan at the age of thirteen. Studied in Japan until about 1939. Incarcerated at the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Volunteered out of camp to serve in the U.S. military. Fought in Europe as …