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Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-196)
Caption: "To / Mr. & Mrs. Nagatomi / Sincerely, / Mr. & Mrs. Tom / Hirabayashi / 5/25/44."
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PJ Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-314)
Sansei female. Born May 18, 1950, in San Rafael, California. Grew up in San Rafael, eventually attending California State University, Hayward, and University of California, Berkeley. Earned a master's degree from San Jose State University. Involved in civil rights and Asian American issues while in school. Along with husband, Roy Hirabayashi, founded San Jose Taiko.
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-183)
Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …
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Roy M. Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-313)
Sansei male. Born January 1, 1951, in Berkeley, California. Grew up in Oakland, and got involved with music at an early age. Attended Cal State Hayward and San Jose State during the Civil Rights Movement. Got involved with civil rights and Asian American issues. Along with wife, PJ Hirabayashi, founded the prominent group San Jose Taiko.
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Hannah Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-493)
Nisei-Sansei female. Born 1938 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the town of Christopher, now part of Auburn, Washington, where parents ran a grocery store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to the Fort Missoula internment camp, Montana. The rest of the family went to the Puyallup Assembly …
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-20)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World …
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-19)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World …
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview V (ddr-densho-1000-115)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World …
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-18)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World …
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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-17)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World …
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-183-38)
Involvement with the war crimes trials in Japan
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-183-42)
Importance of the National Japanese American Memorial
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-183-6)
Parents' involvement in the Japanese non-church movement
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-183-15)
Working for the military as a flight clerk
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-183-14)
Being placed in 'protective custody' with other Japanese American soldiers
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-183-8)
Adjusting to life in Japan as a child
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-183-18)
Visiting family in Tule Lake, being guarded by "a soldier wearing the same uniform as mine"
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-183-4)
Growing up on the same farm as Gordon Hirabayashi
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-183-32)
Interrogating Japanese prisoners of war
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-183-12)
Feeling torn between American and Japanese identity
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-183-25)
Dealing with the hardships of dysentery and food allergies
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-183-20)
Preparation for secret mission in the Pacific
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-183-27)
Temporarily leaving unit to recover from illness