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Obituary, Harry Fumio Madokoro (ddr-csujad-55-1830)
Posthumous award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Harry Fumio Madokoro, Private First Class, Company K, 3d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division for extraordinary heroism in military operations. Madokoro was drafted from Poston incarceration camp and was killed in action in Italy during World War II. See this object in the California State …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 18 (November 6, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-43)
Selected article titles: "Position of Nisei Battalion In Italy 'Most Advanced' of U.S. Fifth Army, Says Lardner" (p. 1), "Troops Impose Martial Law On Tule Segregation Center. Army Intervenes As Newell Residents Defy Civil Authority; Report Twenty Persons Injured" (p. 1), "FBI Frees Nisei Held on Camera Charge" (p. 2), "Set Arguments In Case Testing Evacuee …
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Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 52 (May 3, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-165)
Selected article titles: "No Pacific Combat Duty for Nisei Soldiers" (p. 1), "Issuance of Gate Passes to School-Age Boys Halted" (p. 1), "First Unescorted Nisei Group on Way to Hawaiian Homes" (p. 1), "La Guardia Protests Nisei Relocation on East Coast" (p. 2), "Tule Agitators to be Interned at Leupp Center" (p. 2), "Court Will Test …
Narrator John Kanda
Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. Following Executive Order 9066, family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, then to Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered as a replacement for the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and trained …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 49 (December 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-158)
Selected article titles: "Relocation Meet May be Called. Nine Centers Will Join in Conclave" (p. 1), "Nisei Casualty List is Released. 34 Killed in Italy Campaign" (p. 1), "Youth Burns Foot on Hot Ashes" (p. 1), "1,500 American Repatriates Arrive from Orient" (p. 1), "'No Loyal Nisei Should Feel Ashamed of Japanese Heritage'" (p. 1), "Water …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 5 (August 5, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-32)
Selected article titles: "120 Japanese Americans Killed in Italy" (p. 1), "Jewish Group Urges Justice for Evacuees" (p. 1), "Portland Vandals Desecrate Japanese Cemetery; Officer Blames Adults for Crime" (p. 1), "New Security Force Elected at Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Strike Threat by AFL Group Halts Employment of Evacuees" (p. 2), "Hunger Strike Ended by Tule …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 1 (January 8, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-2)
Selected article titles: "Japanese American Battalion Fighting Some of Hardest Italy Battles, Says Newsman" (p. 1), "WRA Director Warns Against Wishful Thinking" (p. 1), "H.V. Kaltenborn Questions Coast Policy on Evacuation" (p. 1), "Hunt Firemen Strike Against Long Hours" (p. 2), "Twin Falls Official Denies Charges in Hearst Paper" (p. 3), "WRA to Drop Resettlement In …
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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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Letters from Makoto Okine to Seiichi and Dorothy Okine, January 26, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-127)
Contains two letters written by Makoto Okine along with an envelope. He writes to his father and sister, Seiichi and Dorothy Okine separately, encloses the two letters into the same envelope, and mails to Seiichi Okine's place in Hawthorne, California. The letters are written in Leghorn, Italy where Makoto Okine is stationed as a U.S. Army …
Makoto Okine (ddr-csujad-5-22)
A photograph of Makoto Okine in the US Military uniform. The photograph is addressing his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine and signed from Makoto Okine. It is taken by American Red Cross Photography Shop in Livorno, Italy, where Makoto is stationed as a US Army soldier. The note on the backside records the arrival of the …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 7 (April 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-134)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Unit Rejoins Fifth Army; Takes Mt. Belvedere in Italy" (p. 1), "Campaign Held to Keep Nisei Away" (p. 1), "Evacuees Must Apply For Ration Books" (p. 1), "Roosevelt Succumbs Thursday" (p. 1), "University Students Cause Confusion at Anti-Japanese Meet; Say Nazism At Work" (p. 1), "Myer Writes of Spain-Japan Break" (p. 1), …
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Nisei soldiers in jeep (ddr-densho-114-99)
Original caption: A group of five Hawaiian-American soldiers of the 100th Inf. Bn., 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Div., move up in the battle for Leghorn in a captured German jeep. American born Japanese composing the 442nd Inf. Regt., have established an outstanding record with the international Fifth Army - educated in West Coast schools, and numbering …
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522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers (ddr-densho-114-87)
Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. Men of the 522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442nd Infantry Regt., 34th Division, are firing a 105-MM Howitzer in the Battle for Leghorn. The American born Japanese, of which the 442nd Inf. Regt. consists, here are, L. to R., Cpl. Edward Nakamura, Honolulu, T.H., Gunner; Pfc. George Tanna, Honolulu, T.H., No. 1 …
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Nisei technicians working on calculations (ddr-densho-114-98)
Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. In the Fire Direction Center of the 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, Lt. George S. Meany, Greenwich, Conn., Left, works with his Japanese American crew. In the center is T/Sgt. Shuichi, Sakamoto, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, calculating vertical control and S/Sgt. Yuki Ahaki, Modesto Calif., at the horizontal control, …
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Nisei sniper (ddr-densho-114-46)
Original caption: Castrellina Area, Italy. Pfc. Genkichi Akamine, Honolulu, T. H., a sniper with the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Div., is a typical American of Japanese descent. A native of Hawaii, he has three years service in the U.S. Army, and has fought through the entire Italian Campaign, just ending 16 days of hill fighting in …
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Pacific Citizen Christmas 1945 Issue (ddr-densho-121-5)
Selected article titles: "WRA Will Assist Returned Evacuees to Find Permanent Location on Pacific Coast" (p. 3), "Judge Grants New Hearing to Renunciant" (p. 3), "442nd Infantry Still on Duty in Many Sections of Italy" (p. 3), "Placer Supervisors Will Grant Aid to Returned Evacuees" (p. 3), "Three Arrested in Murder of Nisei Veteran" (p. 3), …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 68 (June 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-3)
Selected article titles: "Fighter Knew Why He Was Fighting"; "Phi Beta Kappa Girl Can't Get in School"; "On the Other Hand"; "Fund to be Sent to Prisoners"; "Favor Holding Island Defense"; "WAC Lieutenant to Speak Thursday Night"; "Speaking for Selves"; "Brave Sergeant Dies in Action"; "Chicago Paper Comments on Defeat of Congressman"; "Judge Sets July 10 …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 79 (July 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-168)
Selected article titles: "Reconsideration Asked of Myer"; "Property issue Before Kilgore Senate Group"; "Carnival Dance Slated"; "Legislature Fails to Adopt Commission"; "Committee May Try on Voluntary Basis"; "Compliment Girls"; "100th Infantrymen Flown Back by ATC Planes to Florida Airbase from Italy"; "Teamster Would Hire Nisei War Veterans"; "400 at Inaugural Ball"; "Reason for Double Joy"; "Say …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4308 (May 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-21)
Selected article titles: "Oregon's Alien Land Law 'Of Doubtful Constitutionality' Says WRA Solicitor"; "Next of Kin of War Heroes Warned Against Fraudulent Schemers"; "7 Bay Region Nisei Recent Casualties in Northern Italy"; "The Voice of Youth"; "Placer Nisei Plans to Appeal Draft Status"; "Hero of a Horatio Alger Story Laid in Chicago"; "Nisei Employees Cited for …
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Weekly Press Review No. 39 (ddr-densho-156-352)
Original summary excerpt: The past week saw the development of only a few new stories of interest to WRA; clippings were considerably less than usual. The progress of the Nisei soldiers in Italy continued to draw favorable comment, both in news columns and on editorial pages. Several papers carried an INS release on the use of …
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Members of the Lytton Commission (ddr-njpa-1-1211)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Their Majesties Dine With China Commission of Enquiry －At Homeiden in the Imperial Palace - Lord Lytton (Britain), General Claudel (France), General McCoy (US), Dr. Schnee (Germany), Count Aldrovandi (Italy), and Secretary-General Ark [?] of the League of Nations China Commission of Enquiry which is currently in Japan were received by His …
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The bride and groom (ddr-njpa-1-42)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Music [illegible] Wedding. The Imperial Household Ministry's Musical Section [illegible] Mr. Comelie [?]. (Tokyo) February 13, 1934. Ethiopian bride [illegible] wedding march is being cheerfully played [illegible] Mr. Etano Comelie [?] (41), who has [illegible] the Imperial Household Ministry's Musical Section's [illegible] since [illegible] as the conductor of the Italy Cappi [?] …
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Ivanoe Bonomi and Count Carlo Sforza (ddr-njpa-1-1871)
Caption on reverse: "Members of new Italian government confer in Rome. Ivanoe Bonomi (left), Premier of the newly formed Italian Government, and Count Carlo Sforza, Minister without portfolio, confer in liberated Rome during the first meeting of the Cabinet. Count Sforza, who returned to his homeland from America as Allied armies drove the Germans from southern …
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Mexico's military leaders during World War II (ddr-njpa-1-45)
Caption on the reverse: "Mexico Unanimously Votes War Against Germany, Italy, Japan: Another whole-hearted supporter of President Camacho is his predecessor, former President Lazaro Cardenas, to whom is attributed much of Mexico's modern progress. General Cardenas, center, now commander-in-chief of Pacific Coast defenses in cooperation with the U.S., is walking with his chief aides, Commodore R. …
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-240)
Nisei male. Born October 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Renton, Washington, where father operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Briefly transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army and served in Italy as a replacement …