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George Kiyo Wakatsuki Interview (ddr-manz-1-150)
vh George Kiyo Wakatsuki Interview (ddr-manz-1-150)
Nisei male. Born December 10, 1931, in Guadalupe, California. Grew up in Santa Monica, California, where father was a fisherman. Family moved to Terminal Island, California, just before World War II. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Served in the navy during the Korean War. The family's wartime experiences were chronicled in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-150/
Arthur Ogami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-154)
vh Arthur Ogami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-154)
Nisei male. Born April 10, 1922, in Whittier, California. Spent childhood in California, before being removed to Manzanar concentration camp in 1942. Left Manzanar several times to work as a beet topper for local farmers. Decided to expatriate to Japan because of mother's wishes, and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp. In 1945, was moved …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-154/
Martha Shoaf Collection (ddr-manz-7)
Collection Martha Shoaf Collection (ddr-manz-7)
The Martha Shoaf Collection is comprised of photographs from Martha Shoaf, a fourth grade teacher at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Materials include photographs of Shoaf's students and fellow teachers at Manzanar.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-7/
Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview (ddr-chi-1-12)
vh Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview (ddr-chi-1-12)
Sansei female. Born February 20, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, her father, an Issei, was a curator at the Harding Museum in Chicago. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her parents decided to volunteer to go early to Manzanar to help set up the camp. After leaving Manzanar, the family …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-12/
Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-33)
doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-33)
Excerpt: "What do you know, well I'm going to be a A9 next Monday & I sure am glad this semesters over & next semester im going to have to study real hard." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-33/
Gary Yamagiwa Interview (ddr-chi-1-7)
vh Gary Yamagiwa Interview (ddr-chi-1-7)
Sansei male. Born May 8, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois. Parents were Nisei, sent to the concentration camps at Poston, Arizona, Manzanar and Tule Lake, California, during World War II. After leaving camp, resettled in Chicago, where Gary was born and raised.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-7/
Henry Nakano Interview (ddr-manz-1-58)
vh Henry Nakano Interview (ddr-manz-1-58)
Nisei male. Born May 11, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where father ran a grocery store and then a small farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Trained in the Military Intelligence Service Language School.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-58/
Yo Shibuya Interview (ddr-manz-1-98)
vh Yo Shibuya Interview (ddr-manz-1-98)
Nisei male. Born August 23, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Went to Japan for a time as a child with family before returning to California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, learned the saxophone and played with the Jive Bombers band. After leaving camp, attended college and began …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-98/
Susumu Iwasaki Interview (ddr-manz-1-63)
vh Susumu Iwasaki Interview (ddr-manz-1-63)
Nisei male. Born June 18, 1927, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island before being removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Joined the Military Intelligence Service, working as an interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Married in Japan and eventually returned to California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-63/
Iku Kiriyama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-251)
vh Iku Kiriyama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-251)
Sansei female. Born November 12, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed as a small child to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to California with family, where parents established a nursery business in Torrance, California. Graduated from the University of Southern California, and worked as a teacher. Integral in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-251/
Tatsukichi Moritani Interview (ddr-densho-1001-2)
vh Tatsukichi Moritani Interview (ddr-densho-1001-2)
Nisei male. Born October 24, 1916, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Chicago before eventually returning to Bainbridge Island. Worked for the Washington State Ferries for forty years until retirement in 2005.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-2/
Ayako Tsurutani Interview (ddr-manz-1-89)
vh Ayako Tsurutani Interview (ddr-manz-1-89)
Nisei female. Born May 6, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, and was married before World War II. During the war, removed with husband to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, husband, an attorney, worked for the legal aid division, then served with the Office of Strategic Services. After leaving …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-89/
Ujinobu Niwa Interview (ddr-manz-1-138)
vh Ujinobu Niwa Interview (ddr-manz-1-138)
Nisei male. Born in Los Angeles, California, where father ran a fruit stand and mother was a Japanese language school teacher. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, eventually establishing a career in chemistry.

(This interview has audio problems due to the equipment used …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-138/
Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-210)
doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-210)
Excerpt: "I thought I'd put this extra line in because I just finished hearing the U.S.C., U.C.L.A. Basketball game, and the bruins won for the first time after forty-two (42) consecutive defeats." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-210/
Kay Sakai Nakao Interview (ddr-densho-1001-3)
vh Kay Sakai Nakao Interview (ddr-densho-1001-3)
Nisei female. Born and raised in Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to Manzanar concentration camp California, then later transferred to Minidoka, Idaho. Married while in Minidoka, and returned to Bainbridge Island after World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-3/
William Hohri Interview (ddr-densho-1000-264)
vh William Hohri Interview (ddr-densho-1000-264)
Nisei male. Born March 13, 1927, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. One of the major players in the movement for Japanese American redress and reparations, Mr. Hohri founded the National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-264/
Gerald Nakata Interview (ddr-densho-1001-6)
vh Gerald Nakata Interview (ddr-densho-1001-6)
Nisei male. Born March 18, 1923, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Prior to World War II, parents operated a barber shop, farm and grocery store. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Illinois, then eventually returned to Bainbridge Island. Mr. Nakata passed away on June 3, 2007.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-6/
Clyde Taylor Interview (ddr-manz-1-82)
vh Clyde Taylor Interview (ddr-manz-1-82)
White male. Born February 16, 1930, in Hollywood, California. Grew up in Oregon before family moved to Big Pine, California, prior to World War II. Was involved in a high school football game with Japanese American students from the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, served in the military and eventually settled in Sacramento, California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-82/
National Emergency Conference report (ddr-densho-67-15)
doc National Emergency Conference report (ddr-densho-67-15)
Japanese American Citizens League report from a conference addressing internal security in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Report warns of internal strife, danger of pro-Japan groups, reports on judicial system, fire and police protection, and illicit activities. Includes an account of an attack on a Japanese American camp police officer, and description of "gangs" within camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-15/
Inyo County Free Library Collection (ddr-densho-342)
Collection Inyo County Free Library Collection (ddr-densho-342)
The Inyo County Free Library Collection consists primarily of documents published by the War Relocation Authority. The collection also contains the transcripts of several speeches given by personnel from the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and correspondence regarding establishing a library at Manzanar.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-342/
Fumiko Hayashida Interview (ddr-densho-1001-1)
vh Fumiko Hayashida Interview (ddr-densho-1001-1)
Nisei female. Born January 21, 1911, in Winslow, Washington. Grew up in Japan and the Fletcher's Bay area of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Member of the first group of Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated. Incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, while pregnant and caring for two …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-1/
Mary Jean Kramer Spallino Collection (ddr-manz-8)
Collection Mary Jean Kramer Spallino Collection (ddr-manz-8)
The Mary Jean Kramer Spallino Collection is comprised of photographs and documents from Mary Jean Kramer, a teacher at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Materials include photographs of camp, personnel forms, Manzanar High School newsletters and yearbooks, and ephemera such as school event invitations and programs.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-8/
George H. Morishita Interview (ddr-manz-1-137)
vh George H. Morishita Interview (ddr-manz-1-137)
Nisei male. Born in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived in Sawtelle, California, for a time before being drafted in the army and serving in Korea. Lived in Arizona and Nevada after the war.

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https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-137/
Grace Hata Interview (ddr-densho-1003-10)
vh Grace Hata Interview (ddr-densho-1003-10)
Nisei female. Born December 5, 1930, in Gardena, California. Grew up in Gardena where parents ran a restaurant. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested and taken away by the FBI. During mass removal, family was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and reunited with father. Following the Leave Clearance questionnaire in 1943, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1003-10/
Hank Shozo Umemoto Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-462)
vh Hank Shozo Umemoto Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-462)
Nisei male. Born October 12, 1928, in Florin, California, a small community outside of Sacramento, California. Lost father at an early age, and was raised primarily by older brother. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, snuck out of camp to spend time in the surrounding hillside. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-462/
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