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Narrator Minoru "Min" Tsubota

Nisei male. Born December 1, 1918, in Kent, Washington. Became interested in music in junior high school, and played in various music groups. Upon graduating from high school, worked for a manufacturing plant, and then volunteered for the army. Separated from unit along with other Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and eventually served …

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img Wedding guests (ddr-densho-359-477)

Groom Min Okano poses with his family. Left to right, standing: Phil and Alice Okano, Ayako Masuko with son Rick, David Shikuma, Min Okano, Bob Okano. Left to right, seated: Haruno and Toshiyuki Okano, Niki and Kenji Shikuma

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img Nikkei family in a park (ddr-densho-259-406)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Part of the Yasui family sitting in what appears to be a park [Left to right]: Shidzuyo, holding a baby, probably me; Ches, Min[oru], & Masuo, holding a young child, most probably Shu."

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img Nisei soldiers studying a map (ddr-densho-114-42)

Original caption: Studying a map of [illegible] new bivouac area at a roadside are l/r: 2nd Lt. Edward E. [illegible], Mountain Lakes, N.J., 2nd Lt. Robert H. Foote, Hebron, Conn., S/Sgt. Min Shumida, Los Angeles, Calif., and Sgt. Minoru A. Ikehara of Honolulu, T.H. 10/13/44. 2nd Bn., 442nd Combat Team, Chambois Sector. France.

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img Men and children with hiking sticks (ddr-densho-259-41)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Toyoji Abe, Daiichi Takeoka, [Masuo Yasui], Kay, Ches and Min holding hiking sticks and posing on a very rocky field, Mt. Hood in the background it looks like the area around the old Cloud Cap Inn."

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img Five Nisei siblings (ddr-densho-259-468)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay, Ches [Tsuyoshi], Min[oru], Yuki and Michi [Yasui] at the Third Street home. There aren't many pictures of Yuki, since she died in 1922, just two months short of her fourth birthday. I think that she died of pneumonia, or maybe it was influenza."

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img Nisei children rabbit hunting (ddr-densho-259-204)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay, Ches [Tsuyoshi], Min[oru], Michi and Roku [Yasui] have gone rabbit hunting. It shows Kay cradling a rifle in his left arm and holding a dead rabbit in his right hand. Ches has his .22 caliber rifle held high aloft in his right hand, and a dead rabbit in his left."

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img Issei man and children at train station (ddr-densho-259-195)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Min[oru], Michi, Roku, Shu, Homer & Yuka standing with Chan [Renichi Fujimoto] at the Hood River train depot. This was probably taken in the winter of 1929, when Chan went back to Japan to bring Obasan [Matsuyo Fujimoto] home to Hood River."

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img Family group photograph (ddr-densho-359-1531)

Okano family: back row: Min Okano, Ayako Masuko, Alice Okano; middle row: Toshiyuki and Haruno Okano, Niki Okano; bottom row: Phil Okano with Rick Masuko, Bob Okano

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img Four Nisei brothers with bozu haircuts (ddr-densho-259-83)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "It looks like Kay, Ches and Min [Yasui]--and Roku in front, sitting on the ground--just had had bozu haircuts. A 'bozu' is the familiar term for Bonsan, a Japanese Buddhist priest, who...always had a shaven or closely cropped head. For many years, Dad [Masuo Yasui] used to cut his boys' hair. He …

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doc Philip Masaru Okano Affidavit (ddr-densho-359-1258)

The affidavit states that both Philip and Alice Okano are American citizens. He also affirms that all three employees of his laundry and cleaning business are also American citizens. Two of the employees were Phil's siblings, Min and Niki Okano. One was not a relative, Tsutomu "Jimmy" Mirikitani, whose story was told in the "Cats of …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 14 [11] (September 15, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-38)

Selected article titles: "Rep. Matsunaga fights plan for civil service racial survey" (p. 1); Seattle Bon Odori attendance tempered by neighborhood unrest" (p. 1), "Min Yasui appointed director of community relations group" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans hold superficial show of education in higher esteem" (p. 1), "Seattle Japanese leader plays major role in Alaska, sees many …

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img "Nikkei farm family scene" (ddr-densho-259-358)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A Nikkei farm family scene, taken at one of the early Yasui farms in Summit, which is slightly north and a little west of Odell, Oregon. The farm 'family' was mostly the young Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasuis Sitting back left is, I believe, Yoshizaemon Mori...I think that standing in the center is …

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img "Nikkei farm family scene" (ddr-densho-259-133)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A Nikkei farm family scene, taken at one of the early Yasui farms in Summit, which is slightly north and a little west of Odell, Oregon. The farm 'family' was mostly the young Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasuis Sitting back left is, I believe, Yoshizaemon Mori...I think that standing in the center is …

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1038)

The wedding of Alice and Phil Okano. Stamped in the bottom right hand corner "Takano Studio Seattle." Left to right, front row: Jeanette and Eddie Otsuka with Bob Nakata, Itsuno and Kaichi Kawamoto, Sakaye Seike, Niki Okano, Shizuko Seike, Sachan Nakata, Alice and Phil Okano; Min Okano, with Don Nakata in front of him, two unidentified …

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img Wedding party portrait (ddr-densho-359-1301)

The wedding of Alice and Phil Okano. Stamped in the bottom right hand corner "Takano Studio Seattle"Left to right, front row: Jeanette and Eddie Otsuka with Bob Nakata, Itsuno and Kaichi Kawamoto, Sakaye Seike, Niki Okano, Shizuko Seike, Sachan Nakata, Alice and Phil Okano; Min Okano, with Don Nakata in front of him, two unidentified men, …

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doc White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League vice presidents (ddr-densho-277-71)

A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who acted as vice presidents from 1930 to 1939.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 1 (January 2, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-1)

Selected article titles: "War bride studies for naturalization while in hospital, discharged as citizen" (p. 1), "Sansei youth return $4,000 found in bag given them to wrap small purchase items" (p. 1), "Race bias charged in employment of clerical workers" (p. 1), "Mass naturalization rites of 126 Issei, integration of evacuees into So. Jersey community recalled …

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img Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-288)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of many young Nisei This surely must have been another YPCC gathering this conference likely took place at a church in Portland."

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img Young People's Christian Conference (photocopy) (ddr-densho-259-286)

Photocopy. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of many young Nisei This surely must have been another YPCC gathering this conference likely took place at a church in Portland."

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doc Meeting Minutes for 442nd Veterans H Company (ddr-densho-368-708)

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