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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-293-8)
Family's struggles to survive in Okinawa during the war
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John Nakada Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-102-5)
Parents move the family back to Okinawa for a time
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-293-6)
Father's death while serving in the medical corps in Okinawa
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Bill Braye Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-178-17)
Memories of Okinawa after release from prisoner of war camp
Narrator Aiko Tengan Tokunaga
Nisei female. Born September 8, 1943, in Naha, Okinawa, to a Nisei mother born in Hawaii and father from mainland Japan. Father was killed during World War II while serving in Okinawa in Japan's medical corps. Aiko barely survived infancy due to the devastation in Okinawa during the war. Moved to Los Angeles at the age …
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Sleeping quarter tents damaged by typhoon (ddr-densho-179-47)
U.S. troop tents damaged by a typhoon that hit Okinawa on October 9, 1945.
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Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-293-12)
Memories of childhood during the U.S. occupation and rebuilding of Okinawa
Narrator Shizue Irei
Issei female. Born November 28, 1932, in Okinawa, Japan. Grew up in Japan where parents ran a farm. During World War II, when the Allied forces landed in Okinawa, fled home village with a large group and hid in the jungle. After the war, returned home, married, and eventually moved to Hawaii.
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Zensuke Nakata, an Okinawa political leader (ddr-njpa-4-1347)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Zensuke Nakata."
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-210)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-199)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Calligraphy done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-177)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Painting and calligraphy done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-186)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Calligraphy done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-191)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-211)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Painting done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-201)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Calligraphy done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-208)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-216)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-205)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-206)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-188)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-207)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Painting and calligraphy done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-180)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-215)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.
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Drawing done by a Japanese prisoner of war (ddr-densho-179-182)
Given to a Nisei soldier with the U.S. Military Intelligence Service who was interrogating Japanese prisoners in Okinawa.