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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1002-11-18)

Testifying for the Tolan Committee as an outspoken critic of the JACL, and an opponent of mass removal

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-18/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1002-11-1)

Family background: father was a stowaway at age nineteen on a ship from Japan to the U.S.

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-1/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-11-9)

Memories of working in an Alaska salmon cannery as a teenager

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-9/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1002-11-2)

Prewar Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island, Washington

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-2/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-11-15)

Involvement in a conflict over editor position and internal politics within the New World Daily newspaper

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-15/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-11-3)

Description of father

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the …

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1002-11-7)

Description of siblings in Japan; working as a schoolboy in Pocatello, Idaho

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-7/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1002-11-11)

Memories of childhood: mother's telling of a ghost story, and a frightening experience

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-11/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1002-11-5)

Leaving home at an early age

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-5/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1002-11-17)

Publishing a Nisei magazine and working in a flower market when World War II broke out

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-17/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1002-11-14)

Discussion of political views prewar

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-14/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1002-11-19)

Avoiding mass removal by moving to Denver, Colorado

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-19/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1002-11-12)

Becoming involved in a conflict between the New World Daily newspaper and the Japanese American Citizens League

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-12/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1002-11-25)

Experiencing ostracism from the Japanese American community postwar; reflections on life

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-25/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1002-11-8)

Getting a start in writing through an incident as editor of school newspaper

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-8/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1002-11-16)

Community newspapers

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance …

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1002-11-22)

Arrested and put in jail along with the Heart Mountain resisters

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-22/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1002-11-6)

Mother's passing

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-6/

doc Letter from Frank Chin (ddr-csujad-24-181)

A letter from Frank Chin arguing that their should be a day name after Japanese American activist James Omura, and describing the kind of celebration that should take place in his honor. The day Chin proposes in November 27th, Omura's birthday. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_74_01_014

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-181/

vh Shyoko Hiraga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-413)

Nisei female. Born 1927 in Denver, Colorado. Grew up in Denver, where father was a tailor, then established a newspaper, the Rocky Nippon. During World War II, father was removed as editor of the newspaper, arrested by the FBI, and interned in a Department of Justice camp. James Omura took over as head of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-413/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview (ddr-densho-1002-11)

Nisei male. Born November 27, 1912, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver and took a job as English Editor of a Japanese American vernacular newspaper, the Rocky Shimpo. As editor, wrote about and supported the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain concentration camp. Was charged and tried for conspiracy …

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img [Photograph of Michi and Walter Weglyn with Japanese American Activists] (ddr-csujad-24-21)

An annotated photocopy of a photograph of Michi Weglyn, her husband Walter, and other Japanese American activists. The other people that appear in the photo are: Babe Karasawa, Akira Matsumoto, Art Emi, Dave Kawamoto, Toshiko Kawamoto, Clifford Uyeda, Yosh Kuromiya, Irene Kuromiya, Tak Hoshizaki, Frank Emi, Bob Suzuki, Mits Koshiyama, James Omura, Mary Karasawa, and Harry …

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doc "The Return of the Fair Play Committee to Los Angeles" (ddr-densho-122-876)

Script of presentation about the history of resistance movement and activities of the Fair Play Committee

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-876/

doc 11th Triennial Nisei Veterans Reunion Maui News supplement (ddr-densho-390-139)

Articles on the 11th Nisei Veterans Reunion held in Maui, with a list of participants. Walter Matsuoka is listed on page 24 with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-139/

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