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vh George Yoshida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-132)

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

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doc Photographs and article regarding a Japanese consul and his replacement (ddr-njpa-4-1470)

Article [translation]: "Consul Nishibori meets uncle. Liliha, Kiyotaro Kitamura. Consul Nishibori, on his way home with his loving wife and children, worked at the San Francisco overseas bureau for about two years and three months since it opened. Consul Nishibori is the same age as Consul Toru Kira, who works at this location, and Seishi Kitamura, …

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doc Nobusuke Kishi's son (ddr-njpa-4-426)

Caption on front: "PREMIER'S SON: Nobukazu Kishi, 35-year-old son of Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, arrived in Honolulu this morning at 7:55 from Tokyo by Japan Air Lines, accompanied by one of the premier's private secretaries, Michio Kawabe. They plan to leave here Sunday night for San Francisco to join the prime minister on his official …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 2 (June 11, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-5)

Selected article titles: "WRA Prepares Eight Relocation Centers" (p. 1), "Masaoka Meets WRA Officials On Relocation" (p. 1), Gen. DeWitt's Edict Detains Nisei Private" (p. 1), "Hundreds Suffer Stomach Aches at Canadian Center" (p. 1), "First Phase of Evacuation Process Completed By Army" (p. 2), "FBI Arrests 364 Aliens During May" (p. 2), "New Legal Threats …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 16 (October 16, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-42)

Selected article titles: "Issei red cap, working at Seattle's King St. station since opening day in 1906, retires" (p. 1), "Ike congratulates Issei 100 years old" (p. 1), "San Francisco Bay area surpassing Los Angeles in production of cut flowers" (p. 1), "Repeal of Arizona Alien Land Act Sought by JACL" (p. 2), "U.S. Supreme Court …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 4 (January 26, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-4)

Selected article titles: "National JACL Credit Union Marks 25th Yr." (p. 1), "JACL-JAL summer fellowship applicant should ask chapter" (p. 1), "Sumitomo bank official calls police in Nihongo to capture suspect forger" (p. 1), "Washington State's Nisei student body president hopes critique starts trend" (p. 1), "Nonwhites to swarm S.F. schools soon" (p. 3), "Voices from …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, June 1935 (ddr-csujad-44-70)

Minutes of the sixth general meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics addressed include the special election for the office of vice presidency, organizational matters relating to the upcoming Feast of Lanterns parade in Pacific Grove, the chapter's participation in the Fourth of July parade, and the appropriation of travel expenses for the …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, August 8, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-165)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Features discussion of the Women's auxiliary, the Pacific Citizen newspaper, and the San Francisco District Council meeting. Additional topics include the convention fund, the Japanese benefit show, tickets and prizes for the drawing, delegate selection for the National Convention, and a letter from Sonoma County asking …

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doc Letters from Seiichi Okine to Naraji Okine, Masao Okine, and Jokichi Yamanaka, September 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-159)

Contains one envelope and three letters written by Seiichi Okine addressing his son, Masao Okine, his brother Naoji Okine, and his brother-in-law, Jokichi Yamanaka, in Japan. Those three letters are enclosed in an envelope and mailed to Masao Okine who is stationed in Japan via San Francisco by the U.S. Postal Service, but the letter is …

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doc Card from Masao Okine to Mrs. S. Okine, March 5, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-136)

A card for Mother's Day from Masao Okine to his mother, Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. He probably writes from Japan where he is deployed as a U.S. Army soldier. The card is mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. The handwritten notes on the backside of the envelope read: Arrived on March …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Relocation Supplement Vol. 1 No. 15 (July 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-383)

Selected article titles: "Receive Pamphlet on Schools" (p. 1), "2795 Evacuees Relocate to Northern California" (p. 1), "Four Evacuees Accepted in Santa Clara Union" (p. 1), "Two Special Cars Leave Heart Mountain Center Monthly for West Coast" (p. 1), "List of Benefits Given by Insurance Company" (p. 2), "Topaz Reserves Trains for Terminal Leaves" (p. 2), …

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doc 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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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 134 (November 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-220)

Selected article titles: "Case May Affect 6000 in Category"; "Calif. St. Church Program"; "S.P. Says Anti-Japanese Attitude was Unknown"; "Train Interpreters"; "He Hopes to Search for His Parents in Japan"; "Name Hearing Board Members"; "Divorce Decree Issued"; "Coloradoans Return to Coast"; "Parents Hear from Son"; "18 Gold Stars"; "Slate Oyama Case for Court Test"; "Art Goods …

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img Honolulu Fire Chief and his wife posing with leis (ddr-njpa-2-76)

Caption on news clipping: "TO FIRE CHIEFS MEET: Honolulu Fire Chief William Blaisdell, accompanied by Mrs. Blaisdell, left via Pan American Airways for San Francisco Friday night of last week enroute to attend the International Association of Fire Chiefs convention at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He carries an invitation to the organization to hold its 1960 convention …

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img Four men outside (ddr-densho-298-247)

Caption in album: "In August, 1948, the house on 2nd & [illegible] streets, Sacramento, had a joyful reunion. Fred and Joan Yamamoto arrived from St. Louis, Mo., for a short trip; Stan and Elaine drove from Minneapolis, Minn., and last but not least, Bill came from Cleveland via [illegible]. The occasion? A wedding! 1) 3 okole …

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img Four men outside (ddr-densho-298-248)

Caption in album: "In August, 1948, the house on 2nd & [illegible] streets, Sacramento, had a joyful reunion. Fred and Joan Yamamoto arrived from St. Louis, Mo., for a short trip; Stan and Elaine drove from Minneapolis, Minn., and last but not least, Bill came from Cleveland via [illegible]. The occasion? A wedding! 1) 3 okole …

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img Zoo exhibit (ddr-densho-298-249)

Caption in album: "In August, 1948, the house on 2nd & [illegible] streets, Sacramento, had a joyful reunion. Fred and Joan Yamamoto arrived from St. Louis, Mo., for a short trip; Stan and Elaine drove from Minneapolis, Minn., and last but not least, Bill came from Cleveland via [illegible]. The occasion? A wedding! 1) 3 okole …

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img Family photograph (ddr-densho-298-251)

Caption in album: "In August, 1948, the house on 2nd & [illegible] streets, Sacramento, had a joyful reunion. Fred and Joan Yamamoto arrived from St. Louis, Mo., for a short trip; Stan and Elaine drove from Minneapolis, Minn., and last but not least, Bill came from Cleveland via [illegible]. The occasion? A wedding! 1) 3 okole …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- Marine Color Guard (ddr-one-1-506)

Color slide of a formal four man Marine Corps Color Guard in dress blues marching in the Portland Rose Festival Parade carrying the American and Marine Corps flags. They are marching on SW Third Ave past a crowd gathered in front of a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is …

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img Mike Masaoka arriving in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-970)

Caption on reverse: "Mike Masaoka greeted on arrival here: Mike Masaoka (second from left), national legislative director of the Anti-Discrimination Committee of the Japanese-American Citizens' League of Washington, D.C., is shown being greeted upon his arrival here Saturday evening by plane from San Francisco. Pictured with Masaoka are, left to right: Rep. Joseph Itagaki, Miss Margaret …

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Letter from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Mr. Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, Topaz, Utah, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-886)

doc Letter from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Mr. Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, Topaz, Utah, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-886)

Correspondence from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, regarding selective service of the Japanese American citizens. Includes information from the Embassy in Washington. D.C. regarding obligations of American citizens of Japanese descent to serve in the U.S. Army. Letter relayed from the Consul of Spain in San Francisco …

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-173)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Heads of families and single persons living alone, of Japanese ancestry, in response to Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20, line up on Bush Street for half a block at the Wartime Civil Control Administration Control Station to receive their final instructions concerning their evacuation. The evacuation of this district will be …

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vh George Matsumoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-73)

Nisei male. Born July 19, 1924, in San Francisco, California. At a young age, family moved to Ocean Park, California, where father ran a concession stand in an amusement park. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, had numerous jobs, including as part of the …

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vh Kay Sweeney Interview (ddr-one-7-8)

Japanese female. Born 1922 in Kagoshima, Japan. During World War II, served as a nurse with the Japanese army in Jakarta and Japan. After the war, moved to the United States and lived in San Francisco before eventually settling in Portland, Oregon.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of …

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vh Shigeya Kihara Interview (ddr-densho-1004-23)

Nisei male. Recruited to teach at the army's language school in fall of 1941. Helped to establish the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Presidio San Francisco and helped with the move to Minnesota. Postwar, established a career teaching with the Defense Language Institute.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the …

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