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John
vh John "Jack" Herzig Interview (ddr-densho-1004-10)
White male. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II and worked with Japanese American interpreters during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Husband of Nisei Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, and the couple was instrumental in helping to obtain redress and reparations for Japanese Americans in the 1980s.

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1004-10/

Narrator Zen Shibayama

Nisei male. Born July 5, 1924, in Seattle, Washington, but raised in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Lived in Japan for several years, returning to the U.S. just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Moved with family to Moses Lake, Washington, as part of "voluntary evacuation." Drafted into the army and served with the Military …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/255/

Narrator Arthur Nishimoto

Nisei male. Born August 28, 1923, in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the army and served in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After discharge, was called back to active duty and served with the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps in Japan.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/743/

Narrator Roy H. Matsumoto

Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/151/
Letter from Kumaji Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, July 21, 1942 (ddr-csujad-42-56)
doc Letter from Kumaji Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, July 21, 1942 (ddr-csujad-42-56)
A letter from Kumaji Meguro in the Pomona Assembly Center to his son-in-law and daughter, Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano in the Santa Anita Assembly Center. The letter describes the lives and living conditions in the assembly center, including the allowance and wages, entertainments, etc. Kumaji details his daily routine and expresses his appreciation for the …
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Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. Okine, January 15, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-123)
doc Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. Okine, January 15, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-123)
A letter from Makoto Okine to his father, Seiichi Okine in Hawthorne, California. This letter is probably written in Italy where Makoto is stationed as a U.S. Army soldier and mailed via New York by the U.S. Army Postal Service. He regrets not being able to write to his father for a long time because he …
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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-148)
vh Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-148)
Nisei female. Born December 30, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Lived in Japan for fifteen months as a child, before returning to Seattle to attend junior high school. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Department of Justice camp at Missoula, Montana. Removed to the Puyallup Assembly …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-148/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 15 (April 15, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-15)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 15 (April 15, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-15)
Selected article titles: "Three Nisei Soldiers Win Army Decorations" (p. 1), "Gen. DeWitt Opposes Return of Evacuees. 'Jap's a Jap,' Declared Army Commander; Repudiates Citizen Rights of Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Topaz Resident Killed by Shot Fired by M.P." (p. 1), "Japanese Americans Carried Out Special Assignment" (p. 1), "FBI Director Says Japanese in Hawaii Not …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-15-15/
Japanese American chaplain (ddr-densho-114-109)
img Japanese American chaplain (ddr-densho-114-109)
Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss. Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii, and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-109/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 78 (February 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-163)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 78 (February 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-163)
Selected article titles: "Workers May Return Here: Contract Groups Included in Ruling" (p. 1), "Picture Proofs Will Be Distributed" (p. 1), "Canteen 4... Store Occupies New Building" (p. 1), "High School Will Reopen On Monday" (p. 1), "Saturday Registration Schedule For Citizens Is Announced" (p. 1), "PFC Takahashi is on Furlough Here" (p. 1), "Activities at …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-163/
Sailing on
img Sailing on "Tartan" (ddr-one-2-61)
Black and white photographic print of (from left) Lt. Col. Glenn, Shiuko Sakai and Olinda Saito seated on a boat with a ship in background. While Lt. Col. Glenn was attending the U.S. army language school, Lt. Hughes invited Shiuko Sakai, Tami Okamura and Olinda Saito for outing on Lt. Col. Glenn’s boat, “Tartan.” Inscribed on …
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Union Club at Christmas (ddr-one-2-267)
img Union Club at Christmas (ddr-one-2-267)
Black and white photographic print of eight individuals seated around a dining table at the Union Club of Tokyo at Christmas (from left) Tami Okamura, “Prof”, Anna Kim (WAC from Hawaii), George Hughes (Anna Kim’s boyfriend), Captain Chin (U.S. Army officer), Shiuko Sakai, Captain Milazzo, and May Ideta. Inscribed on back: "CAPT C. CHIN/GEORGE HUGHES/CAPT CHARLES/MICAZZO/ANNA …
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Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-56)
img Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-56)
Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. Group portrait of twelve individuals unidentified, except for Capt. Sakamoto standing in top row, third from left, and Olinda Saito (bride), seated and third from right. Shiuko Sakai, the donor, organized this wedding party …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-2-56/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 4 (January 28, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-4)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 4 (January 28, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-4)
Selected article titles: "46 Japanese Americans Enter Election Campaign in Hawaii For Constitutional Convention" (p. 1), "Mike Masaoka Will Advise MGM on 442nd Picture. Saga of Famed Nisei Regiment Will Be Told in Film Proposed For 1951 Release by Studio" (p. 1), "Okinawa Visits Now Permitted by U.S. Army" (p. 2), "Research Work Undertaken in JACL …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-22-4/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 12 (March 22, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-12)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 12 (March 22, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-12)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Army Veteran Changes Mind, Will Buy Des Moines Area Home Despite Protests" (p. 1), "JACL Joins Fight Against Racist Vandalism in L.A." (p. 1), "Enemy Alien Status of Issei in U.S. Abolished as Senate Ratifies Japan Peace Treaty" (p. 2), "Many Nisei Among GIs Wed To Japanese Girls in Rush Ceremonies Before …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-24-12/
Shintani family (ddr-csujad-38-154)
img Shintani family (ddr-csujad-38-154)
A house of the Shintani family where George and Mitzi Naohara rented a room while George was attending U.S. Army language school in Presidio of Monterey, California. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 32. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_32_002
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-154/
Roy Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-40)
vh Roy Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-40)
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-40/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 17 (April 30, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-17)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 17 (April 30, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-17)
Selected article titles: "Seattle to Dedicate Memorial to Nisei GIs" (p. 1), "Prejudice in San Francisco Against Nisei Group Told in Report to Mayor's Committee" (p. 1), "JACL Asks for Ending of Segregation in Army. Masaoka Urges Positive Action to Abolish Discrimination in United States Armed Forces" (p. 1), "Japan's Press Watches U.S. Move to Repeal …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-21-17/
Ira C. Eaker leaving his plan, the
img Ira C. Eaker leaving his plan, the "Yankee Doodle" (ddr-njpa-1-256)
Caption on reverse: "These Men Made First All-U.S. Raid on Nazi Europe. A dozen American Flying Fortresses, manned by United States Army Air Force crews and personally led by Brigadier General Ira C. Eaker, bombed Rouen, France, 87 miles northeast of Paris, in the first all-U.S. bombing attack on German-held Europe. Not a single American plane …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-256/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 82 (February 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-169)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 82 (February 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-169)
Selected article titles: "Aliens May Be Accepted in U.S. Army" (p. 1), "Messages to Japan Are Being Taken" (p. 1), "National Sawmill" (p. 1), "Registration Sked For Citizens Listed" (p. 1), "Co-op Stores... Scrip Exchange to be Stopped" (p. 1), "Procedure For Soldiers to Visit Tule Lake Given By DeWitt" (p. 1), "Identification For Workers: Divisions …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-169/
Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-50)
img Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-50)
Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. Six individuals standing behind a table featuring a cake, flowers and candles, (from left): Olinda Saito (bride), Raymond Funakoshi (groom), unidentified, Olinda Saito’s mother, Olinda Saito’s sisters Aki Saito and Yoshi Saito. Shiuko Sakai, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-2-50/
Sailing on
img Sailing on "Tartan" (ddr-one-2-60)
Black and white photographic print of (from left) Lt. Hughes, Tami Okamura, Lt. Col. Glenn and Olinda Saito seated on a boat with ships on right side of image and in background. While Lt. Col. Glenn was attending the U.S. army language school, Lt. Hughes invited Shiuko Sakai, Tami Okamura and Olinda Saito for outing on …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-2-60/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 12 (March 25, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-12)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 12 (March 25, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-12)
Selected article titles: "More Than Thousand Nisei Volunteer in WRA Centers" (p. 1), "JACL Files Brief in Oshiro Evacuee Property Test Case In L.A. as 'Friend of Court'" (p. 1), "Two Thousand Alien Japanese Interned By U.S." (p. 2), "Nisei Girls Seek Enlistments in Women's Army Corps" (p. 2), "Jewish Americans Oppose Bill To Return Centers …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-15-12/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 8 (February 23, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-8)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 8 (February 23, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-8)
Selected article titles: "Kido Reiterates Determination to Leave JACL Presidency on Eve of Convention in Denver" (p. 1), "Seven Draft Case Leaders Win Release" (p. 1), "Report Notices for Release From Detention Received for Some Renunciants in Tule Lake" (p. 2), "Seattle Woman Regains U.S. Citizenship by Court Action" (p. 2), "Army Investigates Charge Nisei Discriminated …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-18-8/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 9 (March 2, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-9)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 9 (March 2, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-9)
Selected article titles: "300 Nisei Stranded in Japan By War, Petition for Right To Return to Homes in U.S." (p. 1), "Delegates Support Extension of JACL Work in Peacetime" (p. 1), "San Francisco Cases to Test Legality of Race Restrictions in Residential Property Deeds" (p. 2), "Three Tule Lake Residents File Writs in Court. Petitioners Declare …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-18-9/
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