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Collection gayle k. yamada Collection (ddr-densho-1004)

The gayle k. yamada Collection consists of interviews conducted by filmmaker gayle k. yamada for her 2003 documentary, Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties. The interviews are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on the interviewees' World War II experiences in the Military Intelligence Service.

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1004-2)

Nisei male, born 1924. Served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan.

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img Tule Lake Camp group photograph (ddr-csujad-2-67)

Appears to be group photograph of internal security officers at Tule Lake Camp. Photograph includes Willard Schmidt, Chief of Internal Security at Tule Lake Camp. Includes list of members in photograph. Names from left to right: Seventh Row: Okino, Y., Kato, J., Taniguchi, S., Yoshihara, D., Asada, E., Yamakawa, M., Yoshihara, G., Iwawaki, H., Yokoyama, K., …

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doc Property storage list (ddr-sbbt-2-37)

A lists of names and locations for stored property. Yoshimura, J.; Nomura, S.; Okamoto, M.; Ujimoto, N.; Yamanaka, K.; Mizuta, S.; Matsui, J.; Tsutsumi, N.; Yoshimura, M.; Miyake, Y.; Miyake, H.; Izui; Shioyama, K.; Matsuda, Haruye; Hirokane, T.; Iwamura, K.; Suzuki, Y.; Kuromiya, S.; Edamura, H.; Kokita, K.; Takahashi, T.; Morinaga, T.; Shimizu, N.; Fukuhara, H. …

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vh Ted Tsukiyama Interview (ddr-densho-1004-22)

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Honolulu, Hawaii. During World War II, was a member of the Varsity Victory Volunteers, then served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service. Following military service, graduated from Yale Law School and became an attorney in Hawaii. Active in community and veterans organizations.

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vh Steve Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1004-15)

Nisei male. Born August 16, 1917. Volunteered for the military in March 1941. During the war, served with the Military Intelligence Service as head of the interrogation section in New Guinea and the Philippines as well as for the war crimes trials during the occupation of Japan.

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vh Don Okubo Interview (ddr-densho-1004-21)

Nisei male. Born January 22, 1919. During World War II, volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and eventually transferred to the Military Intelligence Service. Served as an interpreter interrogating Japanese prisoners of war in Palau.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any …

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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.

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vh Walter Tanaka Interview (ddr-densho-1004-6)

Nisei male. Born February 19, 1918, in Watsonville, California. Drafted into the military before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service and interrogated Japanese POWs in Australia during the war. After the war, served as a linguist and interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation.

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vh Don Oka Interview (ddr-densho-1004-18)

Nisei male. Born January 8, 1920. During World War II, served as a translator with the Military Intelligence Service in Alasaka, Saipan and Tinian.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those …

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vh Roy Uyehata Interview (ddr-densho-1004-7)

Nisei male. Born December 9, 1917. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service in New Caledonia and Guadalcanal.

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vh Kan Tagami Interview (ddr-densho-1004-19)

Nisei male. Born February 21, 1918, in Selma, California. Drafted prior to World War II. During the war, served in the Military Intelligence Service with the Mars Task Force in Burma, and as an interpreter for General MacArthur in Japan.

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vh Frank Fukuhara Interview (ddr-densho-1004-1)

Kibei male. Born August 25, 1924. As a child, sent to live in Japan after father's passing. Attended school in Japan and was drafted into the Japanese military. During the U.S. occupation, was reunited with brother who had been serving with the Military Intelligence Service.

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1004-11)

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1004-2-4)

The role of the Nisei during the occupation of Japan

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1004-2-2)

Transferred to serve in Japan

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1004-2-1)

Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1004-2-5)

The horror of seeing the suffering of the Japanese citizens

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1004-2-6)

Returning home after military service

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1004-2-3)

Work during occupation of Japan: "capturing factories"

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Sunao "Phil" Ishio Interview (ddr-densho-1004-8)

Nisei male. Born January 12, 1918, in Berkeley, California. Served in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II.

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vh James C. McNaughton Interview (ddr-densho-1004-3)

White male. Command Historian, Defense Language Institute.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)

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vh Shoso "Sho" Nomura Interview (ddr-densho-1004-17)

Nisei male. Born October 1, 1918, in Southern California. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Joined the Military Intelligence Service and served with the Dixie Mission, a U.S. Army Observation Group, a U.S. effort to establish official relations with the Communist Party of China and the People's Liberation Army.

(This …

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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.

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vh Ted Tsukiyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1004-22-6)

The impact of Japanese military service on the redress movement

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