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Indonesian seamen at an immigration detention center in downtown San Francisco (ddr-csujad-27-3)
Caption found with the image reads, "Just before sailing time, the Immigration Service and the ship's captain were served with an order from the U.S. District Court to the effect that petition for a writ of habeas corpus had been filed on behalf of the Indonesians, claiming they would receive 'certain imprisonment and probable death' upon …
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Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, June 10, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-148)
A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. Masao Okine writes from Japan where he is stationed as a US Army soldier. This letter is mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. The letter includes updates, informing of the arrival of his parents' four letters written on May 20, …
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Jim Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1002-5)
Nisei male. Born October 30, 1926, in small town of Thomas, Washington, on family farm. Attended school in Auburn, Washington, before being removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Idaho, and was subsequently joined by family. Postwar, became a social anthropologist, and later became only the …
Narrator Minoru Kiyota
Kibei male, born October 12, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Raised primarily in San Francisco, California, spending four years in Hiratsuka, Japan. Was incarcerated with his family at Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Refused to sign the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and as a consequence was moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center, California. In Tule, he renounced his U.S. …
Narrator Fred Korematsu
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed with his family. He was arrested in May of …
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Minoru Kiyota Interview (ddr-densho-1000-36)
Kibei male, born October 12, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Raised primarily in San Francisco, California, spending four years in Hiratsuka, Japan. Was incarcerated with his family at Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Refused to sign the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and as a consequence was moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center, California. In Tule, he renounced his U.S. …
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Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-181)
This interview centers on the experiences of Fred Korematsu, a Nisei born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed …
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Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, September 12, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-160)
A letter from Masao Okine, who is stationed in Japan as a Nisei soldier to his parents, Seiichi and Ayame Okine. This letter is mailed via San Francisco, California by the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao writes about his visit to Hiroshima during the vacation. He meets Naoji Okine, Jokichi Yamanaka, Mr. Sasaki, …
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-507-7)
Family moves to Japan for father's work with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-507-15)
Getting involved in the Asian American movement at San Francisco State
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-507-17)
Being arrested during political protests
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-507-3)
Father's experiences as a medical student during the war
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-507-16)
Joining the Asian American Political Alliance
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-507-2)
Mother's wartime experiences: sent to Manzanar, resettled in New York
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-507-10)
Japanese American community activities
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-507-11)
Beginning to consider ethnic identity in junior high school
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-507-5)
Grandfather's involvement in a violent incident in camp
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-507-9)
Growing up with numerous siblings and cousins
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-507-19)
Introduced to Francis Oka and the City Lights Bookstore
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Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-507-8)
Returning from Japan and living in Van Nuys, California