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doc 1944 Year's Flight Yearbook (ddr-densho-492-2)

High school yearbook from Butte High School in the Gila River concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-2/

doc SDSU NewsCenter: CSU Seeks to honor WWII internees (ddr-densho-446-367)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-367/

doc 1943 Year's Flight Yearbook (ddr-densho-492-1)

High school yearbook from Butte High School in the Gila River concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-1/

doc Manzanar Bussei Guide 1943 (ddr-manz-4-259)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-259/

img Funeral photo titles Death of a Midwife (ddr-ajah-6-162)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and dies in Rivers Community Hospital on march 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-162/

img Portrait of boy in suit and hat (ddr-ajah-6-159)

Written on front: March 1944. Caption below photo: A well dressed Doug Kondo poses while incarcerated in Gila, AZ during World War II. His parents were Hajima and Eleanor Kondo of Alameda, Ca. March 1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-159/

img Funeral photo titled Death of a Midwife (ddr-ajah-6-227)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and died in Rivers Community Hospital on march 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-227/

img Chiyoko Kono standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-270)

Caption below photo: Chiyoko "Harriet" Kono - Alameda, CA. Her passport spells her first name as Harriette. She was born in japan March 10, 1903. In this photo, she is married to Hikotaro "Harry" Kono. The Konos would be incarcerated in Gila River, Arizona during WWII. She died in Selma, CA (near Fresno) on July 26, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-270/

doc Letter to Richard Matsuishi from Stephan Hall (ddr-densho-553-6)

Letter to Richard Matsuishi, President of the Arizona Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen's league, donating the baseball home plate found at the site of Gila River.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-553-6/

img Grandfather & grandsons (ddr-densho-553-2)

Photograph of Masao Kawauchi with his two grandsons at a family trip to visit the site of Gila River.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-553-2/

img Photograph of home plate (ddr-densho-553-5)

Print out copy of a photograph a wooden baseball homeplate from Gila River Internment Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-553-5/

doc Letter to Rick Noguchi from Stephen Hall (ddr-densho-553-7)

Letter to Rick Noguchi, Resource Center Director of the Ellis-Shackelford House requesting that any plaque in connection with the display of the Zenimura Ballpark Home Plate contain the phrase "In memory of those whose families were held against their will in the Gila Internment Camp / Donated by the Kawauchi-Hall Family"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-553-7/

doc A Part of History Found on the Desert (ddr-densho-553-1)

Memoir of the discovery of a home plate at Gila River by members of the Kawauchi-Hall family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-553-1/

img James, Midori and Stephen Hall (ddr-densho-553-4)

From left to right: James Hall, Midori (Kawauchi) Hall, and Stephen Hall

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-553-4/

img Masao and Midori at Gila River (ddr-densho-553-3)

Photograph of Masao Kawauchi (left) with daughter Midori (Kawauchi) Hall (right) visiting the site of the fishpond Masao built by the family's barrack at the Canal Camp in Gila River.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-553-3/

av Unexpected Journeys: Remarkable Stories of Japanese in America (ddr-densho-1024-92)

Documentary film consisting of short profiles of Japanese Americans whose "surprising stories" were shaped by World War II in unusual ways. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Unexpected Journeys: Remarkable Stories of Japanese in America (film). See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-92.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-92/

img North Butte (ddr-densho-480-133)

Caption: "Scenic shot from N. Butte" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-133/

doc Miyoshi Family History part 2 (ddr-densho-480-175)

An autobiographical account of Toru Miyoshi's life, including his incarceration at the Gila River Concentration Camp, military service, public service, and family life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-175/

img Adult Education Gila Rivers (ddr-densho-480-170)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-170/

doc "Three Generations of the Miyoshi Family" presentation with notes (ddr-densho-480-177)

Presented at the Santa Maria Historical Society.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-177/

doc Transcript of Toru Miyoshi Oral History (ddr-densho-480-173)

Toru Miyoshi details his family's immigration to the United States, growing up in California, his experience at the Gila River Concentration Camp, and his public service as an elected official.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-173/