Minidoka

Concentration Camp

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Mother with two children and family friend (ddr-densho-118-13)
img Mother with two children and family friend (ddr-densho-118-13)
Hide Yasutake, her children May and Joe, and a Nisei soldier. Their barracks are in Block 4, Apartment C.
Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-118-12)
img Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-118-12)
In this photograph, the school crossing guards are in the front row. Joe Yasutake is in the front row, eleventh from right, wearing a striped shirt.
Memorial service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-7)
img Memorial service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-7)
This memorial service was held for a Nisei soldier who was killed in action on July 5, 1944, in the Rome-Arno Campaign. He was an alumnus of Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington.
Letter regarding an identification card for a camp inmate on leave (ddr-densho-103-7)
doc Letter regarding an identification card for a camp inmate on leave (ddr-densho-103-7)
Letter from Assistant Postmaster to Harry Stafford, Minidoka concentration camp Project Director, regarding identification card for Ruby Inouye, who had applied for indefinite student leave clearance.
Letter to a camp inmate regarding application for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-4)
doc Letter to a camp inmate regarding application for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-4)
This letter is from the National Student Relocation Council to camp inmate Ruby Inouye. It is in regards to her application for indefinite educational leave clearance.
Letter from the War Relocation Authority regarding a camp inmate's leave permit (ddr-densho-103-6)
doc Letter from the War Relocation Authority regarding a camp inmate's leave permit (ddr-densho-103-6)
This letter from the War Relocation Authority authorizes the indefinite education leave clearance for camp inmate Ruby Inouye.
Letter from the National Student Relocation Council (ddr-densho-103-1)
doc Letter from the National Student Relocation Council (ddr-densho-103-1)
Letter to a Japanese American woman from the National Student Relocation Council informing her that her educational leave had been granted and that she would be permitted to leave Minidoka concentration camp for Texas.
Letter regarding a camp inmate's request for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-5)
doc Letter regarding a camp inmate's request for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-5)
This letter is from the National Student Relocation Council to the War Relocation Authority. The letter is in regards to camp inmate Ruby Inouye's request for indefinite educational leave.
Sunday School class (ddr-densho-106-9)
img Sunday School class (ddr-densho-106-9)
Betty Morita Shibayama is in the back row, sixth from the right.
Japanese Americans in front of barrack (ddr-densho-106-8)
img Japanese Americans in front of barrack (ddr-densho-106-8)
Near family barracks. (L to R): Father Mototsugu, Paul, Grandfather, Claude, Mr. Hachiya, Junior.
Flag ceremony (ddr-densho-113-14)
img Flag ceremony (ddr-densho-113-14)
These children are watching a flag ceremony near the elementary school in Minidoka concentration camp.
Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)
doc Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)
Jim Yoshihara wrote the poem "Damned Fence" while incarcerated at Minidoka.
Censored postcard from Japan (ddr-densho-13-22)
doc Censored postcard from Japan (ddr-densho-13-22)
This postcard was sent to Yoshi Asaba in Minidoka concentration camp from her mother, Iku Asaba, who was living in Kanagawa prefecture in Japan.
Camp meal ticket (ddr-densho-13-25)
doc Camp meal ticket (ddr-densho-13-25)
This meal ticket was required when a camp inmate wanted to eat outside his or her designated mess hall.
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