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vh Roger Daniels Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1012-17-3)

Rumors and the Japanese American community before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-17-3/

vh Shosuke Sasaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1002-2-5)

Thoughts on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, memories of anti-Japanese sentiment in the American press

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-2-5/

vh Roy Ebihara Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-222-14)

Driven out of Clovis, New Mexico, by a mob of angry townspeople

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-222-14/

doc Michio and June Toshiyuki (ddr-csujad-8-77)

Oral history interview with Michio and June Toshiyuki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Toshiyuki, Michio and June

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-77/

doc Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942 (ddr-csujad-18-2)

Bulletin No. 6, titled: Remember Pearl Harbor. Decrying misinformation accusing people of Japanese descent of sabotage during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the document seeks "to aid in combating the malicious stories which still persist concerning sabotage" there. The report includes numerous items from 1942, including newspaper and magazine articles, and columns from the Chicago Daily …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-18-2/

doc New Republic article: "Racism on the West Coast" (ddr-densho-35-346)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-346/

doc New Republic article: "Japanese Out of California" (ddr-densho-35-340)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-340/

doc Enemy Fifth Column in Hawaii Proves Mostly Mere Rumor (July 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-821)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 19, 1942, pp. 1, 2

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-821/

doc Interned Japs Peril Water -- L.A. Mayor Fears (June 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-933)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 16, 1943, p. 11

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-933/

doc Seattle Japs Charged With State Lobbying, 'Spying' On Yarnell (February 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-652)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 27, 1942, pp. 1, 12

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-652/

doc Dies Seeks End to Jap Plotting (January 30, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1017)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 30, 1944, p. 2

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-1017/

doc Japanese Returned to Jail (February 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-590)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 1, 1942, p. 8

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-590/

doc War Orders Stop Japanese Travel (December 8, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-519)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 8, 1941, p. 2

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-519/

doc Lights On; Four Japanese Fined (December 11, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-539)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 11, 1941, p. 7

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-539/

doc Japs Still Spy On Coast; Oust Them, Says Dies (February 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-613)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 9, 1942, p. 5

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-613/

doc Japs Had Data on Parker Dam (June 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-938)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 19, 1943, p. 7

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-938/

doc Removal of All Japanese From Coast Is Urged (February 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-600)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 5, 1942, p. 27

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-600/

doc Carrier Pigeon Is Taken at Japs' House (March 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-717)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 26, 1942, p. 13

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-717/

doc F.B.I. Watching Jap Groups, Says Hoover (April 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-894)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 6, 1943, p. 2

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-894/

doc What to Do With Japs Agitates Entire N.W. (February 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-642)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 21, 1942, p. 3

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-642/

doc Excuse, Please; But What's In Those Jap Text-Books? (February 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-607)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 7, 1942, p. 6

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-607/

doc 2 Japanese Held In Railway Bridge Fires (March 31, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-734)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 31, 1942, p. 4

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-734/

doc 4 Japanese Seized Near Dam; Explosives Found (February 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-611)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 8, 1942, p. 13

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-611/

doc We Know All About Caesar, But Nothing of Jap Lingo (March 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-720)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 27, 1942, p. 6

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-720/

doc Ito Reported Meetings Here to Tokyo, Witness Testifies (March 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-725)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 28, 1942, p. 3

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-725/