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Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America

In the 1920s and 1930s, Nisei (second-generation) boys joined Boy Scout troops organized by public schools or community churches. Promoting "Americanism," government administrators condoned Boy Scout activities in the World War II concentration camps.

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img Boy in Boy Scout uniform standing on steps (ddr-densho-483-656)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-656/

img Photo of Tsutomu Fukuyama in a Boy Scout uniform (ddr-densho-483-280)

Faded photo of an Tsutomu Fukuyama wearing a Boy Scout uniform.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-280/

doc Tomio Itabashi's Boy Scout card (ddr-densho-493-99)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-493-99/

img Tomio Itabashi's Boy Scout card (ddr-densho-493-102)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-493-102/

doc Boy Scout Charter for Newell, California (Tule Lake) troop (ddr-densho-493-107)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-493-107/

doc Boy Scouts of America membership card for Allan Minoru Hida (ddr-csujad-55-1997)

Card for Allan Minoru Hida's membership in Boy Scouts of America at the Amache incarceration camp. Includes Boy Scout oath, law, personal record, offices and special duties, and envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2000

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1997/

img Photograph of Japanese Boy Scouts in front of school bus (ddr-csujad-55-2625)

A photograph of Japanese Boy Scouts in front of school bus. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2789

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2625/

doc Memo from Boy Scout staff, Boy Scouts of America, Heart Mountain District, to Mr. Shoji Nagumo, February 10, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-685)

Memorandum of understanding from the Boy Scouts of America staff to Shoji Nagumo regarding an invitation to attend the Boy Scouts of America Court of Honor on February 12, 1943. "Rec. Dept. Form no. 12." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0687

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-685/

img Girl scout troop, Poston incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-55-2587)

Girl scout troop at the Poston incarceration camp, 1944. [L to R: Front row -- Alice Yamamoto, Alice Ueda, Fusaye Taniguchi. Second row -- Hisako Takemoto, ? Maeda, Roberta Urabe, Grace Yamamoto, Noburo Ichikawa. Third row -- Shirley Iyama, Fumi ?, Frances Yamamoto, ? Nakata, ? Yoshiyama, Alice Isao] See this object in the California State …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2587/

doc Girls Scouts membership card for Taeko Ono at Poston, Arizona (ddr-csujad-55-140)

Card for Taeko Ono's membership in Girls Scouts Troop 3 at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0142

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-140/

doc Boy Scouts of America membership card for Allan Minoru Hida (ddr-csujad-55-1996)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1996/

doc Boy Scouts of America Modoc Area Council temporary certificate of advancement (ddr-csujad-55-1995)

Certificate stating that Allan Minoru Hida has completed all requirements necessary for advancement as a second class scout in Boy Scouts of America, Modoc Area Council. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1998

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1995/

img Mitzi (Nakahara) Isoshima dressed in a Den Mother uniform (ddr-densho-477-311)

The caption below the photo reads "Mitzi Cub Scout Den Mother for Glenn's pack 214, 1957" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-311/

img Cub scouts on stage (ddr-densho-477-314)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-314/

doc Letter to the Editor (ddr-densho-510-36)

Newspaper Clipping titled "Racial slur"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-510-36/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 638 (April 6, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-673)

Selected article titles: "Japan Trade Need Post-War Feature" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "New Rainier Slugger" (p. 3), "Japanese Scouts Lead Big Parade in Spring Circus" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-673/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 629 (February 3, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-664)

Selected article titles: "Council Meet and Big Inaugural On" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang Overs" (p. 3), "Japanese Scouts Will Join Great Assembly Dinner" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-664/