Documentaries

av Interview with Robert H. Foote, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1526)

Foote dicusses his experiences serving as an officer in the 442nd, particulary his relationship with Nisei soldiers and their experiences with internment. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Video starts at 0:54. Original title: 31, II NY #10, 6-85, Foote interview. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1527/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1526/

doc Color of Honor narration snippet (ddr-densho-1007-1048)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1048/

img Grace Itano and Gary Itano (ddr-densho-1007-1141)

Negative. Names listed from left to right. Taken during interviews for The Color of Honor at UCLA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1141/

doc Evacuation/replacements notes (ddr-densho-1007-1424)

Likely for Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1424/

av Interview with Shigeo Yamada, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1708)

Yamada discusses growing up on farms in Hansen and Jerome, ID, his parents' views on education, his first impressions of Japan, the sinking of the cruiser he served on in the Japanese navy and being rescued. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #47, Shigeo Yamada, Sun. Feb. 2. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1708/

doc "Jap Relocation" notes (ddr-densho-1007-1040)

Notes taken on a 16mm reel from the National Archive.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1040/

doc Color of Honor schedules/to do list (ddr-densho-1007-1055)

Dates listed are likely for 1988 or 1989.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1055/

av Tanaka family b-roll, part 6 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1645)

Stills from photo albums of the Tanaka family. Linked to Walter Tanaka, who was interviewed for The Color of Honor. Video starts at 0:45. Loni Ding can be heard narrating the photos and directing the camera. Original title: 130, II SJ #37, 8-18-85, Tanaka Album. B-roll continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1646/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1645/

doc Harry Akune interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-953)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-953/

img Closeup shot of koto playing (ddr-densho-1007-1319)

Negative. Koto player is Brian Yamakoshi. Taken during filming for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1319/

av Interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 2 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1799)

From left to right: Minerich, Nomiyama, Kataoka, Hayakawa. Minerich discusses the urgency of the DB Boys case. Nomiyama and Kataoka discuss whether they thought their court martials would ever be reversed. Kataoka discusses growing up in LA, meeting Edmund Zane in high school, how the two became friends, how Zane picked up the legal case of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1799/

doc Salt Lake City donor contact information for The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1482)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1482/

av Interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1777)

Yamashita discusses serving with Minoru (Min) Hara, his family's business ventures (farming and produce), being deployed to the 6th Infantry Division in New Guinea, how he kept himself busy while serving, the story of a boy who was shot in a friendly fire incident, his issues with his officers, not getting furlough, and the death of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1777/

av Interview with Monroe Sweetland, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1663)

Sweetland discusses meeting and befriending Frank Hachiya during service, Hachiya's death at Leyte, finding Frank's father after the war, arranging for Hachiya's burial in Hood River, and Hachiya's funeral. Video starts at 0:40. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 147, II MON #15, 9-9-85, Monroe interview, how met Frank, time …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1663/

doc Letter from Dana Rouse to Loni Ding about Nisei Soldier distribution (ddr-densho-1007-1462)

"American Samurai" refers to the film that would eventually become Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1462/

doc Story Line and Verbal Thread (ddr-densho-1007-1397)

Partial outline for the narrative of The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1397/

av Interview with Jim Ariyasu, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1597)

Ariyasu discusses his deployment, having to sell a camera of his, the secrecy required of him while serving, the censorship of letters he sent back home, and military language school. Video starts at 0:23. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #24, 7-24-85, Jim Ariyasu Interview III. Interview continues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1597/

av Roger Daniels interviewed by Kent Hori, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1758)

Daniels discusses what may have happened if the Japanese American community resisted evacuation en masse, how Japanese Americans were placed under 4C (enemy alien, undraftable) status and the military's eventual interest in Japanese Americans (particularly Kibei) for intelligence work, the importance of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the loyalty questionnaire, the persecution …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1758/

doc Letter from Senator Daniel Inouye (ddr-densho-1007-1016)

Apology for missing a screening of Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1016/

av Interview with Sen Nishiyama, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1675)

Nishiyama discusses the Sansei and the Nisei. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 192, II JA #9, Sen Nishiyama, Fri. Jan. 31

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1675/

img Cameraman and camera (ddr-densho-1007-1142)

Negative. Taken during interviews for The Color of Honor at UCLA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1142/

av Interview with Kiyofumi Kojima, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1696)

Interview conducted in Japanese, ends at 11:05. Rest of tape is Kojima reading a poem he wrote while a prisoner of war in Hawaii. Original title: 211, II JA #35, Kiyofumi Kojima, Feb. 1, 1986

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1696/