Documentaries

doc Excerpts from The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1484)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1484/

av Interview with Shiro Tokuno, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1783)

Tokuno discusses the role of Nisei in the occupation, the attitudes Japanese nationals and American officers had toward Nisei, his service managing agricultural/forestry/fisheries/mining in occupied Japan, the policies he helped implement, moving to Sacramento and farming after the war, deciding to go into military intelligence, his mother's thoughts on him joining the military, and working with …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1783/

av Interview with Sho Nomura, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1611)

Nomura discusses his family's internment at Gila River, volunteering and testing for the MIS language school, and the difficulty his family faced in camp after he volunteered. Video starts at 0:22. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 94, II LA #41, 7-25-85, Sho Nomura Interview II. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1612/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1611/

doc Steve K. Yagi interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-955)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-955/

av Interview with Shigeo Yamada, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1707)

Yamada discusses attending Keio University, being drafted into the Japanese navy, serving on the cruiser Yahagi, a "suicide mission" to occupied Okinawa, and learning Japanese in America as a child. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #46, Shigeo Yamada, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1708/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1707/

av William Kochiyama and Robert H. Foote driving around and talking; interview with William Kochiyama (ddr-densho-1007-1521)

Conversation between Foote and Kochiyama focused on WWII service; Loni Ding directing from back seat. Interview features Kochiyama discussing experience with Foote during service. Video starts at 1:55. Original title: 26, II NY #5, 6-5-85

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1521/

doc Letter from Bennie K. Ouchida to Loni Ding (ddr-densho-1007-939)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-939/

av Interview with Robert H. Foote, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1527)

Foote discusses his experiences leading Nisei soldiers in the 442nd. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Video starts at 1:00. Original title: 32, II NY #11, 6-85, Robert Foote Interview. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1528/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1527/

doc Color of Honor sequence notes (ddr-densho-1007-1067)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1067/

av Interview with Yoshio Miwa, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1667)

Miwa, a Japanese national, discusses the end of the war, submitting a protest paper to the occupying Americans, and his role in the Home Ministry during the occupation. Interview conducted mostly in Japanese with the aid of an interpreter. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #1, Yoshio Miwa, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1667/

doc Interview questions for MIS vets (ddr-densho-1007-1471)

Used for interviews for The Color of Honor. Ordered by subject.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1471/

av Pre-war house footage, part 8 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1740)

B-roll: nightstand, photographs. Original title: 83B, II TB-8, Reel #8, 6/27/87

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1740/

av Interview with George Nakamura, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1679)

Nakamura discusses moving to Japan in 1955, growing up in Arroyo Grande, CA, evacuation, his time at Tulare and Gila River, volunteering for the military from camp, and camp attitudes toward volunteering. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #13, George Nakamura, Fri. Jan. 31. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1680/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1679/

doc New York Post review of Nisei Soldier (ddr-densho-1007-1495)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1495/

av Interview with Yukio Kawamoto, part 4 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1548)

Kawamoto reads through a letter he wrote from the south Pacific to a camp newspaper in Topaz, talks about his service, and tells a few war stories. Also mentions the atomic bombs. Video starts at 0:59. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 49, II NY #32, 6-85, Kawamoto. Interview continues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1548/

doc Yoshikazu Yamada interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-972)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-972/

doc Letter from Clarence (Cal) Matsumura to Loni Ding (ddr-densho-1007-906)

Letter about an upcoming trip Loni was planning to LA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-906/

img Two taxis at Tokyo Station (ddr-densho-1007-1186)

Negative.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1186/

av Interview with Jacob Herzog, part 6 of 6; b-roll of Herzog (ddr-densho-1007-1544)

Herzog discusses evacuation, which he did not learn about until after the war. Video starts at 0:54, interview ends at 3:16. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Rest of tape is b-roll: pictures of Herzog, articles. Original title: 46, II NY #28, 6-85, Herzog

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1544/

av Masuda School tape audio (ddr-densho-1007-1767)

Intended to be paired with video, but the video is not in this collection. From 6:27 to 8:15 a school administrator discusses Kazuo Masuda. Rest of tape is audio from filming reaction shots and a man reading letters written by Kazuo Masuda while serving in Italy. Loni Ding can be heard directing in the background. Original …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1767/