Documentaries

img Brian Yamakoshi playing koto (ddr-densho-1007-1324)

Negative. Taken during filming for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1324/

av Interview with Chris Ishii, part 1 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1555)

Ishii discusses producing propaganda leaflets with the OWI and serving in the China-Burma-India theater. Video starts at 0:44. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II NY, #39, 6-85, Ishii. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1556/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1555/

doc Color of Honor LA interview schedule (ddr-densho-1007-950)

Locations and times for interviews conducted by Loni Ding for The Color of Honor. Many names on this document appear in the final film.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-950/

av Interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1606)

Matsumura discusses his time teaching at the 4th Army Military Intelligence School in San Francisco, his experience with John Aiso, his trouble with white officers, the difficulties his students faced, visiting his family at Heart Mountain, and the conflicting feelings his Nisei students had about military service. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1606/

doc Color of Honor narration snippet (ddr-densho-1007-1049)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1049/

av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1704)

Saiki discusses being relocated to the Rohwer camp, working as editor for the Rohwer Outpost newspaper, the social stigma around his Caucasian friends visiting in camp, his friend Elizabeth Homberger (sp?) and the work she did for the Nisei during the war, the reactions to military recruiters at Rohwer, and his reasons for not volunteering for …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1704/

av Interview with Monroe Sweetland, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1665)

Sweetland discusses meeting Frank Hachiya's father, the political climate in Hood River and the US at large post-war, meeting with Hugh Ball in Hood River, and his relationship with Frank Hachiya. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 149, II MON #17, 9-9-85, Monroe interview, fathe reaction, climate change, France could …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1665/

av Interview with Arthur (Art) Morimitsu, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1751)

Morimitsu discusses the importance of the Kibei for the MIS, his time at the Military Intelligence Service Language School, and his time serving overseas. Video starts at 0:22. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 60B, II VFW #3, VFW - LA, Art Morimitsu, Feb. 16, 1987. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1752/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1751/

doc Letter from Jane Gutfleisch to Loni Ding (ddr-densho-1007-1020)

Gutfleisch was the executive director of the California Confederation of the Arts at the time. Mentions Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1020/

doc Masao Nagahiro interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-1132)

Used for the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1132/

av B-roll of John Kaneko digging (ddr-densho-1007-1652)

Footage of John Kaneko digging on his family's land. Loni Ding and her crew can be heard in the background. Some black and white stills from 15:18, a bit more digging just before the tape ends. Original title: 137, II SAC #8, 9-7-85, B/W shots of digging/[illegible]

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1652/

av Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1711)

Ogawa discusses his time in the Philippines in 1944 with the Japanese army. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #50, Masaru Ogawa, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1712/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1711/

img Frank S. Emi at desk (ddr-densho-1007-1152)

Negative. This interview appears in Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1152/

doc Honolulu Advertiser review of Nisei Soldier (ddr-densho-1007-1489)

Author unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1489/

av Interview with Don Oka, Steve Yagi, and Shigeo Ito, part 5 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1774)

Continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1620/. Oka is on the left, Yagi in the center, and Ito on the right. Ito discusses the deaths of two Nisei on his team and the fear of being mistaken for a Japanese soldier. Oka discusses being interviewed for military intelligence at Camp Carson in Colorado, being treated differently than Caucasian soldiers, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1774/

img Camera crew, Loni Ding (second from left) and three others (ddr-densho-1007-1214)

Negative.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1214/

av Interview with Harry Akune, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1755)

Akune tells the story of a jump on Corregidor Island. He tells the same story in another interview in this collection: objects ddr-densho-1007-1600 through ddr-densho-1007-1603. Akune also talks about an argument he had with a captain. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 64B, II VFW #7, VFW - LA, Harry …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1755/

doc Hawaii donors to The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1475)

Likely the same event as the invite list in ddr-densho-1007-1473.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1475/

av Interview with Arthur (Art) Morimitsu, part 6 of 6; interview with Harry Akune, part 1 of (ddr-densho-1007-1754)

Morimitsu discusses learning about the draft resisters after the war and his sympathy for draft resisters. Interview with Harry Akune starts at 3:58; Akune discusses his service with the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team in the Philippines, the story of a jump gone wrong, his service on Corregidor Island, how he often served alone (versus most …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1754/