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img Two boats (ddr-densho-492-54)

Photograph of two boats with Anegawa Maru sailors seated and standing. Written in the upper left corner is "Hilo" in blue ink. Written on the back is "Amigawa's [sic] officers crossing Bay" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-54/

img Anegawa Maru (ddr-densho-492-59)

Photograph of Anegawa Maru in Hilo Bay. Written on the back is "Amigawa [sic] Kan" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-59/

img Three Japanese soldiers (ddr-densho-432-176)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-432-176/

doc Letter from Rose Yamada Kono to Ruth and Lillian Yamada (ddr-densho-432-24)

Letter from Rose Yamada Kono to her sisters, Ruth and Lillian. Rose discusses her life in Japan, her husband Shiro, and her pregnancy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-432-24/

doc Kentsu's Chronology (ddr-ohs-1-65)

Genealogy of the Yabe family who were originally from Okinawa and immigrated to California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-65/

doc Yabe Genealogy (ddr-ohs-1-68)

Genealogy of the Yabe (also written as Yabu) family history from its roots in Okinawa to its branches in the United States, spanning more than 500 years of documented lineage.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-68/

doc The Last Samurai Kentsu Yabu (ddr-ohs-1-67)

Genealogy document of Kentsu Yabu (1866-1937), an Okinawan military officer, martial arts master, and immigrant to the United States in approximately 1919.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-67/

doc 19th National Competition of the Japan Sea Cadet Corps (ddr-densho-537-128)

A gift to Ms. Koga from Shinji Chiba of the Japan Coast Guard Academy in Hiroshima.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-537-128/

doc History of the Kurita Fleet and the Battle of Leyte Gulf (ddr-densho-1007-910)

Handwritten notes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-910/

av Japanese diaries and photos of Nisei, narrated by Eric (ddr-densho-1007-1656)

Shots of Japanese diaries captured during the war, narrated by Eric (likely Eric Saul of the Presidio Army Museum), who discusses the diaries and the impact they had on the Nisei soldiers who translated them. He does the same for photos of Japanese Americans before, during, and after the war. Original title: 141, II B/K #11, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1656/

img Japanese servicepeople posing with crew of the B-17 and pilots of the P-38s, who landed in Japan a week before surrender (ddr-densho-1007-117)

Caption on back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-117/

doc History of Mr. Kojima (ddr-densho-1007-909)

Handwritten notes. Mr. Kojima is Kiyofumi Kojima, a former signal officer of the Japanese Imperial Navy on the battleship Yamato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-909/

img Unknown family portrait found in cave in Naha, Okinawa (ddr-densho-1007-106)

Caption on back

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-106/

img Former crew members of PT 109 at lunch with former crew members of the Japanese destroyer Amagiri (ddr-densho-1007-127)

Caption on back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-127/

doc Japanese Come Home From Lost Empire (ddr-densho-1007-642)

Slide of newspaper clipping, created in September 1984.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-642/

img Three Japanese Honor Guard soldiers marching in Tokyo (ddr-densho-1007-295)

Caption on back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-295/

img Marines coming ashore in Yokosuka (ddr-densho-1007-115)

Caption on back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-115/

img Japanese war criminals leaving Sugamo Prison in Tokyo (ddr-densho-1007-114)

Caption on back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-114/

doc Conference with Colonel F. H. Miles, O.D. (ddr-densho-1007-1857)

These interviews with Colonel F. H. Miles describe the attack on Pearl Harbor. They were declassified on July 24, 1984.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1857/

img Japanese serviceperson Taira Koshuin calling for Japanese surrender in Guam (ddr-densho-1007-257)

Caption on back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-257/

img Wrecked Japanese plane (ddr-densho-1007-700)

Slide, created in September 1984. Case reads "T. Matsui/H. Watanabe?"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-700/

img Tenaru River during Guadalcanal campaign (ddr-densho-1007-80)

Caption on back

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-80/

img 16-year-old Shigeo Yamada (ddr-densho-1007-222)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-222/

img General Yoshijiro Umezu signing at surrender ceremonies aboard Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay (ddr-densho-1007-88)

Newspaper clippings/captions on back

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-88/

av Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1788)

Burden discusses the diaries collected from Japanese soldiers, translating the souvenirs American soldiers collected, Nisei soldiers attempting to get Japanese citizens and soldiers to surrender, and speaking to Japanese prisoners of war. Kihara discusses the efforts of Nisei on Saipan/Iwo Jima/Okinawa to rescue Japanese citizens and soldiers. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1788/