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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 2 (January 15, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-2)

Selected article titles: "New Alien Law Eliminates Annual Address Reporting" (p. 1), "The Other Internees of World War II" (pp. 2-3), "Peter Imamura: Separate but Equal" (p. 3), and "Chapter Report: JACL in Japan Keeps Rolling" (p. 10).

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doc Citizen's Indefinite Leave Card (ddr-densho-308-1)

Iwao Hara's Indefinite Leave Card allowed him to leave Minidoka concentration camp and move to Chicago, Illinois to pursue a new job with United Fundraising.

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img Captured Japanese weapons (ddr-densho-299-100)

Caption: "As word of the surrender spreads, Japanese forces on the various Pacific [sic] isles / surrender to our troops and the mountain of captured weapons rises."

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 8 (September 22, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-33)

Selected article titles: "JACL-LEC Members Add Support to Inouye's Redress Entitlement" (p. 1), "S.F.'s JA Library Granted $5,000 from NCJAR" (p. 1), "Chronicles the Yasui Family: Lise Yasui's 'Family Gathering' Airing Oct. 17" (pp. 3, 6), and "Japanese Press Translation: America's Three Victories in World War Two" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 20, (November 16, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-45)

Select article titles: "Seattle Mayor's Post Eludes Tuai's Reach" (p.1); "'Mo' Marumoto Opens Watergate Phase Three" (p.1); "Cincinnati JACLers in Five Activities for Folk Festival" (p.3) "Unexploded U.S. Bombs Dropped in WW2 Found in 177 Spots in Japan" (p.4).

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doc On Tolerance, newspaper editorial, The Press Democrat, May 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-23-15)

Newspaper editorial dated May 27, 1942, on Sonoma County, California's Japanese evacuation and incarceration. Author offers stance of tolerance and "true democracy." Author is anonymously named "Miss Nineteen." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp041-01-004

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 52, No. 5 (February 4, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-5)

Selected article titles: "Calif. Assembly Resolution for Anti-Nisei Racist Deplored" (p. 1), "Final Chapter Closes on Nisei Women Accused of Aiding German PWs to Escape" (p. 1), and "JACL Holds Keys to Open Doors for Its Members to Become Better American Citizens, Chuman Tells Venice-Culver Chapter" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 17 (May 3, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-17)

Selected article titles: "'Operation Zebra' Reminds JACL of 1942 Evacuation of Japanese" (p. 1), "Tighter U.S. Policy Seen Reducing Number of Foreign Students This Year" (p. 1), "Washington Newsletter: What Can I Do About P.R.?" (p. 2), and "30-Year Debate of 'Direct Hit' Off Oregon Coast by Japanese Sub Ends" (p. 3).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-17/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 105, No. 16 (November 13, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-41)

Selected article titles: "Section-by-Section Report: Committee's Analysis of S.100[9]" (pp. 1, 4), "Tenure Was Denied: UCLA Professor Files Racial Discrimination Suit" (pp. 1, 4), "Committee Okays 4 of Matsunaga's Amendments" (pp. 2-3), and "Attorney Aided Nikkei During WW2 Internment" (pp. 3, 11).

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img Removing bayonets from captured weapons (ddr-densho-299-101)

Caption: "Bayonets are removed from the rifles."

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doc Transcript of internment hearing (ddr-densho-314-1)

Besides the transcript of the internment hearing, this document also includes Kasuichi Takanishi's warrant of arrest.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 24 (June 23, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-24)

Selected article titles: "JACL Participation in Nationwide Redress Rally Sought" (p. 1), "ORA's Proposed Redress Regs Announced" (pp. 1, 3), "Film Review: 'Who Killed Vincent Chin?': A Must-See" (pp. 1, 3), "Ouchi Dolls Given to Klamath Falls Museum in Memory of WWII Balloon Bomb Victims" (p. 7).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-24/

av An oral history with Wayne Omura (ddr-csujad-29-49)

An oral interview with Wayne Omura, the youngest son of the late James Matsumoto Omura. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The oral history was conducted in connection with the interviewer's editing of the senior Mr. Omura's autobiographical memoir. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0154. See ...

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doc Philip Masaru Okano Affidavit (ddr-densho-359-1258)

The affidavit states that both Philip and Alice Okano are American citizens. He also affirms that all three employees of his laundry and cleaning business are also American citizens.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1258/

doc Special Purpose Application for Sugar Purchase Certificate (ddr-one-3-7)

Application for a Sugar Purchase Certificate allowing the recipient to receive a quantity of sugar. Used for sugar rationing.

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doc Application for Exemption from Military Evacuation (ddr-one-3-10)

Four copies of an application for exemption from military evacuation for use by Japanese, German, and Italian nationals, as well as US citizens of Japanese ancestry.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 83, No. 17 (October 22, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-42)

Selected article titles: "JACL Raps Hayakawa Comment: Was WW2 a 'Blessing in Disguise' Too?" (p. 1), "Pro-Toguri Papers Found in Archives" (pp. 1-2), and "What It Means to Be Hawaiian" (p. 2).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-48-42/

ds Pacific Citizen, Vol. 57, No. 1 (July 5, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-27)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Administration's Civil Rights Bill" (pp. 1-2), "Nisei Ham Operator Thought to Be Traitor During WW2 Served Undercover for Navy" (p. 1), and "Twin Cities Reminded of Bias" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 6 (February 11, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-6)

Select article titles: "Nisei also 'Demonstrated' for Equal Rights, Yoshimura Reminds" (p.1); "Anti-Nisei Myths of WW2 Exploded at Snowstormed D.C. Installation" (p.1); "'First Death' Strikes the Men of Lt. Yoshida's Platoon" (p.1); "Who really 'discovered' America: Norsemen, Italian or the Japanese? Our Ideas Below" (p.3).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-38-6/

doc Dr. Kikuo H. Taira (ddr-csujad-8-70)

Oral history interview with Dr. Kikuo H. Taira. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Taira, Dr Kikuo

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av An oral history with Gary Ryan (ddr-csujad-29-50)

An oral interview with Gary Ryan, a retired superior court judge in Orange County. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0156. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2985_T01

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av An oral history with Robert Hamblin (ddr-csujad-29-33)

An oral interview with Robert Hamblin, a Lompoc resident who recalled the effects of WWII in Santa Barbara, California. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0118. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2239_T01

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vh An oral history with Ben Kuroki (ddr-csujad-29-63)

An oral interview with Ben Kuroki, a tail gunner part of the 93rd b24 Bombardment Group during World War II. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0132. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ...

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doc Advertisement postcard from the Thos. H. Fillmore Insurance Agency to Helen Thomas, July 3, 1942 (ddr-csujad-4-4)

A postcard advertisement selling "war damage insurance" covered by the US government reinsurance program. It was sent to Helen Thomas in Lawndale, California from the Thos. H. Fillmore Insurance Agency in Inglewood, California. It also includes numerical marginalia on the front. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nis_04_001

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doc Bibliography of Japanese in America, Part I, periodical articles, January 1941-November 1942 (ddr-csujad-19-36)

This document is the first of three parts listing periodical articles regarding people of Japanese descent in America during the period from January 1941 to November 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-23_01

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-36/