Funerals

img Memorial service honoring fallen Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-2-35)

This memorial service was held for Japanese American soldiers killed during World War II. The Minidoka concentration camp had the highest number of Nisei volunteering for military service.

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img Mother and son in a camp graveyard (ddr-densho-2-52)

This photo was taken at the Minidoka concentration camp's graveyard. The rocks in the background were probably used for grave markers. The tombstone shown here was more elaborate than most. This graveyard no longer exists. When the camps were closed, Japanese Americans often exhumed the remains of family members for reburial back home.

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img Memorial service (ddr-densho-2-70)

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img Camp funeral parlor (ddr-densho-37-205)

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img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-513)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

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img Funeral service (ddr-densho-37-675)

Original WRA caption: Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary assigned to work with the Catholic group at the Minidoka Relocation Center, conducts a grave side service at the little cemetery cleared out of the sage land adjacent to Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho.

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img Funeral for fallen soldiers (ddr-densho-37-743)

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img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-514)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

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img Memorial service (ddr-densho-39-42)

Original museum description: Photograph taken at Minidoka internment camp, black and white glossy, shows a ceremony that is possibly a memorial service for a soldier from Minidoka since there is a soldier on stage and the project director Harry Stafford is also seated there, a man is at the rostrum while the audience is seated. There …

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img Memorial service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-7)

This memorial service was held for a Nisei soldier who was killed in action on July 5, 1944, in the Rome-Arno Campaign. He was an alumnus of Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington.

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img Funeral for fallen soldiers (ddr-densho-114-648)

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img Funeral at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-339-6)

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img Funeral at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-339-5)

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Rose Tani (ddr-densho-356-354)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Rose Tani that provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father). Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-354/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Miye Yamasaki (ddr-densho-356-355)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Miye Yamasaki that provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father). Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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doc Kanetaro Domoto's Funeral Program (ddr-densho-356-817)

Funeral program for Kanetaro Domoto.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Sammy (ddr-densho-356-359)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Sammy in which Sammy provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father), and details their own life in St. Louis. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-359/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Clara (ddr-densho-356-368)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto from Clara in which Clara provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father). Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-368/

img Funeral (ddr-densho-356-57)

Large group photograph of a funeral, likely Kanetero Domoto's. Inscribed on the back: "Service November 4, 1943 Amache, Colorado."

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tak Negi (ddr-densho-356-351)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Tak Negi that provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father). Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-351/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Martha Takemura (ddr-densho-356-353)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Martha Takemura that provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father) and inquires about her plans for the future. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Alma Folda (ddr-densho-356-366)

Christmas card with handwritten note to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Alma Folda in which Alma provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father), and inquires about Yuri's plans to leave camp. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Margaret Saito (ddr-densho-356-352)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Margaret Saito in which Margaret provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father). Additionally stored in the envelope were two postcards to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Margaret Saito. postcard from 11/2 Margaret talks about a trip to Chicago and looking forward to leaving. postcard from 11/15 Margaret writes …

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-544)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mitsuko Nakamura. Mitsuko writes about her mother's passing and her regret that she didn't keep in touch more with Yuri when Yuri's father Kanetero died. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-551 and ddr-densho-356-577.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-544/

img Funeral (ddr-densho-356-56)

Large group photograph of a funeral, likely Kanetero Domoto's.

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