Work and jobs

Both Issei and Nisei took jobs within the camps, at wages set not to exceed soldiers' pay: $12 per month for unskilled labor, $16 for skilled labor, and $19 for professional employees. WRA staff was paid much more for the same jobs. Though public opinion mandated such low pay, dissatisfied Japanese Americans objected to losing their right to make a decent living. They had to use their sparse income for necessities, such as warm clothing and shoes.

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img Man standing by a truck (ddr-densho-329-1379)

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img Men planting trees with camp buildings in background (ddr-densho-329-1373)

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img Men Entering a truck (ddr-densho-329-1380)

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doc Kaneji Domoto Diary, 1942 (ddr-densho-329-950)

Kaneji's diary from March 6, 1942 - October 7, 1942, spanning the Domoto family's time from being at home in California to about a month after arrival at Amache. Early pages of the diary resemble a notebook loosely structured by date and containing a mixture of daily activities, accounting, notes from work at the nursery, and, …

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img Group of men with surveying equipment (ddr-densho-329-1378)

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img Men planting trees near barracks (ddr-densho-329-1389)

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img Eight men standing in muddy field (ddr-densho-329-1375)

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img Group of men sitting near bare trees with barracks in background (ddr-densho-329-1376)

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img News Courier staff at Gila River (ddr-densho-37-1545)

Included annotation: G-608, News Courier staff.

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img Japanese Americans working on camp newspaper (ddr-densho-37-459)

Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Trimming the assembled Sentinels is George Tokoshige, while Reports Officer Vaughn Mechau and Sentianl Editor, Bill Hosokawa check for the hundredth time for possible makeup or printing errors.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-599)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuee farmers harvesting spinach at this relocation center.

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img Building engulfed in smoke (ddr-densho-37-2145)

Written on back: Gila River Fire - Camp #1, Mar-5 1944.

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img Women pose with ship models at a shipping department (ddr-densho-37-1259)

Included annotation: A-301, Ship Model Shop, Shipping Dept.

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img Miss Ost portrait (ddr-densho-37-1378)

Included annotation: C-506, Miss Ost, Director's Ex Sec., Identification.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting corn (ddr-densho-37-708)

Original WRA caption: Harvesting the first corn crop at the Minidoka Relocation Center from fields which were covered with sagebrush last spring.

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img Front of check for Roy Okuda (ddr-densho-37-1166)

Included annotation: E-203, copy of check.

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img South Dakota ship model bridge (ddr-densho-37-1369)

Included annotation: X-307, completed South Dakota, Gun position and Bridge.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting potatoes (ddr-densho-37-88)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee farmers at this relocation center filling sacks with newly dug potatoes.

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img South Dakota ship model (ddr-densho-37-1367)

Included annotation: X-305, completed South Dakota, View From Stern.

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img Japanese Americans baking bread (ddr-densho-37-245)

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img Japanese Americans working in a field (ddr-densho-37-709)

Original WRA caption: Junior High School boys and girls of Hunt pull onions on the project farm during harvest vacation.

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img Assembly part for model ships (ddr-densho-37-1206)

Included annotation: O-204, Ship Model Shop, Assembly Parts.

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img Japanese Americans unloading coal (ddr-densho-37-348)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee workers unload coal at Staley Junction, which is the rail head for this center. This coal is used by the residents during the extreamely [sic] cold winters which northern California offers.

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img News Courier staff poses for a photo (ddr-densho-37-1544)

Included annotation: G-606, News Courier staff, 6/22/44.

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img Fire crew (ddr-densho-37-693)

Original WRA caption: The fire crew of station #1 swings into action.

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