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av Interview with Moose (John) Fujikawa, part 4 of 4; interview with Yosh Nakayama, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1585)

Fujikawa discusses what his children know of the war and the birth of his children. Nakayama discusses how he learned how to speak Japanese and tells the story of an instructor of his who did not understand why a Nisei would not speak fluent Japanese. Video starts at 0:36. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions …

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doc Shigeo Ito interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-957)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-957/

doc Yoshikatsu (Yosh) Nakayama interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-969)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-969/

doc Jimmie Matsumura interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-1005)

Used for the film The Color of Honor. One page mentions Nob Yamashita.

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av Kanegai home b-roll; karate demonstration (ddr-densho-1007-1579)

Bruce Kanegai with his son and his father, George, poolside; Bruce demonstrating karate and discussing the practice with his father at Sawtelle Judo Dojo. Video starts at 0:28. Original title: 76, II LA #6, 7-23-85, Kanegai - I, Family poolside, Bruce Demo at Dojo, West L.A.

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img Masao Kataoka (left) and Kenjiro Hayakawa (ddr-densho-1007-1150)

Negative. Taken during interviews for The Color of Honor at UCLA.

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av Interview with Sho Nomura, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1614)

Nomura and Loni Ding look through a photo album of his, with several photos from his service in China. Nomura recounts several stories relating to the documents and photos in the album. Video starts at 0:22. Original title: II LA #44, 7-25-85, Sho Nomura Interview V. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1615/

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av Interview with Frank Emi, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1793)

Emi discusses being imprisoned in Leavenworth, the sentences of the members of the Fair Play Committee, the Issei who financially assisted to the Committee, the Committee's legal battles, how people often agree with draft resistance with hindsight, the various opinions of Nisei veterans on draft resistance, and the sort of student he was in high school. …

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av Interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1780)

Nobuo briefly discusses his encounter with a geisha. Interview ends at 2:25; rest of tape is b-roll of a list of soldiers in Company B and photos/immigration documents presumably from the Yamashita family. Original title: II LA #58, 7-26-85, Yamashita V

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av Interview with Moose (John) Fujikawa, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1584)

Fujikawa discusses the Japanese surrender, post-war Japan, returning from the war, and meeting his son upon return. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #11, Fujikawa III, 7-23-85. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1585/

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av Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 6 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1748)

Gary discusses the decision the DB Boys made to refuse to serve, the decision to intern the Japanese American population, the importance of the Kibei to the DB Boys, his experience in Japan and his connection to his heritage, and his father's court martial. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: …

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img UCLA interviewees group photo (ddr-densho-1007-1147)

Negative. Top row: Paul Minerich. Middle row: unknown, Kenjiro Hayakawa, Lisa Nomiyama, Tim Nomiyama, unknown, Masao Kataoka. Bottom row: Gary Itano, Grace Itano, unknown. Taken during interviews for The Color of Honor at UCLA.

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img Frank Emi and Gary at the Hollywood Judo Dojo (ddr-densho-1007-572)

Negative.

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av Interview with Yosh Nakayama, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1587)

Nakayama discusses his time searching for downed planes with the Graves Registration team in occupied Japan. Video starts at 0:26. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #14, Y. Nakayama III, 7-23-85. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1588/

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img Frank S. Emi and camera crew (ddr-densho-1007-1158)

Negative. This interview appears in Color of Honor.

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av Interview with Frank Emi, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1796)

Emi discusses community organizations and publications that shunned the draft resisters, the statement by the Fair Play Committee that triggered their arrest, what his children know of his time in camp, and why some Nisei and Issei don't discuss what happened during the war. Emi also reads a letter from George Ishikawa leading up to the …

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av Interview with Arthur (Art) Morimitsu, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1753)

Morimitsu discusses his relationship with Caucasian American soldiers, stories from his service, and his thoughts on draft resisters. Video starts at 0:25. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 62B, II VFW #5, VFW - LA, Art Morimitsu, Feb. 15, 1987. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1754/

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doc The Dixie Mission article (ddr-densho-1007-1387)

Article on a WWII U.S. army observer group in China. Published in Kashu Mainichi.

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doc Kejiro (Ken) Akune interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-963)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-963/

av Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1772)

Matsumura discusses stumbling across Dachau near the end of the war, finding and rehabilitating concentration camp survivors in Waakirchen, pursuing the German military towards Berchtesgaden and then Berlin, Germany surrendering, the end of the war, and leaving the military. Interview starts at 0:50. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II …

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av Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1589)

Ken is on the left, Harry on the right. The two discuss growing up together in Turlock, CA, the years they spent in Japan as children, their father's relationship with the Caucasian community in Turlock, and the racial discrimination they faced in Turlock. Video starts at 0:28. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …

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av Interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1607)

Matsumura discusses the time he spent in Japan as a child, the difficulty of Japanese high school, his work on the Far East military tribunal post-war. Video starts at 0:24. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Audio cuts out at 20:36. Original title: II LA #34, 7-24-85, J. Matsumura Interview III. Interview …

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doc LA interview plans (ddr-densho-1007-960)

Schedule and locations for interviews conducted by Loni Ding in LA in July 1985. These interviews were used in the film Color of Honor.

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av Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1806)

Grace discusses working with her husband-to-be before the war, her husband asking for a divorce (knowing that he would be imprisoned for refusing to serve), her husband Henry's reasons for refusing to serve, her husband's family preventing him from going to college, trying and failing to live outside of camp in Arizona, evacuation and closing her …

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av Interview with Yosh Nakayama, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1588)

Nakayama discusses his experiences with Japanese locals, his worst memories of camp, his difficulty finding a job after the war, his work translating letters in Japan, his time learning judo in camp and in Japan, and his thoughts on why judo is important for Japanese-American youth. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1588/

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