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img Chiyo and Shinhichi Goto divorce document (ddr-densho-37-1650)

Included annotation: S-605.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1650/

img Wedding certificate for Jack Shimino and Akiko Oiske (ddr-densho-37-2067)

Included annotation: T1008.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2067/

img George Furutono enlisted record (ddr-densho-37-1018)

Included annotation: C-405, George M. Furutono Discharge Paper.

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img Tsutomu Ikemura engineer of vessels license (ddr-densho-37-1510)

Back of engineer of vessels license. Included annotation: C-606, Tsutomu Ikemura, Engineer License. See also ddr-densho-37-1509.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1510/

img Letter of recommendation for Rev. Yamasaki (ddr-densho-37-1079)

Text is reversed. H. Thomas writes a letter of recommendation for Rev. John Yamasaki. Included annotation: N-402, copies of letters of recommendation, Rev. Yamazaki.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1079/

img Letter of recommendation for Rev. Yamasaki (ddr-densho-37-1082)

A letter of recommendation for Rev. John Yamasaki written by W. Chalmens-Francis. Included annotation: N-405, copies of letters of recommendation, Rev. Yamazaki.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1082/

img Letter of recommendation for Rev. Yamasaki (ddr-densho-37-1083)

A letter of recommendation for Rev. John Yamasaki written by W. Stevens. Included annotation: N-406, Rev. Yamazaki's copy work.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1083/

doc Christmas card to Yuri Domoto from Ziegler family (ddr-densho-356-357)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from the Ziegler family. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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img Kaneji Domoto (in hat) and unidentified man by pond with bulldozer (ddr-densho-377-1345)

In envelope labeled: Saito San L.A. 1969

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img Group moving large boulders with bulldozer (ddr-densho-377-1347)

Kaneji Domoto in hat on left. In envelope labeled: Saito San L.A. 1969

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img Kaneji Domoto (on right) with unidentified man on sidewalk (ddr-densho-377-1346)

In envelope labeled: Saito San L.A. 1969

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img Three people sitting outside house (ddr-densho-377-1344)

Kaneji Domoto on right. In envelope labeled: Saito San L.A. 1969

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img Four women visiting a library (ddr-densho-430-14)

Four women outside the doors of the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California.

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doc JACL 5th Biennial National Convention program book 1938 (ddr-densho-430-128)

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doc Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)

Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-158/

vh Dale Minami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-141)

Sansei male. Born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1946, and grew up in Gardena, California. Received B.A. in Political Science from University of Southern California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. Received J.D., 1971, from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-141/

Narrator Betty Fumiye Ito

Nisei female. Born March 29, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and spent childhood in Medina and Bellevue, Washington. While in high school was a member of the Bellevue Strawberry Festival's Queen's Court. In 1939 married Kenji Ito, a prominent Japanese American lawyer who practiced in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, recounts her experiences as her …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/214/

doc My future in the post-war America (ddr-csujad-48-7)

Term paper by Jogi Yamaguchi for period III Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Jogi first discusses the choice he had to face in staying in America or leaving for Japan. He knows life in the US will be difficult and doesn't think he will ever see …

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vh Dale Minami Interview II (ddr-densho-1012-7)

Sansei male. Born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1946, and grew up in Gardena, California. Received B.A. in Political Science from University of Southern California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. Received J.D., 1971, from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-7/

vh Dale Minami Interview I (ddr-densho-1012-6)

Sansei male. Born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1946, and grew up in Gardena, California. Received B.A. in Political Science from University of Southern California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. Received J.D., 1971, from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-6/

doc George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-161)

English translation of the annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 12: [Right] Japan declared a war, and Japanese Imperial Army attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. When the war broke out, Yuta Masukawa was visiting Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. He rode on a streetcar to get to Little Tokyo and bought a record, "Shina no …

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Narrator George Yoshida

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/126/

Narrator Paul Bannai

Nisei male. Born July 4, 1920, in Delta, Colorado. Grew up in small mining and farming towns in Colorado, Utah and Arizona, until his family moved to Boyle Heights in the Los Angeles, California area. After graduating from high school, he tested discrimination and employment practices and eventually succeeded in obtaining a job at a bank. …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/123/

Narrator Lorraine Bannai

Sansei female. Born 1955 in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Gardena, California, surrounded by a large Japanese American community. Influenced by father's role in community and politics, and mother's emphasis on education. Attended University of California, Santa Barbara where she became increasingly aware of Japanese American history, issues of ethnic identity and racial inequality. Attended …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/112/

doc George Naohara's handwritten annotation (ddr-csujad-38-3)

English translation of handwritten annotation from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 5: When I went to the Manzanar camp in California, late Hiromu Sasaki took me to Maryknoll School, which was a Japanese language school located on Alameda Blvd, Los Angeles, California. I remember I packed my birth certificate, clothes, and other necessities into my …

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