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Chiyoko Yano Interview (ddr-densho-1013-9)
vh Chiyoko Yano Interview (ddr-densho-1013-9)
Nisei female. Born February 27, 1918, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In Topaz, worked for the War Relocation Authority in the Central Statistics Division. Husband served in the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services. Lived in Japan during the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1013-9/

Narrator Bob Utsumi

Nisei male. Born November 12, 1928, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, during World War II. Returned to Oakland with family and attended the University of California at Berkeley before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. Established career in the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/336/
Interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura (part 3 of 3) (ddr-ajah-6-309)
av Interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura (part 3 of 3) (ddr-ajah-6-309)
Part 1 of an interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura in the dining room of his home in Oakland, California. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-309/
Domoto family home (ddr-densho-356-2)
img Domoto family home (ddr-densho-356-2)
Photograph of single story house surrounded by fields with a two story house in the background. Note from donor identifies the building as the Domoto family home in Oakland, California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-2/
Mass removal (ddr-densho-151-41)
img Mass removal (ddr-densho-151-41)
Original WRA caption: Oakland, California. View from window of the Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Moving vans are taking baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry to the Assembly Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-41/
Japanese American congregation prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-95)
img Japanese American congregation prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-95)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Members of the Japanese Independent Congregational Church attend Easter services prior to evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation centers for duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-95/
Interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura (part 1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-6-307)
av Interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura (part 1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-6-307)
Part 1 of an interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura in the dining room of his home in Oakland, California. He discusses growing up Alameda, California, and the defacto segregation he encountered. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-307/
Young girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-462)
img Young girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-462)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Young evacuee of Japanese ancestry guarding the family belongings near the Wartime Civil Control Administration station. In half an hour the evacuation bus will depart for Tanforan Assembly center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-462/
Album page (ddr-densho-357-666)
img Album page (ddr-densho-357-666)
This album page has missing photographs, and Hanako Terakawa's captions read: "Tadaichi Yoshioka, Yone, Hanako 1909 Poster panel; Mr. and Mrs. Tadaichi Yoshioka, Hanako 1909, Oakland California; Mom, Dad, Hanako, and Gii at Fruitvale."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-666/
Japanese American family with baggage (ddr-densho-151-245)
img Japanese American family with baggage (ddr-densho-151-245)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Part of family unit of Japanese ancestry leave Wartime Civil Control Administration station on afternoon of evacuation, under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28. Social worker directs these evacuees to the waiting bus.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-245/
Nisei girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-326)
img Nisei girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-326)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Kimiko Kitagaki, young evacuee guarding the family baggage prior to departure by bus in one half hour to Tanforan Assembly center. Her father was, until evacuation, in the cleaning and dyeing business.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-326/
Art Imagire Interview (ddr-manz-1-34)
vh Art Imagire Interview (ddr-manz-1-34)
Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Oakland, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, moved with family to Reno, Nevada, during the "voluntary evacuation" period. Attended the University of Nevada and later worked for an aerospace company. Presently resides in Sacramento, California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-34/

Narrator Kenneth Narahara

Sansei male. Born December 16, 1936, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Alameda, California, where parents had a florist business. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were forced to leave Alameda, so the family split up and moved to Oakland. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/977/
Letter to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-356-205)
doc Letter to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-356-205)
Envelope addressed to Wakako Domoto and postmarked July 10, 1938 Oakland, California. Inside envelope is a note dated July 10 and reads: "Wakako, Dear Daughter, I was sleep in car and forget Ice cream Tka (Kanetaro Domoto)"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-205/
Haruo Howe Hanamura, Wendy Hanamura and Jonathan Okagaki in Montclair Park (ddr-ajah-6-310)
av Haruo Howe Hanamura, Wendy Hanamura and Jonathan Okagaki in Montclair Park (ddr-ajah-6-310)
B-roll footage of Haruo Howe Hanamura, Wendy Hanamura, and Jonathan Okagai (age 2.5) I Montclair Park, Oakland. Also includes scenes of Alameda, California, and Nakayama Court. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-310/
Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-244)
img Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-244)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Boarding a bus at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station for Tanforan Assembly center. These evacuees of Japanese ancestry will later be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-244/
Nishioka Family Collection (ddr-densho-292)
Collection Nishioka Family Collection (ddr-densho-292)
The first accession of the Nishioka Family Collection consists of three photographs from Topaz concentration camp. The second accession of the Nishioka Family Collection consists of documents, letters, photographs that covers the immigration of Torakichi and Mitsu Nishioka, family life in Oakland, California, incarceration in Topaz concentration camp and Frank Nishioka's military service in the post …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-292/
Testimony of Haru Isaki (ddr-densho-67-186)
doc Testimony of Haru Isaki (ddr-densho-67-186)
Written testimony of Haru Isaki of Oakland, California. Incarcerated in the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Topaz Relocation Center." Personal information excised by Densho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-186/
Japanese American family waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-457)
img Japanese American family waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-457)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Evacuees at the Wartime Civil Control Administration Control station awaiting evacuation bus for Tanforan Assembly center under Cicilian Exclusion Order Number 28. Woman standing in background is a local Caucasian church worker assisting in the evacuation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-457/
Mass removal (ddr-densho-151-48)
img Mass removal (ddr-densho-151-48)
Original WRA caption: Oakland, California. Baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry piled on the sidewalk. The Greyhound huses will soon arrive to take this baggage as well as the evacuees to the Tanforan Assembly center under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-48/
Isao East Oshima Interview (ddr-densho-1014-7)
vh Isao East Oshima Interview (ddr-densho-1014-7)
Nisei male. Born April 20, 1921, in Berkeley, California. Family moved frequently as a child, and was living in Oakland, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, eventually settling permanently in the Twin …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-7/

Narrator Chiyoko Yano

Nisei female. Born February 27, 1918, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In Topaz, worked for the War Relocation Authority in the Central Statistics Division. Husband served in the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services. Lived in Japan during the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/337/
Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-257-20)
vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-257-20)
Impact of living in Harlem on political involvement
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-20/
Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-257-25)
vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-257-25)
Thoughts on the election of President Barack Obama
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-25/
Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-257-16)
vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-257-16)
Supporting hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, from Hiroshima
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-16/
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