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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-327-3)
Mother's immigration to the U.S. as a "picture bride"
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-327-7)
Getting a job as an orderly in the camp hospital
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-327-2)
Father's family background: immigration to the U.S. at a young age
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-327-5)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-327-6)
Preparing for mass removal: losing family property to a greedy neighbor
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-327-12)
Discussion of different social groups in camp
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-327-17)
Moving to Berkeley; influenced by friend to return to school
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-327-10)
A confrontation with a writing instructor over wartime story
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-327-15)
Observing changes in father as a result of wartime experiences
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Paul Takagi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-327-9)
Sitting up in the hospital with a man who was shot during the "Manzanar Riot"
Collection
Rev. Robert Inglis Collection (ddr-densho-498)
Reverend Robert Inglis provided kindness and charity to Japanese Americans as they were being removed from Oakland, California to Tanforan Temporary Assembly Center, Topaz War Relocation Center, and Jerome War Relocation Center. The bulk of this collection is correspondence from Japanese Americans thanking Rev. Robert Inglis for his help during their removal. Reverend Inglis also communicated …
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Interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura (part 2 of 3) (ddr-ajah-6-308)
Part 1 of an interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura in the dining room of his home in Oakland, California. He discusses serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe during World War II. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
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School photo in front of building (ddr-densho-329-599)
30 students and 2 teachers outside building, on steps and benches. One big American flag, a banner that reads Lockwood Junior High, and the front row holding Oakland 1926 and California pennants. Inscribed on back: "Kaneji Domoto H9" in green pencil. Printed on back: Hugo Weltz, Photographer
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Japanese Americans waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-247)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry congregated at Wartime Civil Control Administration station under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28, awaiting evacuation buses which will take them to Tanforan Assembly center for later transfer to War Relocation Authority cnters where they will spend the duration.
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Large group photo outside building (ddr-ajah-3-191)
Label on front of photo in Japanese: June 6, 1976. Translation below photo: Alameda Buddhist Church 60th Annual Senior Appreciation, June 6, 1976 Buddhist Temple of Alameda, California. Photo by Utsumi studio of Oakland, CA. / Second row chair Rev. Eiyu Terao / Second row chair Bishop Kenryu Takashi Tsuji
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Closed Japanese American store (ddr-densho-151-43)
Original WRA caption: Oakland, California. Following evacuation orders, this store, at 13th and Franklin streets, was closed. The owner, a University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed the "I AM AMERICAN" sign on the store front on Dec. 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 59 (May 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-148)
Selected article titles: "War Casualties"; "School Supt. Checks Committee Report"; "Okusako Honored"; "Girl Join WACs"; "Shots Fired Into Home of Fresno Issei Leaders"; "Throw Rock in House"; "Want Ads Today"; "Church Loses Case in Court"; "Investigation Demanded"; "Improvement Club"; "Fire Destroys Hotel in Oakland, California"; "Urge Confiscation of Nisei Ranches."
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Norman I. Hirose Interview (ddr-densho-1013-7)
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …