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Narrator Richard Murakami

Nisei male. Born June 18, 1914, in Nemah, Washington. His family owned and operated Eagle Oyster Packing Company in Nahcotta, Washington. Incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Nemah following the war, where his family had to fight to get the company back. Eventually, sold the business to Coast Oyster Company and stayed …

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Narrator Dotti Yasuko Tagawa Reisbord

Nisei-Sansei female. Born May 9, 1941, in Seattle Washington. An infant when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family was sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family returned to Seattle, where Dotti attended school. After high school, moved to Southern California, raised a family, and became a teacher …

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Narrator Kara Kondo

Nisei female. Born May 24, 1916, in the Yakima valley, Washington, and spent childhood in Wapato, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and then to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Was on the staff of the camp newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel. Left camp for Chicago, …

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Narrator Ruby Inouye

Nisei female. Born November 17, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, and graduated salutatorian from Broadway High School. Was enrolled in the pre-medical program at the University of Washington on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend the …

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Narrator Art Abe

Nisei male. Born June 12, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in an area of Seattle with few other Japanese Americans, and was attending the University of Washington when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka several times on temporary work leave to work …

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Narrator Fumiko M. Noji

Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …

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img Sankuro Ogasawara and two other Ministry of Finance officials (ddr-njpa-4-1718)

Caption on reverse: "JAPAN FINANCE MINISTER HERE: Sankuro Ogasawara (center), Japanese finance minister, was a brief visitor here Saturday night enroute to Washington, D.C., where he will attend general meetings of the International Monetary Fund and of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was accompanied by Gengo Suzuki (left), financial commissioner, and Taroichi Yoshida, …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 8 (February 24, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-8)

Selected article titles: "Night-Riding Hoodlums Blamed For Second Shotgun Attack on Evacuee Home in Fresno Area" (p. 1), "500 Return To Homes in Coast States" (p. 1), "Target of Shotgun Attack Will Stay on California Farm" (p. 1), "100 Percent Increase in WRA Relocation Program Revealed By Secretary Ickes in Report" (p. 2), "Backbone of Coast …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 6 (August 9, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-32)

Select article titles: "Matsudaira sorry on acceptance of 'Jap'" (p. 1); "Senate Passes Civil Rights Bill By 72 to 18 Vote" (p. 1); "Amb. Matsudaira's acceptance of word 'Jap' viewed as setback in JACL national campaign to elimiate racial slur" (p. 1); "L.A. consul feels protest 'appropriate'" (p. 2); "New York: Protest Delegation Planned by Chapter …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 5 [August 30, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-30)

Select article titles: "Full investigation of Arizona killings urged" (p. 1), "Justice official promises ongoing fight for rights" (p. 1), "Redress in Hawaii: 'Non-internees' may qualify" (p. 1), "Minority groups sue for Census adjustment" (p. 3), "Chicago JACL board opposes Thomas nomination to U.S. Supreme Court" (p. 3), "Next redress checks due for evacuees at least …

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img Cake celebrating the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (ddr-densho-10-9)

The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was passed on August 10, 1988. The following month, a celebration was held at the Nisei Veterans Hall in Seattle, Washington. The logo on the cake stands for Issei, Nisei, and Sansei. The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was enacted to redress the wrongs by the United States government against …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-43)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are three photographs and one postcard. A photograph of a Japanese man posing in front of a timber mill is included. The photograph appears to be taken in the early 1900s in Washington. Another photograph captures Japanese children, which was probably taken in …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-57)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes a photograph of the Japanese community probably in Washington. A group of Japanese men, women, and children poses surrounding a boat with a sign, "Japan gives her Navy to the cause of Democracy." In the photograph, Japanese men wear a special event costume of an American …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-49)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes a portrait of a Japanese man in suits and a Japanese woman in western dress taken at "Toyo Studio, Seattle, WH."; a photograph of Japanese male children riding on toys in snow; and a street photograph capturing buildings, "First National Bank," and "Commercial Hotel." Those photographs …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-27)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Three photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Includes a photograph of a male child taken in front of Gogatsu ningyo, a set of ornamental dolls for Boys' Day, with the American flag. Also include a …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 18 (March 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-215)

Selected article titles: "Delegates Meet With Director for Draft Discussion. Merritt Leaves for Washington With Local Citizens' Message" (p. 1), "Seven Boys Held on Unauthorized Leave" (p. 1), "First Manzanar Group in Tule After 36-Hour Trip" (p. 1), "House Passes Bill Aimed at Disloyals" (p. 1), "Responsibility to U.S. Told Delegates" (p. 1), "Lift Curfew Law …

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doc Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 13 (ddr-densho-121-18)

Selected article titles: "Eleventh-Hour Releases Save 102 Persons from Internment in Crystal City Camp in Texas" (p. 1), "National YMCA Urges Issei Naturalization" (p. 1), "'Third Evacuation" Under Way for California Evacuees' (p. 1), "Nisei Attorney Will Take Part in Trials of War Criminals" (p. 2), "Immigration Service Travel Restrictions on Nisei, Other Oriental Americans Protested" …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 68, War Extra! (June 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-4)

Selected article titles: "Progress of Invasion Draws Attention of U.S."; "Progress of War Watched"; "Hotels Tell Guests to Make Own Beds"; "All Teachers in School Sign Up for War Work"; "Sow Bears Two Litters of Pigs in Three Weeks"; "Colored Ack-Ack Fire Shows Up in N. Guinea"; "Washington Busy, Tense"; "He Needs Extension of Leave to …

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doc Information Digest No. 31 (ddr-densho-156-391)

Section titles: "Military Police Leave Manzanar"; "Officials Meet with WPB"; "Conference on Relocation Program"; "Fryer Returns"; "Paper Reports Unrest at Jerome"; "Progress on Indefinite Leave Program"; "Conference on Property"; "Chicago Conference on Employment"; "School Construction Reports In"; "Leave Applications Inventoried"; "Student Relocation Head Here"; "Administrative Instructions Issued"; "Business Service Office Opens"; "Model-Making Shop a Possibility'; "Family …

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img Miss Hawaii pageant winner and two runners up (ddr-njpa-2-388)

Caption on reverse: "MISS HAWAII AND RUNNERS-UP: Miss Claire Heen, chosen Miss Hawaii of 1951 at the Miss Hawaii pageant at the 49th State Fair last night, is shown at center. Miss Gloria Kanemura (left) and Miss Joan Scott were runners-up in that order. All three are leaving Sunday by United Airlines for New York City …

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img Japanese American family (ddr-densho-37-429)

Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Bill Hosokawa, Editor of the Sentinel, Heart Mountain Relocation Center newspaper, and the Nisei leader in center activities, and American citizen, a graduate of the University of Washington, former West Coast reporter and foreign correspondent. Bill has traveled throughout the Orient, has lived in Tokyo and …

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doc Sentimental journey Hunt High School class reunion of 1943-44 (ddr-csujad-55-2712)

This is the last phase of the total program developed for the 1983 Hunt High School Reunion held in Seattle, Washington on June 23 and 24. This pictorial memory book which has been titled The Memoirs, has captured the joys, joviality, nostalgia, and memories of the days that the alumni of Hunt High School were able …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 33, No. 9, September 1996 (ddr-sjacl-1-438)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Four Seattle resolutions at National Convention-Two unanimous-one asking for a review of Nisei war awards for possible Medal of Honor and another joining the Port of Seattle, NYK, and Burlington Northern Railroad on the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the Miike Maru. One resolution to support ?Compassion in Dying? rejected …

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img Maida sisters at Tokuno family reunion (ddr-densho-494-27)

From left to right: Meiko Maida, Junko (Maida) Kimura, and Asako (Maida) Tokuno attending a Tokuno family reunion. Caption on webpage: "Pictures from the later life of Meriko Maida, 1973-2012 / From Richmond to Sacramento / Meriko lived for many years in Richmond, California with her younger sister Junko and brother-in-law Shoichi Kimura. She later lived …

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-4)

Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …

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