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Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, July 21, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-80)
doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, July 21, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-80)
A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. He probably writes from Military Intelligence Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The letter informs that he has been serving as a truck driver until his Japanese language school starts in August, 1945; and his brother-in-law, Nobuyuki Tanimono, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-80/
Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, September 7, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-88)
doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, September 7, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-88)
A letter from Masao Okine in Fort Snelling, Minnesota to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, in the Rohwer incarceration camps. Masao writes about Military Intelligence Service Language School in Fort Snelling and informs that he is finishing the language training in February 2, 1946. He also talks about his trip to Chicago, visiting their relatives …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-88/
Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, December 13, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-112)
doc Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, December 13, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-112)
Ayame Okine writes from Bartlett, Illinois, to her parents-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. She states that she is glad to hear that they have returned to California safely and would be able to spend winter holidays at home. She also describes the Japanese community in Chicago, making mochi for new year's day. The …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-112/
Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, October 22, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-96)
doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, October 22, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-96)
Masao Okine writes from the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp. The letter describes the school situation in which the US Army demands that the students need to complete the study and training in a shorter period of time. He also …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-96/
Memo from War Relocation Authority to center residents and WRA staff, March 31, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1679)
doc Memo from War Relocation Authority to center residents and WRA staff, March 31, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1679)
Memorandum of understanding from the War Relocation Authority to Center Residents and WRA Staff regarding relocation assistance from social agencies to support "resettlement" in areas of the mid-western United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1681
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1679/
Letter from Tom Clark, Attorney General, to General Mark W. Clark, December 10, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-235)
doc Letter from Tom Clark, Attorney General, to General Mark W. Clark, December 10, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-235)
Correspondence from Tom Clark to Mark Clark regarding the case of Frank Okusako's family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0237
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-235/

Narrator Alan Nishio

Sansei male. Born August 9, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where his parents were incarcerated during World War II. Grew up in the Venice area of California, and became increasingly politically active while attending the University of California, Berkeley, during the Free Speech Movement during the late 1960s. Earned a master's degree at the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/898/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 20 (May 14, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-20)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 20 (May 14, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-20)
Selected article titles: "Race Issue in Hawaii Politics Raised in Rule" (p.1-2), History Project: Historical Documents Being Donated" (p.1), "17 Organizations to Honor Issei Elders at Huge Joint Dinner" (p.1), "1945-VE DAY-1965" (p.2), "Strawberry Grower Plows Under One Acre in Protest against Government Failure to Secure Field Labor" (p.3), "Public Schools Have until 1967 to Desegregate" …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-37-20/
Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-326)
img Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-326)
Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar incarceration camp. They are standing in front of the entrance to the camp with the closure notification: This project officially closed, November 21-1945, no admittance, except on business. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-326/
Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-327)
img Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-327)
Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar incarceration camp. They are standing in front of the entrance to the camp with the closure notification: This project officially closed, November 21-1945, no admittance, except on business. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-327/
Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-328)
img Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-328)
Photograph of Bea White and son, with Lucille Bouche and Elizabeth Moxley at the closing of Manzanar incarceration camp. They are standing in front of the entrance to the camp with the closure notification: This project officially closed, November 21-1945, no admittance, except on business. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-328/
Letter requesting kind treatment for a family who treated American POWs well (ddr-densho-299-225)
doc Letter requesting kind treatment for a family who treated American POWs well (ddr-densho-299-225)
Hand written note with typed copy. Note reads: "Sept. 9, 1945 / To: American Occupational Forces / The men who's names are offered below, & others, request that consideration be extended / the residents of this house for the friendly / attitude & kindness these people / have always shown during and after hostilities to / …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-225/
Poston II: 50 year reunion, October 5, 6, 7, 1992 (ddr-csujad-55-2690)
doc Poston II: 50 year reunion, October 5, 6, 7, 1992 (ddr-csujad-55-2690)
Pamphlet of Poston II reunion. Provides memories and photographs during incarceration at Poston camp. Dedicated the Poston memorial monument to reaffirm their conviction and to ensure that the constitutional right of all Americans is very sacred and the tragic events of 1942-1945 will never again be repeated. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2690/
Sacramento County dedication ceremony program (ddr-csujad-55-158)
doc Sacramento County dedication ceremony program (ddr-csujad-55-158)
Dedication ceremony for the Sacramento County memorial recognizing the injustices towards Japanese Americans during World War II. Includes schedule of ceremony events, description of the memorial, biographies of ceramic artist Yoshio Taylor and poet and playwright Hiroshi Kashiwagi. Includes the poem, "Japanese Americans (1942-1945)" by Kashiwagi. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-158/
Sharon Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-529)
vh Sharon Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-529)
Sansei female. Born February 16, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where parents had resettled after leaving the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. Moved at an early age to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Attended the University of Washington where she was active in student groups. Got involved in numerous political campaigns supporting Asian …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-529/
Bill Braye Interview (ddr-densho-1000-178)
vh Bill Braye Interview (ddr-densho-1000-178)
Caucasian male of Spanish and Irish descent. Born March 31, 1917, in Santa Monica, California. Moved to Salinas, California, as a teenager, and enlisted in the military. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and was captured by the Japanese military. Forced on the infamous Bataan Death March in 1942 and held as …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-178/
C. Moxley Featherston Collection (ddr-densho-472)
Collection C. Moxley Featherston Collection (ddr-densho-472)
This collection contains a photograph of the Featherston family at Minidoka and the autobiographical writings of C. Moxley Featherston. Featherston was an attorney with the War Relocation Authority from 1942-1945. He served as a Project Attorney in several camps including Minidoka, Gila River, and Amache (Granada). His autobiographical writing explores the war years, how he got …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-472/

Narrator Tom Akashi

Nisei male. Born June 7, 1929, in Merced, California. Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/178/
Nisei soldier with family (ddr-densho-37-753)
img Nisei soldier with family (ddr-densho-37-753)
Original WRA caption: Former S. Sgt. Henry H Gosho, Mrs. Gosho (seated) and their eighteen month-old daughter Carol Jeanne are shown with a few of the new Yorkers who attended a dinner in his honor on September 12, 1945, at the Toyo Kwan Restaurant in New York City under the auspices of the new York Chapter …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-753/
Heart Mountain Relocation Project, special joint meeting, Block Managers and Community Council (July 13, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-73)
doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project, special joint meeting, Block Managers and Community Council (July 13, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-73)
The council minutes feature the notice that all W.R.A. camps will be closing on November 15. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-02_006
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-73/
Letter from Tsuruno Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, June 21, 1945, English translation (ddr-csujad-42-84)
doc Letter from Tsuruno Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, June 21, 1945, English translation (ddr-csujad-42-84)
English translation of the letter: csudh_tak_0083. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_40_001_eng
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-84/
Letter from Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, January 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-42-77)
doc Letter from Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, January 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-42-77)
A letter from Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro incarcerated in the Heart Mountain camp to their son-in-law and daughter, Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano in the Gila River incarceration camp. In the letter, Kumaji thanks them for a letter along with tobacco for his birthday. He states that the incarcerees have to leave the camp sometime within …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-77/
Information series (Lowry Field, Colorado), (September 1945), no. 13-MS: do you want information about ... (ddr-csujad-55-2164)
doc Information series (Lowry Field, Colorado), (September 1945), no. 13-MS: do you want information about ... (ddr-csujad-55-2164)
Brochure regarding a contact list for veterans needing more information about support and services offered. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2266
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2164/
Notice from Duncan Mills, Project Director, Poston, to the residents of Poston, January 12, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1683)
doc Notice from Duncan Mills, Project Director, Poston, to the residents of Poston, January 12, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1683)
Notice from Duncan Mills to incarcerees at Poston incarceration camp regarding closure of the centers. Covers financial assistance, advisory assistance, appointments for interviews, and leave regulations. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1685
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1683/
Information series (Lowry Field, Colorado), no. 7-MS (September 1945): education and training for veterans (ddr-csujad-55-2159)
doc Information series (Lowry Field, Colorado), no. 7-MS (September 1945): education and training for veterans (ddr-csujad-55-2159)
Brochure regarding education and training for veterans. Covers eligibility, schools, length of schooling, training, payment, apprentice training, and disability. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2261
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2159/
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