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img Alice at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-699)

Written below photograph: Alice.

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img Gary Kikawa at Rohwer pharmacy (ddr-densho-542-693)

Written below photograph: ??.

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img Man standing beside a garden (ddr-densho-542-144)

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img Woman wearing a floral outfit (ddr-densho-542-760)

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img Soldier and Gary Kikawa (ddr-densho-542-744)

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img Alcie posing in a chair (ddr-densho-542-687)

Written below photograph: Alcie.

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img Gary Kikawa with two friends (ddr-densho-542-740)

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img Woman on a wooden footpath (ddr-densho-542-736)

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img Group of young adults around a table (ddr-densho-542-669)

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img Gary Kikawa and a solider (ddr-densho-542-732)

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img Group around a table (ddr-densho-542-743)

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doc Letter from Frank Herron Smith to J. H. Peiper, Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-1)

Smith urges FBI action be taken to stop injustices done to Japanese American citizens during World War II. Letter mentions correspondence from a Japanese pastor in Livingston, California, near Modesto and Merced, describing "no less than eight shooting incidents in which night-riders have shot into the homes of our church members." Smith also describes shooting and …

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doc Notice from Gila River Project, War Relocation Authority, United States Department of Interior, July 7, 1945 (ddr-csujad-42-112)

A notice from Gila River Project, War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior. It certifies that Fumio Fred Takano has returned the work equipment which belongs to War Relocation Authority. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_61_001

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doc Letter from Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, January 30, 1945, typescript (ddr-csujad-42-79)

Japanese typescript of the letter: csudh_tak_0077. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_38_001_jpn

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doc Letter from Joseph W. Stilwell, General, U.S. Army, to Lt. Frank S. Okusako, November 15, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-236)

Correspondence from Joseph Stilwell to Frank Okusako regarding the case of Okusako's family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0238

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doc Letter from William D. Hassett, Secretary to the President, to Mrs. Mary Tsukamoto, May 8, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-36)

Typed correspondence from William Hassett (Secretary to the President) to Mary Tsukamoto thanking her for her letter to President Roosevelt. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00039

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doc Letter from Mark W. Clark, General, U.S.A., Commanding, to Lieutenant Frank S. Okusako, November 8, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-234)

Correspondence from Mark Clark to Frank Okusako regarding Clark's letter of support for Okusako. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0236

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Narrator Tad Sato

Nisei male. Born May 9, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Moved to Seattle with father after parents divorced. Grew up in Seattle's Nihonmachi where father ran a secondhand store. Disinterested in college after seeing a lack of employment opportunities for graduating Japanese Americans. Went to work for Great Northern Railway, laying and maintaining tracks on the West …

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img Leave permit identification card (ddr-csujad-42-109)

A leave permit identification card issued for Mariko Mollie Hirashima on April 19, 1945. It certifies that she "may travel and reside within the areas of Western Defense Command heretofore prohibited to persons of Japanese ancestry." Mariko is one of the daughters of Itsuhei and Tomoye Takano and incarcerated in the Manzanar incarceration camp during the …

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doc WAR Department report of change of status and address; Cash receipt (ddr-csujad-5-75)

A copy of WAR Department report of change of status and address submitted by Masao Okine and dispatched by the U.S. Army Fort Meade, Maryland. He claims that Seiichi, Tomeyo, and Dorothy Ai Okine are his dependants and requests family allowance to them. Also includes a cash receipt of 29.00 dollars for lease in Hawthorne, California, …

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img New Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-csujad-57-21)

Two-story church building with five people standing on the front steps. There are two mentions of a Japanese Congregational Church in Montebello in the Whittier Daily News (1945-05-15, p. 8, c. 6 and 1948-11-03, p. 4, c. 6). [Handwritten caption on photo] New Japanese Congregational Church [Handwritten on verso] 44. Title from caption. See this object …

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img Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion (ddr-densho-114-134)

Original caption: Oahu, T.H. These members of the 100th Infantry Bn., composed entirely of Hawaiian AJA's, are entertained by Pfc. Marty Rakitt, 534 S. 16th St., Newark, N.J., on the steps of the 147th General Hospital, Honolulu, T.H. The men in the front row are, l. to r., Pvt. Gerico Hashimoto, Lihue, Kauai; Pfc. Mamoru Takabayashi, …

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img William Hardy and Shigemitsu Mamoru (ddr-densho-259-326)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This sailor must have been William Hardy, who was a cabin boy aboard one of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's ships which were used to force an entrance to Japan in 1853 Corky Kawasaki translated the Japanese writing, which from left to right is: Yasui, Masuo Dono [Mister or Esquire]...It was signed by …

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vh Teresa Maebori Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-20)

Sansei female. Born February 13, 1945, in Caldwell, Idaho. During World War II, parents were incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved to Auburn, Washington, where father's family had a pottery business and mother was a dressmaker. Teresa grew up in Auburn and graduated from the University of Washington. Served in …

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doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to H.A. Blundin (ddr-densho-446-304)

Thank you for letter. Ai Chih Tsai has submitted his necessary paperwork to the American Consul in Shanghai and that his case would be forwarded to the State Department. Ai Chih Tsai's parents are both Formosans of Chinese descent but remained in Formosa after 1895. After V-J Day (Aug 15, 1945), Formosa reverted to China, and …

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