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img [Japanese American soldiers] (ddr-csujad-5-20)

A photograph of three Japanese American soldiers taken in Silver Springs, Florida in June 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_05_004

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img Nisei soldier sorts German equipment (ddr-densho-114-14)

Original caption: Breacia Area, Italy. S/Sgt. George Y. Fujino, Los Angeles, Calif., of Company "C", 100th Battalion, of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, looks over German clothing and equipment at the Fifth Army enemy concentration area. 18 May 1945. [The correct spelling of the location is Brescia.]

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img Salerno Day ceremony (ddr-densho-114-75)

Cardone, Italy. Pfc. Tom Masanori, Santa Cruz, Calif., 442nd Japanese-American Combat Team, sings "God Bless America," during Salerno Day Ceremony, the day that the Fifth Army becomes inoperational in the MTO, after two years of operations which ended in victory. Fifth Army. 9 Sept 1945.

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img Stage performance (ddr-manz-10-30)

Original caption: "Mae Nakagawa, Rosie. July 1945." Handwritten note with the photo: "All the actors and actresses left camp so I was recruited to play th egood samurai in a play. It was embarassing. I didn't know what I was saying in Japanese, I just memorized it."

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doc [Documents on Military Intelligence Service] (ddr-csujad-1-73)

Contains a collection of photocopied documents on the Presidential Unit Citation to the Military Intelligence Service. Includes a map, "The Pacific War: 1942-1945 the Allied offensive." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_02_07_002

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doc Christmas card to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (1942 - 1945) (ddr-janm-1-98)

Christmas card to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (1942 - 1945). Red card with illustration in white of pine tree branches with pine cones on them. "Greetings" is on the front center of card. Envelope says "Mollie" in the center and "Sadae" in the bottom right.

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doc Christmas card to Mollie Wilson from Violet Saito (1942 - 1945) (ddr-janm-1-81)

Christmas card to Mollie Wilson from Violet Saito (1942 - 1945). Blue card with illustration in red/green/white of a snow covered building with a border around it covered in holly leaves, golden bells, and a red ribbon. "Season's Cheer" is on the front bottom of card.

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img Instance after bombs were dropped in Ginza and Kyobashi (ddr-densho-381-71)

Caption: 16. 1445 hours, January 27, 1945. An instant after bombs were dropped by enemy B-29's in the vicinity of Ginza and Kyobashi. (Showa niju nen ichigatsu nijushichi nichi juyoji yonjugo fun.Ginza,Kyobashi homen teki B-29 ki unjo yori bakudan toka setsuma no jokyo)

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doc Verification of Internment Dates (ddr-densho-416-12)

Form response to Ray Donald Miyagi from the Judicial, Fiscal and Social Branch of the Civil Archives Division of the National Archives and Records Service regarding verification of Internment Dates. Determined that Ray Donald Miyagi was at Colorado River from May 19, 1942-October 10, 1945.

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img Funeral photo titles Death of a Midwife (ddr-ajah-6-162)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and dies in Rivers Community Hospital on march 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA.

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img Funeral photo titled Death of a Midwife (ddr-ajah-6-227)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and died in Rivers Community Hospital on march 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA.

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-300)

Hopes the money order he sent arrived; asks them to send his ski jacket and a new scarf; waiting for payday since he spent a lot on his trip to Switzerland. Parents' note on envelope back: 302 Tuesday Dec. 11, 1945 Request for ski jacket and scarf

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-251)

Tad describing work at the veterinary hospital and a horse named Goldy he has befriended; dinner at a restaurant in town; asking for his mother to send him the sweater she knitted for him. Parents' note on envelope back: 253 Friday Sept 21, 1945 request for sweater

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-281)

Ate dinner outside because it was so warm; waiting for orders to return to his company, but wants to wait until he gets his PX; asks for more candy and magazines. Parents' note on envelope back: 283 Sat. Nov. 3, 1945 request for candy and magazines

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-186)

Tad requested a cornet mouthpiece and some socks; Tad found a coincidence on a March 18th letter where his mother dreamed he was in France on the exact day he landed at Le Havre. Parents' note on envelope back: 188 Monday May 28 1945 request for mouthpiece

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-233)

Tad received new package of jam, crackers and magazine; Tad was lucky to be selected as one of three in 442nd regiment to participate for a 8-week veterinary education program in a hospital 40 miles away. Parents' note on envelope back: 235 Friday Aug. 17, 1945

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-143)

Tad saw "Here Comes the Co-eds": it was "a funny picture." The food in New York is good, but Meade and Blanding were "way better." Tad isn't up to much; his barrack is "still quarantined." Parents' note on envelope back: 147 Monday Feb. 26, 1945 PM

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-224)

Tad shares details of his daily duties, lifestyle, and visits to the PX; Tad mentions that the Andrews Sisters are scheduled to perform at the USO and ends the letter with 'Fino Domani' (till tomorrow). Parents' note on envelope back: 226 Thursday Aug. 2, 1945 PM

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-219)

Tad was on the move and finally near Pisa and Leghorn (Livorno); The unit was guarding Prisoners here; Tad described a 70-mile hitchhiking trip to Florence on 16th; Tad was assigned to help supply sergeant. Parents' note on envelope back: 221 Thursday July 26, 1945

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Collection Ruby (Sato) Yamasaki Collection (ddr-densho-484)

Collections consists of two yearbooks from Topaz High School from 1944 and 1945 with material inserted between the pages. Inserted material includes copies of the school newspaper, correspondence, report cards, miscellaneous documents

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Narrator Alfred "Al" Miyagishima

Nisei male. Born December 2, 1926, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Family operated grocery store prior to World War II. Moved to Stockton, California, due to father's illness. Removed to Stockton Assembly Center and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Resettled in Nebraska and finished high school. Drafted into the army in 1945, and joined family in Denver, Colorado, …

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Narrator Kajiko Hashisaki

Nisei female. Born March 27, 1924, and raised in Seattle, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka in 1943 to attend school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Married in 1945, and lived in Japan for sixteen months before returning to the …

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doc Permit to extend seasonal work leave (ddr-densho-25-17)

From 1943 until 1945, the Iseri family lived in Weiser, Idaho, under the seasonal work leave program established by the WRA. Under this program, Japanese Americans could apply for permits to live and work on nearby farms. When Akio (Oscar) Iseri's permit expired, he applied for an extension.

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doc Seasonal work leave program letter (ddr-densho-25-33)

As part of the seasonal work leave program, Matahichi Iseri and his family worked as farm laborers in Weiser, Idaho, from 1943 until 1945. They later applied for extensions, and this letter from a relocation officer was sent to Matahichi Iseri along with the family's extensions of leave.

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img Mt. Carchio and Mt. Belvedere (ddr-densho-201-572)

Caption in album: "On April 5 '45 the final spring offensive started on this mountain / Mt. Carchio and Mt. Belvedere was occupied by 442nd Infantry / Gothic Line / The battle ground of 'final push' made by 442nd Infantry Regt. / Last push! Some boys died on this hill. April 5, 1945."

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