9562 items
9562 items
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 20 (July 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-147)
Selected article titles: "Tenney Evidence False R.B. Cozzens Charges" (p. 1), "Nisei in Army Number 20,000 Reports WRA" (p. 1), "Irrigator Folds" (p. 1), "Former Evacuee Commits Suicide" (p. 1), "ACLU Posts $1,000 For Anti-Japanese Acts of Terrorism" (p. 1), "Nisei Citizenship Doubted in Army" (p. 1), "Issei Prohibited to Lease Property" (p. 2), "Resettlement Report: …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 1 (March 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-128)
Selected article titles: "Salt Lake All-Center Confab Studies Problems" (p. 1), "No Tuition Needed in Idaho Schools by Nisei Students" (p. 1), "Three Convicted for Draft Evasion" (p. 1), "Japanese Ban Asked By Three Oregon Counties" (p. 1), "Slow-down of Meal Service Brought About by New Rule" (p. 1), "Father Tibesar Writes: Evacuees Need Courage to …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 12 (May 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-139)
Selected article titles: "Sec'ty H. Ickes Denounces Attacks Against Returnees" (p. 1), "'Sole Surviving Son' Policy Changes Revealed" (p. 1), "Red Cross to Aid Families of Soldiers" (p. 1), "Nisei Family Unwelcome in Seattle; Home Defaced" (p. 1), "Legal Aid Receives Regulations on Unblocked Funds" (p. 1), "New York Leaders Discuss Evacuee Resettlement Aids" (p. 2), …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 47 (February 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-124)
Selected article titles: "Nominating Convention of Co-op Board Set for Feb. 6" (p. 1), "Draft Delinquents Taken to Boise" (p. 1), "Japanese Condition Reported Better" (p. 1), "Fire Burns Home of Calif. Evacuee" (p. 1), "The Pacific Citizen: Editorial Denounces Stand Taken by Gov. Wallgren" (p. 2), "The Des Moines Register: Real Test for Coast Return …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 14 (June 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-141)
Selected article titles: "WRA Institutes New Relocation Assistance Policy" (p. 1), "Hunt H.S. Graduation Rites Held Friday night" (p. 1), "Army Announces No More ERC Status for Nisei" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei Union in California Gets Suspension" (p. 1), "Gov't Housing Available to Evacuees" (p. 1), "Arsonist Fined for Setting Fires to Japanese Homes" (p. 1), "Canadian …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 11 (May 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-138)
Selected article titles: "Comprehensive Assistance Program to Aid Resettlers" (p. 1), "Oregon Alien Law Clarified by WRA" (p. 1), "Regular Project Workers Entitled to Vacation Leaves" (p. 1), "Alien Funds Released by U.S. Treasury" (p. 1), "President Truman Authorizes Transfer of Funds" (p. 1), "Army Board Reviewing Cases Here" (p. 1), "Project School Closure Dates Definitely …
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Letter from Chiyo to Sue Ogata Kato, March 11, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-12)
Letter from Chiyo to Sue Kato, March 11, 1945. An item from: page 10 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_013_04
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Letter from Chiyo to Sue Ogata Kato, February 2, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-11)
Letter from Chiyo to Sue Kato, February 2, 1945. An item from: page 10 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_013_03
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100th [Infantry] Battalion Combat timeline (ddr-csujad-1-59)
Lists the military operations in Italy and France by 100th Infantry Battalion Combat chronologically from September 2, 1943 through May 31, 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_02_06_002
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Portrait of Douglas MacArthur, autographed on front (ddr-ajah-2-826)
Caption: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, hand written signature, in blue ink on a black and white print. Tokyo 1945. Collection of Joe Iwataki, who served in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the South Pacific during WWII where MacArthur also served. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-742 with additional notes
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-214)
Tad received a letter from Tomi from which he recounted the story of Hiro is being chased by dogs; Tad noted to send more stamps home because his father was fond of them and requested additional magazines. Parents' note on envelope back: 216 Monday July 16, 1945 request for magazines
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-226)
Tad requested his olive drab uniform (shirt and trousers) as he may be getting a five-day pass soon and planed to have photo taken with the uniform with all his ribbon and combat badge. Parents' note on envelope back: 228 Tuesday Aug 7, 1945 request for pants and shirt
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-230)
Tad received a package and complimented "G.I. Joe" that he watched last night; Tad also explained that he was not treating the prisoners "nice" but rather fairly since he can't forget that they were shooting at them just months before. Parents' note on envelope back: 232 Monday Aug 13, 1945
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-234)
Tad clipped from the Liberty magazine about the Infantry Badge he received, described recent meals of fried chicken and stuffed green peppers in detail, and requested for more magazines but not candies as he was gaining weight. Parents' note on envelope back: 236 Friday Aug. 17, 1945 request for magazines
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-144)
Tad and friends saw "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"?: it was "a very good movie." Tad mentions that he might have the chance to take some college courses, but is going to wait and see if he's sent overseas. Parents' note on envelope back: 147 Wednesday Feb 28, 1945 PM
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-108)
Tad says he's meeting all the boys that recently came from Topaz; he's met "about 4" boys that he knew in camp. Says he still isn't supposed to be writing letters. Hopes to be home around the middle of January. Parents' note on envelope back: 111 Saturday Jan. 6, 1945
Narrator Joe Seto
Nisei male. Born 1924 in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma, where father worked for a produce business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work harvesting sugar beets for a sugar company. Drafted into the army in 1945. …
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Letter regarding parole status (ddr-densho-25-112)
This letter from a district director of the Department of Justice was sent to an Issei in 1945. He was detained at the Minidoka concentration camp in Idaho for a period of time, and the letter informed him that while he was there, he did not have to report to a parole officer.
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 20 (May 17, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-20)
Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Fearmongers of Far Right Denounced" (pp. 1-2), "JACL Urges House to Act Speedily on Civil Rights" (pp. 1-2), "Chief Justice Warren's Plan to Enforce School Desegregation Ruling Similar to Steps Taken When Evacuees Returned in 1945" (p. 1), and "PC Letterbox: Youth vs. JACL" (p. 2).
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442d RCT Combat timeline (ddr-csujad-1-60)
Lists the military training and operations in Italy, France, and Germany by 442nd Regimental Combat Team chronologically from February 1, 1943 through May 31, 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_02_06_003
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Senior banquet, Class of 1945, "action speaks lauder than words" (ddr-csujad-55-1706)
Program for the Senior Banquet for the class of 1945 at Poston II incarceration camp. Includes menu, program schedule, and acknowledgements. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1708
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-256)
Tad and class took a written test and the three men from the 442nd scored the highest; planning to take a trip to Rome if he can get a couple of days off; saw a Mickey Rooney film called "Young Tom Edison". Parents' note on envelope back: 258 Saturday Sept. 29, 1945
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-242)
Tad recounted watching prisoners butcher a euthanized horse and reflected on news reports about riots in New York and San Francisco and celebratory deaths of soldiers in Italy, after the war was ended; Tad requested magazines and socks. Parents' note on envelope back: 244 Tuesday Sept. 4, 1945 request for magazines and socks
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-200)
Tad temporarily reassigned to the Service Company because the main band is going to Milan while he and a few others are playing for the officer's dances; hence he is getting a new address; Tad enclosed a picture of John and Chester. Parents' note on envelope back: 202 Wednesday June 20, 1945
Narrator Bill Braye
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 a …