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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-133)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-133)
Tad and company are headed out the next day, so they're having a party that night. Tad has yet to be assigned to a unit, "which is a good sign." If Tad goes overseas, he may be assigned to the 442nd: "I might see Bob (Yatabe) yet." Parents' note on envelope back: 136 Thursday Feb 15, …
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-112)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-112)
Two check-in letters from Camp Blanding. Tad and Shiro are planning to see "Winged Victory" at the movies. The two of them found out they'll be sent on furlough at the same time, but they're not sure when. The men are allowed to write letters again. Parents' note on envelope back: 115 Thursday Jan. 11, 1945
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-179)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-179)
Victory in Europe Letter; Tad received April letter and candies; Though a lot of the soldiers are leaving, Tad's unit will stay longer for garrison training, Parents' note on envelope back: 181 Thursday May 17, 1945 PM Request sent: 2 service caps; 1 box cookies, 2 packs envelopes, 1 tablet, 2 magazines, 2 funny books, 4 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-535-179/
Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-285)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-285)
Is leaving for a vacation in Switzerland the next day, hope to buy a watch there; had rice with nori with his tent-mates; the gloves they sent are useful because his early morning drives to Leghorn (Livorno) are cold; asks for more magazines. Parents' note on envelope back: 287 Thursday Nov. 8, 1945 Request for magazines.
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Narrator Roger Daniels

White male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …
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Narrator Kazue Yamamoto

Nisei female. Born January 14, 1927, in Wapato, Washington, where family operated a truck farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to North Portland Assembly Center and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Family left camp in 1945 for Spokane, Washington. Worked as a domestic on Spokane's South Hill before becoming a licensed beautician. Married husband …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/222/

Narrator Sharon Maeda

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/narrators/1019/
Uchiyama Collection (ddr-densho-406)
Collection Uchiyama Collection (ddr-densho-406)
200 letters written to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama from Alvin Uchiyama while awaiting deployment, and during his military service in Italy in 1944-1945. Also six letters from Kathleen to Alvin written from Highland Park, Illinois, Heart Mountain camp and after the camp closed from Mt. View California.
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War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection (ddr-fom-1)
Collection War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection (ddr-fom-1)
The War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection contains a set of previously undigitized negatives take between 1943 and 1945 at Minidoka. These negatives were held at the National Archives and were digitized by the Friends of Minidoka. Topics include: camp scenes, education, fire crews, farming, religion, sports, and vocations.
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Narrator Mii Tai

Nisei female. Born 1923 in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the Oriental Laundry. Family was active with the Methodist Episcopal Church and mother taught at the Japanese Language School. Attended Lewis & Clark High School. Remembers changes in the Japanese American community brought about by World War II. Husband, Sumio Tai, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/210/
Letter from Kay Riale to Sue Ogata Kato, September 11, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-180)
doc Letter from Kay Riale to Sue Ogata Kato, September 11, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-180)
Letter from Kay Riale to Sue Ogata Kato. An item from: pages 94-95 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_061_03
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Letter from Usami Terada to Mr. A.W. Thomas, February 7, 1945 (ddr-csujad-4-23)
doc Letter from Usami Terada to Mr. A.W. Thomas, February 7, 1945 (ddr-csujad-4-23)
A letter from Usami Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, to a Mr. A.W. Thomas in Lawndale, California. In the letter, Usami discusses about returning to California and asks Mr. Thomas how Lawndale has changed during the past three years. He also asks for photographs of Mr. Thomas' family, Terada's home, and their neighbor, …
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Postcard from Mat and Kiyo to Mitzi Naohara, June 2, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-399)
doc Postcard from Mat and Kiyo to Mitzi Naohara, June 2, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-399)
A postcard from Mat and Kiyo who left the Poston camp in Arizona for Detroit, Michigan. It was sent to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara while she was incarcerated at the Poston camp. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 28. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_29_001
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Notice from Railway Express Agency to Seiichi Okine, November 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-93)
doc Notice from Railway Express Agency to Seiichi Okine, November 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-93)
A card to notify Seiichi Okine of the arrival of his shipment from the Rohwer incarceration camp to the Railway Express Agency's office in Inglewood, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_27_004
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Envelope from H. Sugimoto to Mrs. Ayame Okine, July 8, [1945] (ddr-csujad-5-85)
doc Envelope from H. Sugimoto to Mrs. Ayame Okine, July 8, [1945] (ddr-csujad-5-85)
An envelope mailed from Hidematsu Henry Sugimoto in Camp Blanding, Florida, to Ayame Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_23_001
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Letter from Masao Okine to [Hatsuno] Hotty Okine, April 24, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-76)
doc Letter from Masao Okine to [Hatsuno] Hotty Okine, April 24, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-76)
A letter from Masao Okine in Fort Meade, Maryland, to his sister, Hatsuno Hotty Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. He encloses a dependency allotment form 620 in the letter and instructs Hatsuno to fill it out and talk to the Red Cross for assistance. He also asks her to send him a letter and …
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Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. Okine, July 22, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-86)
doc Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. Okine, July 22, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-86)
A letter from Makoto Okine to his father, Seiichi Okine, in the Rohwer incarceration camp. Makoto writes from "Leghorn" [=Livorno] Italy where he is deployed as a US Army soldier. The letter is mailed via Army/Air Post Office, New York, by U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, he describes his duty, guarding prisoners while they …
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Letter from Jake Oboe to Sue Ogata Kato, January 24, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-90)
doc Letter from Jake Oboe to Sue Ogata Kato, January 24, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-90)
Letter from Jake Oboe to Sue Ogata Kato. An item from: pages 70-71 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_047_02
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Letter from Sue Ogata Kato to Agnes Ogata, March 25, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-143)
doc Letter from Sue Ogata Kato to Agnes Ogata, March 25, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-143)
Postcard from Sue Ogata Kato to Agnes Ogata including an image of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. An item from: pages 88-89 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_058_04
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-143/
Gila Co-op News, Vol. III No. 3 (April 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-386)
doc Gila Co-op News, Vol. III No. 3 (April 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-386)
Selected article titles: "Memorandum to Mr. Kinhachi Shibuya and Mr. Bunji Ikenoue" (p. 1).
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 1, Part I (January 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-90)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 1, Part I (January 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-90)
Selected article titles: "Observations"; "Church Body Supports Action"; "One Section Printed Before Ban Lifted"; "Newlyweds to Establish Home in Denver City"; "Project Hospital Treats Nazi Patients"; "Power Vanishes"; "Chicagoans Ready to Attend Eye Dance"; "Change Repatriation Application Method"; "Local Hospital's Army Patients to Benefit"; "Basketball Squads Establish New Group, Nisei Athletic Union"; "Sympathetic Letters Arrive."
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 1, Part II (January 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-91)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 1, Part II (January 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-91)
Selected article titles: "Editorials: Reflected Glory"; "The Ultimate Desire"; "Rights and Privileges"; "The Press and the Public"; "How Fare Canadians? Resettlement Studied"; "Distribution of Our People, All Over U.S."; "For Peace, For Security"; "Friends, Critics Assessed"; "Relocation Program Revision Underway. Effort Will be Expended During Coming Year to Utilize Other Federal Agencies"; "Significance of Vote Discussed"; …
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American Concentration Camps VOLUME 8 1944 and 1945 Japanese of Hawaii (ddr-densho-372-8)
doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 8 1944 and 1945 Japanese of Hawaii (ddr-densho-372-8)
Volume 8 divides into five sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Part 1 features archival documents from 1944 and 1945 that depict the winding down of the relocation program. Part 2 features selected pages of a Congressional Record from February 23, 1944 and June 23, 1944 that resulted in the …
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Letter from Dorothy Sakasegawa to Mr. Dallas McLaren, May 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1884)
doc Letter from Dorothy Sakasegawa to Mr. Dallas McLaren, May 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1884)
Correspondence from Dotty Sakasegawa to Dallas McLaren regarding her experience after leaving Poston incarceration camp, her studies and life at Bucknell University, and expressing gratitude for McLaren's support. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1887
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1884/
Letter from H.C. Herring to Mr. M. Abe, November 20, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-26)
doc Letter from H.C. Herring to Mr. M. Abe, November 20, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-26)
Correspondence from H.C. Herring to Mr. M. Abe outlining a work arrangement for carpentry, painting, and general labor. Includes the type of work, hourly rate, other compensation, and effective dates of the contract and a signed acceptance from M. Abe. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00029
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-26/
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