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img Docked Boat at Hakodate Bay (ddr-one-2-17)

Black and white photographic print of Hakodate Bay with two unidentified men in foreground, docked boat on right, bridge in middle-ground, and mountain in background, taken during Donor's trip with May Ideta and Tami Okamura. Inscribed on back: "SEPT 48/HOKKAIDO/ONUMA."

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img Drying Squid (ddr-one-2-14)

Black and white photographic print of an unidentified man seated on the ground in front of a fence, drying and stretching squid on mats. Image was taken during Donor's trip with May Ideta and Tami Okamura to Hakodate. Inscribed on back: "HAKODATE SEPT 48."

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doc What he was fighting for; Kamikaze pilot bewildered by fuss of reporters (ddr-csujad-49-26)

Newspaper clippings about Robert Nishiyama and the scholarship he received from Robert Johnstone, an American soldier. An item from: page 21 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_020_02

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doc Declaration of homestead: Head of family (ddr-csujad-42-26)

A declaration of homestead signed by Fumio Fred Takano for the property, Lot 21 in Block 11 of G. W. Morgan's Sycamore Grove Tract, Los Angeles. It is notarized by Nisuke Mitsumori. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_16_001

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doc All-inclusive membership card (ddr-csujad-5-238)

Tomeyo Okine's membership card for the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, located in Los Angeles, California. She is a member of Excelsior High. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_69_001

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img Nisei memorial service (ddr-densho-114-597)

This memorial service, held at the First Methodist Church, is for 442nd Regimental Combat Team soldiers killed in action in Europe.

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img Nisei linguists (ddr-densho-114-138)

Original caption: 1st Lt. Fred Uyehara of Chicago, Ill., assignment officer at the linguist training and control section, G-2, GHQ-FEC, left, interviews Lt. Yoshio Hotta of Oakland, Calif., concerning reassignment as a linguist officer in the Far East Command. Lt. Uyehara and Lt. Hotta are typical of the Niseis serving with the occupation forces in Japan. …

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img Hawaiian Nisei veteran presenting lei (ddr-densho-114-186)

Original caption: Colonel Joseph P. Sullivan, Sixth Army Quartermaster, represents General Mark W. Clark, CG, Sixth Army, at a ceremony where Sam Kinoshita, Nisei veteran of the 442nd Combat Team, holds Hawaiian lei of 1,100 individual flowers, which is on route to Paris to be placed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arch …

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img Cemetery (ddr-densho-26-230)

Caption written on back of photograph in Japanese

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img Cemetery path (ddr-densho-26-228)

Written on back "Along the path of Mt. Pleasant Commanding Ballard High over the Canal"

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doc Memo regarding a passport application (ddr-densho-278-14)

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doc Passport application approval (ddr-densho-278-1)

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doc Letter regarding Pan American World Airways service (ddr-densho-278-15)

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img A basket shop owner and his family (ddr-densho-299-22)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3062. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of a Japanese family / is to be used in a S & S feature story / on the difference in living standards / throughout Japan. Mr. T. Kakizawa / (extreme right), directs an employee / in his lacquer basket shop …

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img Refugees look through the rubble of their homes in Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-46)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5499. 29 June 48 / Southern coast of Japan hit by deva- / stating quake: / In the aftermath of the quake which / rocked the city of Fukui, Japan, / and surrounding area, on June 28th / 1948, these Japanese rummage through / the ruins of their homes in an effort / …

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img Ted Akimoto with his troops (ddr-densho-299-239)

Ted Akimoto's farewell in Japan.

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img A mother reading to her children (ddr-densho-299-25)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-1577. 6 March 48 / Stars & Stripes feature story on Signal Corps photographer: / A Japanese mother and her WWO children / sit around the charcoal burner in their / home located in Nakajuju, Kitaku, Tokyo, / Japan, as the mother reads to the / girls from a Japanese children's book. / …

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img Overhead view of Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-44)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5331. 28 July 48 / Fukui, one month after earthquake: / One month after the disaster which / came to the southern Japanese / coastal towns, when the earthquake / of 28 June 1948, struck mercilessly / and without warning late in the / afternoon, Fukui already shows / promise of an early …

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img Ted Akimoto's farewell (ddr-densho-299-235)

Caption: "My men surprised me with an impromptu 'farewell' at the airbase as I boarded an air evacuation flight / back to the states. It took 42 hours with refueling stops at Guam, Johnston Island, and / Hawaii to reach San Francisco. Then it was on to Fitsimon's Hospital, Denver, Colorado. / President Truman visited the …

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img Farmers weeding potato fields (ddr-densho-299-10)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-6063. 17 July 48 / Crop collection report: / In Japan, as is shown in this picture / taken in the Urawa area, Saitama / Prefecture, farmers weed their / potatoes by hand. / Photographer - Calmus / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."

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img Praying over earthquake victims (ddr-densho-299-39)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5607. 30 June 48 / Charred remains excavated from / earthquake ruins: / Japanese pray over the charred / remains of Japanese earthquake victims / in Fukui, Japanese sea town hardest / hit by the earthquake of 28 June 1948, / which stuck without warning in the / late afternoon, leaving a trail …

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img Refugees inspecting rubble from their homes (ddr-densho-299-42)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5384. 1 July 48 / Aftermath of quake in Japan: / In Morita, Japan, one of the Southern / sea towns hit hardest by the quake / which struck without warning, Japanese / return to their once proud city with / little to look forward to. The quake / which struck on 28 …

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img American unit earthquake aid office (ddr-densho-299-35)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5605. 30 June 48 / American units on earthquake scene. / An American unit in Fukui, arrived / on the scene of disaster within a / few hours to bring aid to the / victims. With the American flag / flying at the side of the building, / an office has already been …

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