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img [Picnic] (ddr-csujad-56-227)

Masaji and two others eat a picnic lunch by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 13 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-036

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img [Picnic group photo] (ddr-csujad-56-228)

A group of incarcerees eat a picnic lunch by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 14 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-037

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img [Sharing food] (ddr-csujad-56-242)

Two young men from Camp Amache share barbecued meat as they pose for the camera. Page 28 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-051

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img Granada Station (ddr-csujad-56-178)

Train from the assembly center arriving at Camp Amache, inscribed with a note "End of the long train trip". Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-045

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img [Pyramid] (ddr-csujad-56-243)

Haruo Kawase, Fred and another young man from Camp Amache pose for the camera. Page 29 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-052

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img [Sitting by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-238)

A group of Japanese American incarcerees sit and talk by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 24 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-047

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img [Kanji digging] (ddr-csujad-56-239)

Kanji, a young Japanese American man incarcerated at Camp Amache, digs a hole by the Arkansas River. Page 25 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-048

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img [Cowl and Mazie by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-229)

Cowl and Mazie lay on a blanket by the Arkansas river near Camp Amache. Page 15 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-038

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 70 (June 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-6)

Selected article titles: "Judge Names Dates for Two Hearings"; "Official Suggests Six-Point Program"; "Soldier's Wife Going West"; "Resettlers Giving Good Impression"; "Action Prophetic of Future Repetition?"; "Drunken Man Attacks Military Policeman"; "Argue Government Case Unjustified"; "Prove Loyalty"; "Honor Newlyweds at Dinner Party"; "Short Wave Set Owners Jailed"; "English Course is Popular at Amache"; "General's Aide Gives …

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 66 (June 24, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-179)

Selected article titles: "Property Stored in L.A. Temple to be Removed" (p. 1), "Farm Employment Priority Given" (p. 1), "Return of Nisei Irks California" (p. 2), "Draft Trial for 63 Nisei Closes" (p. 2), "To Testify at 14 Amache Boys' Draft Trial" (p. 3), "'Democracy in Action' Cited by Mrs. Macnair" (p. 3), "Wonders About Dust …

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 37 (March 11, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-150)

Selected article titles: "Amache Community Council Receives Myer's Reply to 11-Point Petition. Question of Voting Franchise Significant" (p. 1), "Democracy in Action" (p. 2), "Tule Lake Co-op License Right Upheld by Attorney General" (p. 6), "Hawaiians Break Old Japanese Tradition" (p. 6), "Japanese Americans Evacuated from West Coast Areas Finding Jobs East of the Rockies" (p. …

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 35 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-148)

Selected article titles: "February Indefinites Hit 215, Third Highest Record" (p. 1), "Third Amache Group Bound for Crystal City Internment Camp" (p. 1), "Hysteria Rules Our Reason?" (p. 2), "Nisei in Italian Campaign Crusade to Prove Loyalty" (p. 4), "Japanese Americans May Forsake the Pacific Coast -- 50,000 Plan to Remain East of the Sierras" (p. …

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doc Letter from Mom and Dad to Hideo Nakamura, January 6, 1945, English translation (ddr-csujad-55-2374)

Translation from Japanese to English of correspondence from "Mom and Dad" to George Hideo Nakamura regarding life in Amache incarceration camp. For original in Japanese please see sac_jaac_2479. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2480

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2374/

vh Kimiko Nakashima Interview (ddr-manz-1-116)

Nisei female. Born November 27, 1919, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived and worked for a time in Utah before eventually returning to …

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vh Marion Michiko Bernardo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-328)

Nisei female. Born July 25, 1930, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend a boarding school in New York before eventually returning to Walnut Grove. Marion passed away …

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vh Takashi Moriuchi Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-18)

Nisei male. Born August 31, 1919, in Livingston, California. Grew up in Livingston and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. Eventually started a family and moved to New Jersey.

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vh Darlene Mukoda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-27)

Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …

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av Interview with Chris Ishii, part 2 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1556)

Ishii discusses his internment in the Amache camp, volunteering for the military, and his childhood as a Nisei. Video starts at 0:57. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 55, II NY #40, 6-85, Ishii. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1557/

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Alice (ddr-densho-356-341)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Alice in which Alice writes about her feeling on being away from Amache, and the various reactions she gets from people outside the camp, including Japanese-Americans who fled to the East Coast before mass removal. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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Narrator Mary Hamano

Nisei female. Born July 14, 1921, in San Gabriel, California. Spent childhood in Los Angeles where father operated a shoe repair business and grocery store. Family was removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Resettled in Denver after the war and worked in several businesses in Japantown. Married in 1947 and …

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Narrator Kay Uno Kaneko

Nisei female. Born October 7, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, age nine when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/485/

Narrator Mas Takano

Nisei male. Born June 15, 1932, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father was a gardener. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Cortez, California, for a few months before being removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California. Drafted into the …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/991/

img [Digging] (ddr-csujad-56-240)

Young Japanese American man with shovel full of sand from the banks of the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 26 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-049

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img [Picnic by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-235)

Fred, Sadayo, Taneko and other Japanese American incarcerees eat a picnic lunch by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 21 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-044

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img [Group photo by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-232)

Natsuki, Dorothy, a non-incarceree woman, and Chiyoko stand in line in front of the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 18 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-041

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-232/

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