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vh Min Tonai Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-354)

Nisei male. Born February 6, 1929, in San Pedro, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California, where father ran several successful stores. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp returned to California to attend school. Served in Korea and …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 85 (March 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-171)

Selected article titles: "WACC Recruiter is On Project" (p. 1), "Red Cross Meeting" (p. 1), "Language School... Aliens, Citizens May Apply For Entrance" (p. 1), "Local High School Tutors Pool Books For Library" (p. 1), "Citizen Female Registration is Being Held At Old Canteen" (p. 1), "U.C. Club Rally is Cancelled" (p. 1), "1050 Pigs: Hog …

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko - Hana Shepard - Mae Matsuzaki Interview (ddr-densho-1007-8)

Nisei females, sisters. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, before World War II. During the war, removed 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 be reunited with father. The sisters had several brothers who served in the U.S. …

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av An Oral History with Lillie Y. McCabe, Part I (ddr-csujad-29-16)

An oral history with Lillie Y. McCabe, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center and the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The interview covers her childhood in Hollister, California, her family background; moving to Los Angeles, California in 1920 …

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doc [Report on Tule Lake disorders] (ddr-csujad-2-64)

A report written from the Community Analysis Section at Camp Granada regarding transfers to Amache Camp from Tule Lake Camp. The report describes the protests at Tule Lake Camp which led to martial law from November, 1943-January 1944. Highlights of the report include protests against the low quality and quantity of food present at Tule Lake …

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vh Phil Shigekuni Interview (ddr-densho-1000-364)

Yonsei male. Born March 28, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Following the war, became a counselor in the public school system in Los Angeles. Active in a number of community causes including …

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vh Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-459)

Sansei female. Born December 4, 1935, in Sawtelle, California. Grew up in Huntington Beach, California, where father worked as a chauffeur. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Tuna Canyon Detention Station. He rejoined the family at the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the family was …

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vh Esther Takei Nishio Interview (ddr-densho-1000-370)

Nisei female. Born February 20, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Venice, California, where father and uncle ran a carnival concession stand. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. In 1944, was part of a group organized by the Quakers …

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview (ddr-densho-1000-282)

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 …

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vh Mo Nishida Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-380)

Nisei male. Born August 11, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California and became involved in numerous civil rights organizations and movements postwar. Founded the …

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vh Mo Nishida Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-382)

Nisei male. Born August 11, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California and became involved in numerous civil rights organizations and movements postwar. Founded the …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 27 (December 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-19)

Selected article titles: "Study Relocation Program -- Holland. WRA Employment Head Gives Advice" (p. 1), "Block 44 Opening In Few Days" (p. 1), "Motion Pictures Taken Here For Official Files of WRA" (p. 1), "Student Council Lists Objectives" (p. 2), "Nominal Change To Be Made For Cashing Personal Checks" (p. 3), "Arts And Handicraft Taught Grade …

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vh Eddie M. Inaba Interview (ddr-densho-1010-6)

Nisei male. Born May 9, 1917, in Walnut Grove, California. Parents worked at Canal Ranch, an agricultural community, where they grew produce for Libby, McNeill & Libby. Parents also owned and ran a bar in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. …

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vh Kiyo Nikaido Morimoto Interview (ddr-densho-1010-4)

Nisei female. Born November 30, 1919, in Walnut Grove, California. Paternal grandparents immigrated to the United States with father. Grew up in the Madera, California, area, and was married with a child by the time World War II broke out in 1941. During the war, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 30 (September 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-56)

Selected article titles: "President Gives Report on Evacuees to Senate Group" (p. 1), "WAC Meetings Next Tuesday, Wednesday" (p. 1), "Appointment of Gen. Emmons Cause Policy Speculation" (p. 1), "Camp-wide Hunt Annual Will Make Debut Soon; Blocks Being Covered for Group Pictures" (p. 1), "Eight Unable to Get Aboard Exchange Ship" (p. 1), "Transferees Prepare for …

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Collection Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection (ddr-densho-329)

Accessions 1-2: The Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto collection consists mostly of correspondence to Kaneji Domoto from his wife Sally, and his sisters Wakako and Yuriko. The letters primarily date between 1942 and 1952, when Kaneji was on the East Coast looking for work and his family was held at Amache, and after WWII when his …

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av A Thousand Paper Cranes: How Denver's Japanese American Community Emerged from Internment (ddr-densho-1024-16)

Documentary film about the wartime incarceration and about Japanese Americans in Denver after the war. Scenes shot at the Amache site today serve as a backdrop for the incarceration stories, while the segments on Denver focus on the importance of Colorado Governor Ralph Carr and on Sakura Square, the symbolic center of Colorado's Japanese American community. …

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vh Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-338)

Nisei male. Born February 7, 1925, in Sacramento, California. At a very young age, sent to Japan for several years. Returned at age six and lived with family in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Arboga Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred briefly to the Amache concentration camp, …

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av Double Solitaire (ddr-densho-1024-52)

A 1997 documentary film that uses the motif of games to examine how the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans affected the lives of two "ordinary" people, the filmmaker's Sansei uncles Norm and Stan. Described as "all American" guys who lived in the Amache concentration camp as children, they don't believe that the experience affected …

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doc Letter from Sally (Fujii) Domoto to Hanako Fujii (ddr-densho-329-941)

Letter from Sally to her sister Hanako in Topaz sharing general updates. She will have pictures taken of the kids soon and send them. Andy, a young cousin, has been coming to visit from a nearby college. Hasn't heard from her sister Sue (Sumiko), trying to get in touch. Lots of visitors: a visit from Wak …

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