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img Men shoveling snow from roof of barracks (ddr-ajah-2-782)

Caption: Snow makes life for Army soldiers difficult. Location is either Belden, in Northern California, or somewhere near Reno, Nevada. The U.S. Army sent Joe Iwataki ad his outfit to this area of California to guard trains, tracks and tunnels. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. January 1942. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-290 with additional notes.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 94 (March 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-176)

Selected article titles: "Army... Greek Unit in Training" (p. 1), "Ward 7 Alien Registration" (p. 1), "3 Grade Schools to Reopen Tuesday. Volunteers Make Return of Teachers Possible. Transfers... Internment Camp" (p. 1), "Walt Tsukamoto is Accepted in Army" (p. 1), "85 Railroad Men Wanted" (p. 1), "'Dates' is Topic of Talk by Mrs. Fridell" (p. …

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 35 (April 30, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-202)

"JACL ADC Urges "Positive Action' to End All Segregation in Army" (p. 1), "We're Over Top in ADC Drive, Treasurer Says" (p. 1).

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 44 (June 24, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-32)

"Nisei Veterans as Civies Face Job Bias, Masaoka Declares" (p. 1), "Inquiries on Marrying Japanese Girls Swamp Army Headquarters in Tokyo" (p. 1).

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img Nisei soldier digging a trench (ddr-densho-114-47)

Original caption: North Africa Theater. Pvt. Fred (Angel) Ogata, Pahala, Hawaii, digs a slit trench. He is Japanese in the U.S. Army. 1943.

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img Takeharu Inouye (ddr-densho-365-15)

Takeharu Inouye stands in front of a US Army Corps of Engineers Building, and visits friends on their crabbing boat along the waterfront.

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doc Hung Wai Ching oral interview transcript (ddr-densho-1007-1045)

Conducted by Eric Saul for the Presidio Army Museum. Chaplain Hung Wai Ching was the Corps Director of the Morale Committee during WWII.

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img Paul Ohashi atop a caboose (ddr-densho-442-159)

Photograph of Paul Masaru Ohashi standing a United States Army train caboose. Written along the top of the image is "Paul" ink black ink.

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img Donated radios (ddr-njpa-5-567)

Caption on reverse [translation]: Isao Nakayama with radios donated by Masao Fujimot to the Schofield Barracks army training school for selected call-up soldiers.

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doc Article about Kenju Akahoshi (ddr-njpa-5-138)

Translation of article: Japanese army pharmacist who served in the Russo-Japanese War. He moved to Hawai'i and became a certified public state pharmacist.

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doc Denson Communique No. 35 (February 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-35)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Army Team Arrives to Begin Combat Unit Signup. Taylor Voices Gratification" (p. 1), "Details On: Volunteer Combat Team" (p. 1).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XIX No. 3 (May 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-511)

Selected article titles: "Army Calls Men. Group to Leave Center Monday for Fort Douglas" (p. 1), "Shortage of Workers Hits Center Employment" (p. 1).

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doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-10)

Arriving at Camp Beale, waiting for orders, asks for copies of marriage and birth certificate for Yuri Aileen. Written on United States Army stationary.

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img Portrait of Walter C. Short (ddr-njpa-1-1914)

Caption on reverse: "Lieutenant General Walter C. Short commanding general of the Hawaiian department, headquarters, Fort Shafter, T.H. (Photo by Signal Corps, U.S. Army)."

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doc Front page of Wyoming Eagle (ddr-densho-122-787)

Article: Japs Say They Refused to Report for Army Because 'Rights Were Taken Away', including photo of defense attorneys Samuel Menin and Clyde Watts

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doc Letter by John L. DeWitt: "Retention of Japanese Evacuees in War Relocation Projects" (ddr-densho-67-27)

Letter written John L. DeWitt, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, to Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. Recommends separation of the "potentially dangerous" persons within the concentration camps, as well as acquisition of data about the Japanese as a race, to be used in actual and psychological warfare. Also recommends that the War Department retain persons of Japanese …

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img Representatives at a negotiation session (ddr-densho-179-85)

Representatives making preliminary negotiations for the surrender of the Ryukyus Islands to the Commanding General of the Tenth Army. Left to right: Lieutenant Colonel Nakamizo Takashi, who represented Japanese Army commander on Anami, Major General Toshisada Tokada; and Lieutenant Commander Tairo Sato who was a delegate of Rear Admiral Tadao Kato Japanese Naval Commander of Amami …

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img Nisei soldiers in combat (ddr-densho-114-121)

Original caption: U.S. Fifth Army, Montenerro, Italy. Pvt. Veikichi Arakaki of Koloa Kauai, T.H., an American of Japanese descent of the 100th Inf. Bn., and his comrade at the left are firing rifle grenades at German snipers reported active in this vicinity. Bursts fall upon the hillsides. U.S. Fifth Army, 7 August 1944. [The correct spelling …

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img Nisei soldiers fixing a truck (ddr-densho-114-104)

Original caption: Japanese Americans in Army Train to Avenge Pearl Harbor: 100th Infantry Battalion Officers and some of the enlisted men are of Japanese ancestry. American citizens, born in the Hawaiian Islands of unquestioned loyalty and patriotism. Formerly part of the Hawaiian National Guard: Cpl. Toratsugu Ryusaki and Sgt. Masao Uehara working on the motor of …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 75 (March 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-319)

Selected article titles: "Twenty-Four Residents Receive Notices for Army Examinations" (p. 1), "Burn Evacuee Home in San Jose District" (p. 1), "Get Hearing Notices from Army Board in San Francisco" (p. 1), "Washington Changes Policy on Relocation to Outside Cities" (p. 1), "Advise Evacuees of Regulations on Deferment Request" (p. 2), "Names Restored on Hood River …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 2 (ddr-densho-156-291)

Article titles: "Plea of Japs is Turned Down"; "Accept Japanese Vote and Reject Soldiers'"; "Army Control of Citizens Disputed"; "'Time' Writer Accused"; "Seven Hundred Japanese Vote"; "Jap Alien Upheld"; "Rumors Against Tule Lake Center Investigated"; "Mexico Bans Axis Nationals"; "Sacramento Japanese, Now in Army, Draws Fire of Arkansas Father"; "3949 Enroll in Newell Schools"; "Bars Japanese …

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img Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the officers' mess with Omar Bradley (ddr-njpa-1-229)

Caption on reverse: "Allied Commanders in France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief Allied Expeditionary Forces, leaves the officers' mess with Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley following a visit to General Bradley's headquarters in France. General Bradley, previously Commanding General of the First U.S. Army, has been appointed Commander of the 12th U.S. Army Group which has …

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img Matthew Ridgway giving a speech (ddr-njpa-1-1420)

Caption on reverse: "Watch your credit-International News Photos. Washington, D.C.-Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Army Chief of Staff received a thunderous ovation from legionaires when he was introduced at the closing session of the American Legion's 36th Annual Convention. He told the veterans that today's U.S. Army ' will perform any duty required of us, in the light …

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doc Contraband articles: Western Defense Command (ddr-csujad-55-864)

List and description of items classified by the Western Defense Command as contraband. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0866

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 83 (October 6, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-145)

"Army Return of GI Dead Hits Peak" (pg. 1), "Official U.S. Printed Forms For Use in Filing Evacuation Claims Due About October 15" (pg. 1)

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