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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 15, No. 739 (March 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-96-774)

Selected article titles: "Army Chief Says Japanese to Get All Possible Aid" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Japanese to Get All Possible Aid" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-774/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-128)

Excerpt: "Thanks for your letters. It sure sounds like the army life is teaching you quite a few things." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-128/

doc Letter from Tes Teruo Tada to Bert and Marion Blomgren (ddr-densho-540-23)

Tes Teruo Tada details the difficulties in his search for work moving across the United States, including his failure to pass a medical in order to volunteer for the army.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-23/

doc Approved Educational Institutions for relocating Japanese American college students (ddr-densho-356-790)

List of approved colleges and universities for Japanese American students to attend by the United States Army & Navy. Plus a list of students in camp who wish to attended university.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-790/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 7 (February 18, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-7)

Selected article titles: "7425 Nisei Volunteer for Army in Hawaii. Response to War Department's Announcement Swamps Draft Boards in Hawaiian Islands" (p. 1), "Court Reviews Army Orders On Evacuation" (p. 1), "27 Evacuees Arrested at Gila Center" (p. 1), "California Group Starts Drive For Permanent Exclusion of Japanese Evacuated from State" (p. 2), "Topaz Citizens Send …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 15 (October 13, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-41)

Selected article titles: "Washington Official Reveals Some Tule Lake Segregees Seek to Regain Citizenship" (p. 1), "5333 Casualties Sustained By Nisei Units in Europe" (p. 1), "Letters to ACLU Say Tule Nisei Renounced Citizenship Privileges Under Duress" (p. 2), "Army Control Removed at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 2), "Disclose Many Nisei Caught By War in Japan …

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img George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-118)

Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara in U.S. Army uniform at U.S. Army language school in Presidio of Monterey, California. The handwritten note on the backside reads: George Naohara, 1950-1956. Title from note. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 27. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_27_002

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. X No. 30 (March 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-263)

Selected article titles: "Manpower Commission Proposed. Unit I Labor Relations Board Cites Need for Central Control" (p. 1), "Tojo Volunteers for Army" (p. 1), "Poston Third in Center Enlistments. Citizens May Still Volunteer" (p. 1), "Permits to Phoenix, Gila on Quota Basis, Announced" (p. 2), "Poston Nisei Dumber?" (p. 3), "Loafing in Parker" (p. 4), "Residents …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4347 (August 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-59)

Selected article titles: "Hollywood Gives Strong Recommendation on Behalf of National Action to Reestablish Nisei on West Coast"; "Nisei Asks Probation in False Check Case"; "Tule Fire Fighters Give Demonstration"; "Army Air Forces Magazine: No Japs Wanted?"; "Local Nisei Mentioned in Hope's Column"; "First Nisei in 5th Army Coming Back to States"; "Calif. County Seeks Taxes …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 22 (March 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-380)

Selected article titles: "Seven Gilans Leave Tonight for Army Duty" (p. 1), "Segregees Differ from Excludees" (p. 1), "Honor Restored" (p. 2), "NY Area: New Plan Aids Family Reunion" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-380/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 4 (January 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-362)

Selected article titles: "JACL: Intermountain District Meet " (p. 1), "Army Orders Come for Physicals, Inductions" (p. 1), "'Did I Give My Arm in Vain?'" (p. 2), "Fair Play Urged" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-362/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 31 (January 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-32)

Selected article titles: "Army to Accept Nisei" (p. 1), "Officials Laud Action of War Department" (p. 1), "Lights Out Rule to be Observed" (p. 2), "Speaker Stresses Recreation Values" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-32/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 12 (December 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-147-12)

Selected article titles: "Army Board to Come Here. Recruits Sought" (p. 1), "Myer Outlines New WRA Policy" (p. 1), "Harbison Reveals Work Hours for Employees" (p. 1), "Cameras Okayed" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-12/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 14, No. 727 (December 19, 1941) (ddr-densho-96-762)

Selected article titles: "Army-Navy Heads in Hawaii Ousted as Probe Begins" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Sports" (p. 3), "Should Not Speak Japanese Language in Public Places" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-762/

img Yasuharu Koike with other soldiers in barracks (ddr-ajah-2-864)

Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike (3rd from left) relaxes with his Army pals while serving with the MIS (Military Intelligence Service) in the China-Burma-India campaign during WWII. Photo 1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-864/

vh George Yamada Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-187-18)

Being reclassified as an 'enemy alien' by the army: "I really felt betrayed"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-18/

doc Japanese Made Citizen. Honolulu Judge Admits Man Who Served in U.S. Army. (January 20, 1919) (ddr-densho-56-316)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 20, 1919, p. 9

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doc Entitled to Citizenship. United States Will Admit Orientals Who Fought in Army. (February 14, 1919) (ddr-densho-56-318)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 14, 1919, p. 20

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-318/

img Photograph of five people, including an army soldier, posing in front of the Manzanar barracks (ddr-csujad-47-204)

Photograph of five people, including an army soldier, posing in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp, possibly a barracks. The women are wearing dark sweaters and skirts, and the man is wearing a suit. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0340

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-204/

img Photograph of a construction crew standing in front of a U.S. Army ambulance at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-184)

Photograph of a construction crew (twelve men) standing in front of a U.S. Army ambulance at Manzanar incarceration camp. Several barracks can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0320

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-184/

doc Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to the Army Discharge Re-hearing Board, August 17, 1983 (ddr-csujad-24-67)

A letter from Cedrick Shimo to the Army Discharge Re-hearing Board regarding Minoru Takaki, a fellow member of the 1800 Engineers, a labor battalion in the U.S. Army made up of Japanese Americans who were considered "misfits" during Word War II. Shimo writes that all the members of the battalion who spent some time in Japan …

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doc ID for Medical Care and/or Hospitalization at U. S. Army Hospital for Mitsuye Takemiya (ddr-densho-550-77)

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av Eric Saul gives John Burden and Shig Kihara a tour of the Presidio Army Museum (ddr-densho-1007-1786)

Burden and Kihara tour the Presidio Army Museum in San Francisco, guided by Eric Saul. Burden discusses weapons he brought back from the war and the equipment he used while serving. Original title: II B/K #4, Nisei Soldier Part 2, 12/18/85

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1786/

Collection Theodore Akimoto Family Collection (ddr-densho-299)

The Theodore Akimoto Family Collection consists of materials from Theodore Akimoto's time with the 44nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, 71st Signal Service Battalion, and Photo Division SCAP. The majority of the images document Ted Akimoto's time as a U.S. Army photographer during the occupation of Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299/

doc Statement of David F. Trask (ddr-densho-67-344)

Written statement of David F. Trask, Chief Historian, U.S. Army Center of Military History. This statement was submitted for the hearings on House of Representatives Bill H.R. 4110 in June of 1984.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-344/

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