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vh Kenji J. Yaguchi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-one-7-63-15)

Attending college after discharge from the army

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vh Sam H. Ono Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1003-2-19)

Being drafted into the army, trained as a medic

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vh Bill Hiroshi Shishima Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-393-22)

Visiting relatives in Japan while serving in the army

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vh Akira Otani Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-321-14)

Deciding to volunteer for the army

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vh Akira Otani Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-321-15)

Enlisting in the army: memories of send-off

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vh Fred Matsumura Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-46-8)

The call for volunteers: joining up with the U.S. Army

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews. Beverly Kashino, one of the interviewers, is Shiro and Louise …

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doc Army Service Forces letter from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division with date and filing stamps (ddr-one-5-205)

Photocopy of a declassified typed letter to the Director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit in Washington, D.C. from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division. Brigadier General Bryan writes that the Provost Marshal General has directed that the enclosed letters and certificates from Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston Internment Camp be forwarded to the …

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img Photo of Japanese Army artist's painting of the destruction of the British ships Prince of Wales and Repulse (ddr-densho-299-230)

Caption: "The painting shows the sinking of the British 'Prince of Wales' and the 'Repulse.' Artistic license / shows the two ships closer than in actual fact." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many large paintings were made by Japanese Army artists. Some paintings were 8 feet long. These paintings were displayed in public places …

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Collection Shiuko Sakai Collection (ddr-one-2)

The collection consists of photographic prints, negatives and watercolor paintings taken or made while the creator was incarcerated at the Minidoka concentration camp during World War II and after when she worked as an administrative assistant for Army Intelligence in Occupied Japan. The bulk of the collection is focused on the photographic prints the creator took …

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doc Stockon El Joaquin Vol. II No. 5 (July 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-196-17)

Selected article titles: "Election Rules Framed! Age Limit Set for Candidates, Center Voters" (p. 1), "Editorial: An Emphasis on Election" (p. 2), "Curfew Effective Now. Lights, Radios Off at 10:30 P.M." (p. 3), "Army Orders: Cooking in Barracks Prohibited!" (p. 3).

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img Representatives at a negotiation session (ddr-densho-179-87)

Representatives making preliminary negotiations for the surrender of the Ryukyus Islands to the Commanding General, Tenth Army. 2nd Lieutenant Takaharu Kosaka, who flew the plane, an air force pursuit pilot, and Tech 3rd Robert M. Oda of Kola, Hawaii. Photographer: Lieutenant Strauch.

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 8 (February 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-220)

Selected article titles: "Director Brings Encouragement. Scores Face -4 Weather to Listen" (p. 1), "War Department Anxious to Recruit More Evacuees for Essential Program" (p. 1), "Hospital Admits Nisei Girl When Protests Hit Newspapers" (p. 2), "Editorial: Evacuees and the Army" (p. 4).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 23 (June 5, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-131)

Selected article titles: "President Bans Discrimination" (p. 1), "WRA Defends Leave Policy" (p. 1), "Rehearing Possible in Test Cases: Farquharson" (p. 1), "Editorial: Routing the Defeatists" (p. 4), "Three Communications: Of What are the Nisei Thinking?" (p. 5), "Army Probes Discrimination" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 8 (August 26, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-35)

Selected article titles: "Pearl Harbor Sabotage Rumors Checked, Proved False, Says Hoover, National FBI Director" (p. 1), "Two Nisei Granted Right to Return to Coast Evacuated Area by Army Authorities" (p. 1), "Nisei Youth 'American as Apple Pie,' Says Official" (p. 7).

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img Award ceremony (ddr-densho-114-67)

Original caption: Lt. Gen. Lucian K Truscott, Jr., CG, U.S. Fifth Army, salutes after fastening the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation Banner to the guidon of Co. L, 3rd Bn., 442nd Japanese-American Combat Team, at a ceremony at Leghorn, Italy. 9/4/45.

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img Memorial Day services (ddr-densho-114-162)

Original caption: Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd Regiment Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, salute as the American national anthem is played at the finale of the Memorial Day services held at the front, in France. Seventh Army. 11/11/44. Fay's area, France.

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img Memorial service (ddr-densho-114-86)

Original caption: Cecina Area, Italy. The 2nd Battalion of the 442nd Inf. Regt., an American-Japanese unit, gathers in a memorial service for their comrades who have died in combat. Lt. Col. James M. Hanley, Commander, addresses the battalion. 5th Army. 1944.

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldier (ddr-densho-114-43)

Original caption: A Japanese-American soldier of the 5th Army, France, prepares to place propaganda leaflets in head of shell, which, when exploded over enemy territory, scatters them among ground troops below. 11/9/44. Battery A, 522nd FA 442nd Combat Team.

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img Member of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion with Italian soldier (ddr-densho-114-93)

Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. Tec 5 William Hirata, Honolulu, Hawaii, 522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, and Lorenzo Riba, Italian soldier, Right, 11th Pack Mule Co., 34th Division, are comrades-in-arms. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 64 (May 29, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-100)

Selected article titles: "Poison: Potato Salad Victims Well" (p. 1), "Water Situation Becomes Acute; Rush Work to Finish New Wells " (p. 1), "Editorial: When Indignation Beclouds Judgment" (p. 2), "DeWitt to be Transferred. Pacific Coast Army High Command Shake-Up Seen" (p. 3).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 48 (April 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-84)

Selected article titles: "All Type Leaves Stopped. Violence Feared After Execution of US Airmen. Nisei in Army, Factories, Fields Do Part in War vs. Inhumanity" (p. 1), "Editorial: Little Tokyos Again?" (p. 2), "Sugar Beet: Higher Wages to be Paid " (p. 3).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 11 (February 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-369)

Selected article titles: "Four Suspects Apprehended in Auburn Arson " (p. 1), "Rice Shipments Arrive Today" (p. 1), "442nd: Nisei Receive Army Citations" (p. 2), "Alien Travel Rules" (p. 2), "JACL to Issue Monthly News" (p. 3), "Cities Opened to Evacuees" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 194 (December 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-350)

Selected article titles: "Community Councils Name 136 Candidates" (p. 1), "Property Information on Notes Mortgages" (p. 1), "Butte High: Student Council Plans Social" (p. 3), "WRA Office May Open in Heart of Pittsburgh" (p. 4), "Young Japanese Alien Volunteers for Army" (p. 6).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 192 (November 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-348)

Selected article titles: "FDR Sees Nisei Assimilation" (p. 1), "Army Says Aliens May Volunteer for Service" (p. 1), "WRA Announces Nisei Casualties" (p. 2), "Community Acceptance " (p. 2), "Poston: Evacuee Returns to California" (p. 2), "Seasonal: Workers Must Claim Baggage" (p. 4).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. VI No. 22 (February 24, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-279)

Selected article titles: "Topaz Residents Seek Civil Rights Says U.S. Press" (p. 1), "Five Nisei Draft Refusers in Custody at Granada" (p. 1), "Japanese Fight Canada's Order" (p. 1), "An Editorial Reprint: Draft 'Limited'" (p. 2), "JACL Opposes Army Segregation" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-279/

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