Caption on reverse: "Decoration for American Fighter Squadron Commander. Major General James H. Doolittle (left), commander of the 12th U.S. Army Air Force in Africa, pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on Major Wade C. Walles. Major Walles commands a fighter squadrom in North Africa."
This document lists the family members of Kazuichi Takanishi. It shows that two of his sons were serving in the US Army. Partly due to his sons' service, Takanishi was paroled first to Chicago, Illinois on the mainland and then later back to Hawaii.
Fujio Morikawa kept a journal while incarcerated at Lordsburg U.S. Army internment camp. In his journal included translations of letters, news articles, and announcements; notes on English grammar and mathematics; essays on different topics; and calligraphy. The collection includes selections of this journal. The collection also includes a roster of Lordsburg inmates; a daily paper from …
Nisei female. Born April 9, 1925, in Malden, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, before being removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. From Minidoka, relocated with family to Utica, New York. Worked in Japan for the U.S. Army of Occupation, and for the Tokyo General Army Hospital …
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This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on the individual's military service …
Leaving camp for Iowa before being drafted into the army
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The call for volunteers in Hawaii: joining the U.S. Army
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Father returns to Japan and is conscripted into the Japanese army
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Volunteering for the army, but then being reclassified 4-C "enemy alien"
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Volunteering for the army after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Being drafted into the army before the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while serving in the army
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Working for the railroad, then being drafted into the army
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Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while in the army
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Drafted into the army before the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Being placed into "protective custody" with other Nisei while in the army
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Drafted into the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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A memorable trip to Santa Fe with mother before army induction
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Having surgery in camp in order to be enlisted in the army
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Memorandum of understanding from M. F. Grant to Frank S. Okusako regarding Okusako's appointment as a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0230
Written on verso: Left to right front row - Katsumi Okamoto, Kayo Fukuhara, George Nakagawa, Sat Ichikawa, Hideo Naganawa. Back row - Rev. Ikuta (Canada), Rev. Kai (Seattle).
Representatives making preliminary negotiations for the surrender of the Ryukyus Islands to the Commanding General of the Tenth Army. Civilian Interpreter Weri Takemura who once lived in Chicago,and Major General Toshiro Taga who represented Lieutenant General Toshiro Nomi, Japanese Commander of Sakishima. Photographer: Lieutenant Stauch.
