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img Representatives at a negotiation session (ddr-densho-179-88)

Major General Toshiro Taga, Representative of Lt. General Toshiro Nomi, Japanese Commander of Sakishima Group, making preliminary negotiations for the surrender of the Ryukyus Islands to the Commanding General of Tenth Army. The civilian interpreter is Weri Takamura who once lived in Chicago. Photographer: Lieutenant Strauch.

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doc Letter from Francis Biddle to Henry Stimson (ddr-densho-67-99)

Letter from Francis Biddle to Henry Stimson discussing possibility of evacuation. Biddle states that the Department of Justice has no authority to evacuate American citizens and legal problems could arise if the army chooses to evacuate. Urges Stimson to consider his suggestions before he makes a decision.

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 98 (July 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-321)

Selected article titles: "Camp Savage Recruiters Arrive Thursday" (p. 1), "Army Seeks Many Items Stored in Coast States" (p. 1), "Four Arrive Here from Santa Fe Detention Camp" (p. 1), "Sentinel to Carry WRA Segregation Story" (p. 1), "Warn Against Excessive Use of Water" (p. 1).

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img Wedding of Ned and Keiko Glenn (ddr-one-2-215)

Black and white photographic print of Colonel Ryder (far left), Ned Glenn, Keiko Glenn and unidentified woman holding drink glasses. Col. Ryder was the army attache at the U.S. embassy and by that time, Detachment S was under auspices of U.S. Embassy. Inscribed on back: "'55."

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 19 (May 17, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-20)

Selected article titles: "33,000 Nisei Served in Army, Reports War Department" (p. 1), "California Legislator Urges Ban on State Land Law Fund" (p. 1), "Masaoka Says GI Brides Law Discriminatory" (p. 1), "Congress Asked to Terminate Internment of 300 Peruvians Of Japanese Descent in U.S." (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 12 (September 17, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-37)

Selected article titles: "Issei citizenship Proposal Passed by Subcommittee. Long Deadlock Broken as Walter Resolution Approved By McCarran's Subgroup" (p. 1), "JACL ADC Asks President To Cancel Plan to Appoint Bendetsen to High Army Post" (p. 2), "Tule Renunciants in Japan Seek U.S. Citizenship" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 18 (October 31, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-44)

Selected article titles: "Acclaim Americanization classes conducted in Japanese for Issei" (p. 1), "MacArthur finally decides to give up history of Pacific war to Army" (p. 1), "Can Nisei votes swing California?" (p. 2), "Hosokawa tells of happy ending to evacuation story of Nisei" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 21 (November 18, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-46)

Select article titles: "SJR 20 final tab: Yes 414,000; No 391,200" (p. 1); "MIS vets ask Army for lifting of secrecy" (p. 1); "VFW, 442nd Veterans, West L.A. JACL mark rescue of Lost Texas Battalion" (p. 3); "Boston ruling on Chinese students as white rejected" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 9 (March 5, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-9)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Veteran Wins Honorable Army Discharge After 36 Years" (p. 1), "'Day of Remembrance' in 1982: WW2 Aid of Quakers Recalled" (p. 1), "Redress Phase 3: JACL's Redress Ambassador Min" (p. 2), and "Trust Fund for Redress Seen as Breech of Faith" (p. 6).

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img Nisei soldier sorts German equipment (ddr-densho-114-14)

Original caption: Breacia Area, Italy. S/Sgt. George Y. Fujino, Los Angeles, Calif., of Company "C", 100th Battalion, of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, looks over German clothing and equipment at the Fifth Army enemy concentration area. 18 May 1945. [The correct spelling of the location is Brescia.]

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img Nisei soldiers eating (ddr-densho-114-44)

Original caption: North Africa Theater. Japanese soldiers in the U.S. Army, are eating chow in the field, using a pan for a stove, L to R: Capt. Victor J. Bonin, Lowell, Mass., and Hilo, Hawaii; Pfc. Morio Kidani, Honolulu; and Pfc. Yasuo Takenouchi, Kapaa, Kauai. 1943.

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img 442nd Regimental Combat Team band (ddr-densho-114-185)

Original caption: The 442nd Infantry Regiment band, the only Army musical organization whose members all are Americans of Japanese descent, plays for its regiment at a ceremony in Cecina, Italy. The band leader, M/Sgt. Jun Yamamoto, lives at 1214 Hayes St., Boise, Idaho. 7/30/44.

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img Award ceremony (ddr-densho-114-22)

Original caption: Units of the 2nd and 3rd Bns., 442nd Japanese-American Combat Team pass in review before Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., CO, U.S. Fifth Army, after he has awarded them with the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation at Yankee Stadium, Leghorn, Italy. 9/4/45.

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img Command post on the front lines (ddr-densho-114-74)

Original caption: St. Die Area, France. A Japanese-American unit moves into a new command post which was built for them by the U.S. Army Engineers. This unit is holding a strategic front line position. Company "F", 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regiment (Combat Team). 13 Nov 1944.

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. IV No. 15 (February 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-142)

Selected article titles: "Trucks: Replacements Coming Here" (p. 1), "Seasonal Leaves. Restrictions Released Now" (p. 1), "Pre-Inductees to Go for Physicals" (p. 1), "Draft-Age Eligibles in Omaha Notified for Army" (p. 2), "Poston Gets New Director" (p. 2), "Myer Speaks on Relocation" (p. 3).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. IV No. 21 (March 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-148)

Selected article titles: "First Inductees Go. 37 Nisei Join Army on March 28" (p. 1), "Inductees on Leave. Free Board for Re-Admittance" (p. 1), "Last Day to File 1943 Tax Forms" (p. 1), "Blinded Nisei Soldier Writes" (p. 2), "Fire Dept. Loses Evacuee Chief" (p. 2).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIV No. 10 (September 5, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-668)

Selected article titles: "Difficult to Locate Farms in Valley if Relocation is Delayed" (p. 1), "Land Law to be Tested in State Supreme Court. Farm Ordered Escheated by San Diego Judge" (p. 1), "Army Appeals Decision. Constitution Violated" (p. 2), "A.C.L.U. Lawyer Opposes Issei Deportation" (p. 2).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 77 (June 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-13)

Selected article titles: "Three-Year Jail Term Given Boys by Judge"; "On the Other Hand"; "Guilty"; "Tit for Tat!"; "'Not So!' Says Sports Expert"; "On 4th"; "Attack"; "Freed"; "New Troubles"; "Republicans Forge Election Platform"; "War Plants Given Rule"; "108 Pass Army Physical"; "Homes, Jobs Are Offered"; "Announcement."

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4346 (August 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-58)

Selected article titles: "The Rambling Reporter"; "Local Nisei Receives Posthumous Award"; "Some Army Facilities in S.F. Will be Turned Over to Returnees"; "Nisei Reports New Terrorism Act"; "Three Nisei Win Bars in Action"; "Worry Drives L.A. Salesman to Suicide"; "YPS to Sponsor Services of Orchestra Dances."

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 17 (ddr-densho-156-281)

Article titles: "YWCA Official to Visit Hunt"; "Rites Held for Harvest Worker"; "Pierce Starts Official Probe of Newell"; "State Warns WRA Farm Here on Labeling"; "Hunt Has Big Hallowe'en Show"; "Tule Lake Sells Vegetables"; "Army Orders 4 to Get Out"; "Letter to Editor"; "Urbanites as Farm Laborers."

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doc Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 38 (February 18, 1949) (ddr-densho-358-12)

Selected article titles: "Talents to Vie for Scholarship" (p.1), "Gravy Train Days Are Over in Japan, Interpreter Says" (p.2), "Army Permits Issei and Nisei Travel in Japan" (p.2), "Venezuelan Nisei Going Home to Parents in Caracas after Ten Years in Japan" (p.3).

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img Japanese American military volunteers (ddr-densho-37-669)

Original WRA caption: The three Onodera brothers volunteer for the Army while the entire family looks on. Front row: Mr. And Mrs. Toyosuke Onodera, Satoru, Sergeant Carl E. Teurk, Back Row: Fumi, Yutaka, Kaun, Ko, Lieut. Stanley D. Arnold, Sergeant Eugene F. Jenrick and Sergeant Akira Kato.

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 94 (August 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-95)

Selected article titles: "Epidemic of Infantile Paralysis is Threatened" (p. 1), "Gripsholm to Sail Sept. 1" (p. 1), "First Lady Asks No Discrimination" (p. 3), "Federal Court Overules [Overrules] Army Authorities' Order" (p. 3), "Myer Squashes Rumor" (p. 9), "CIO Backs Up Nisei Members" (p. 9).

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 41 (March 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-154)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Armed Service Policy Clarified by War Department" (p. 1), "Center Labor Shortage Acute; 130 Jobs Open" (p. 4), "28 Nisei Rebel at Life in Army; Await Court-Martial" (p. 5), "Consider Evacuee Dependent Status" (p. 5), "Nationalities Forgotten at Washington University" (p. 6).

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 54 (May 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-167)

Selected article titles: "Local Trio Charged With Aiding Nazi War Prisoners. Taken Under Custody Yesterday" (p. 1), "24 Local Draftees Slated for Third Army Induction" (p. 1), "Negro Voting Right Upheld; Nisei Cases to be Heard" (p. 3), "Methodists Hope to End Racial Discrimination" (p. 7).

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