Filters

Topics
Facilities
Format
Genre
Usage

Use <Ctrl> or (⌘) keys to select multiple terms

2141 items
Isoshima family dinner (ddr-densho-477-254)
img Isoshima family dinner (ddr-densho-477-254)
Photograph of the Isoshima family sitting around a kitchen table, left to right: Susan Isoshima, Takeo Isoshima, Glenn Isoshima, Naomi Isoshima, Elaine Isoshima, and George Tobe. The caption below the photo reads "Typical Dinner 1952 - Nephew, George Tobe, lived with family until joined army" in black ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-254/
Arthur Nishimoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-129)
vh Arthur Nishimoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-129)
Nisei male. Born August 28, 1923, in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the army and served in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After discharge, was called back to active duty and served with the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps in Japan.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-129/
Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-147)
img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-147)
These Japanese Americans are waiting for army trucks to take them to the Eagledale ferry dock on Bainbridge Island, Washington. From there, a special ferry will take them to Seattle, where they will be transferred to a train bound for the Manzanar concentration camp in California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-147/
Group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-873)
img Group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-873)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike (back row far left in shadow) poses with a group of what appear to be mostly U.S. Army Sergeants. He served with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the China-Burma-India campaign during WWII. Photo 1944. He was from Alameda, CA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-873/
Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-43)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-43)
Tad and company learned how to drive the army trucks. He mentions that they can either be 2-, 4-, or 6-wheel drive; says to ask To-chan about it. Includes a drawing of the truck. Parents' note on envelope back: (44) Monday Oct. 23, 1944
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-535-43/
Envelope (ddr-janm-19-4)
doc Envelope (ddr-janm-19-4)
1 envelope postmarked November 29, 1944, U.S. Army Postal Service. Red 6 cent stamp with airplane in top right corner. Addressed to the Crusaders from P.F.C. Bill Kochiyama. "William J. Collins" written on bottom left corner under postal cancellation. Card that was inside is object 94.144.4.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-19-4/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 4 (November 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-100)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 4 (November 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-100)
Selected article titles: "Charter Election Today" (p. 1), "Reduction of Ward Representation" (p. 1), "Co-op Scrip Sale" (p. 1), "Many Nisei Apply for Army Language School" (p. 1), "Chicken Dinner in the Offing" (p. 1), "Apathy Weakens Hold" (p. 2), "Intolerance at Large" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-100/
Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-507)
doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-507)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about hearing the news of the Japanese Army surrendering, and as a result getting two days of vacation. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-507/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 87 (March 5, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-353)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 87 (March 5, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-353)
Selected article titles: "245 Evacuees May Return Home. Gen DeWitt Changes Arizona Restrictions" (p. 1), "Army Inductees... Visits to WRA Projects May be Made Without Escort" (p. 1), "Provisions Made for Storing Ashes" (p. 1), "Article on Evacuation Features in March Reader's Digest Magazine" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-353/
Life Magazine with comments from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-214)
doc Life Magazine with comments from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-214)
July 7th, 1941 edition of Life Magazine Defense Issue with handwritten comments by Yoshito Shibata addressed to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada. The comments are in large part a daily notation about life in the Army, however, at times they are comments on the contents of the magazine.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-214/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 15 (April 15, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-15)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 15 (April 15, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-15)
Selected article titles: "Three Nisei Soldiers Win Army Decorations" (p. 1), "Gen. DeWitt Opposes Return of Evacuees. 'Jap's a Jap,' Declared Army Commander; Repudiates Citizen Rights of Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Topaz Resident Killed by Shot Fired by M.P." (p. 1), "Japanese Americans Carried Out Special Assignment" (p. 1), "FBI Director Says Japanese in Hawaii Not …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-15-15/
Distant View of a Group of People and Building (ddr-csujad-13-17)
img Distant View of a Group of People and Building (ddr-csujad-13-17)
This photograph depicts a group of people standing together with a building structure in the background at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. According to the caption on back of photograph, which reads, "Disloyal Japs who were [cuffed] up when they first refused to answer inquires of [army] questioning. Leaving [them back] to stockade under guard," this …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-13-17/
Japanese American chaplain (ddr-densho-114-109)
img Japanese American chaplain (ddr-densho-114-109)
Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss. Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii, and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-109/
Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 134 (November 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-68)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 134 (November 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-68)
Selected article titles: "McWilliams Says Amendment Prejudiced; Ineffective"; "To 90% of Personnel Combat Badges Go"; "Hawaii was Handled How Situation In"; "FCC Commissioner Resigns His Office"; "War Department Denies Decision Made to Open Coast to Evacuees. Replies to Charge by Wollenberg That Japanese Will Filter Back After Nov. 15"; "No Comment"; "Ten Members of 171st Infantry …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-148-68/
Carl Spaatz and Henry Arnold speaking to each other (ddr-njpa-1-1832)
img Carl Spaatz and Henry Arnold speaking to each other (ddr-njpa-1-1832)
Caption on reverse: "U.S. air chiefs in Italy. Lieutenant General Carl A. Spaatz (left) and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the United States Army Air Forces, talk things over during a visit by Gen. Arnold to the Naples sector in Italy following historic Allied conferences in Cairo, Egypt, and Teheran, Iran. Gen. Spaatz, at …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-1832/
Shoso
vh Shoso "Sho" Nomura Interview (ddr-densho-1004-17)
Nisei male. Born October 1, 1918, in Southern California. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Joined the Military Intelligence Service and served with the Dixie Mission, a U.S. Army Observation Group, a U.S. effort to establish official relations with the Communist Party of China and the People's Liberation Army.

(This …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1004-17/
Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 41 (December 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-117)
doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 41 (December 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-117)
Selected article titles: "December Draft Men to Report to Boise" (p. 1), "Alien Japanese Volunteers For Army From Ohio" (p. 1), "Magic Valley JACL Sponsors Meeting" (p. 1), "Cozzens Protests Against Officials Barring Japanese" (p. 1), "10,000 Pounds Of Mochi-gome Here" (p. 1), "Public, Private Agencies Aid Resettled Evacuees" (p. 1), "'Fight for Your Rights,' Wirin …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-117/
Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 28 Part 3 (September 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-104)
doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 28 Part 3 (September 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-104)
Selected article titles: "Army Beckons Many Boys" (p. 1), "Introduction Date Set for September 20; 14 Men to Undergo Pre-Physical Examinations at Project Hospital" (p. 1), "Penicillin Saves Child" (p. 1), "Army Ordnance Depot to Recruit Workers Here. Local Sentiment Good; Selection of Locales Based on Evacuees Skill, Efficiency" (p. 1), "Registration for Red Cross Classes …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-104/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 72 (February 12, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-158)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 72 (February 12, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-158)
Selected article titles: "Co-op Cash Sales to Stop: Only Scrips Will be Taken Starting Mon." (p. 1), "Combat Unit: Nisei Outside May Volunteer at Nearest Draft Board" (p. 1), "Marriage Class to Start Tues." (p. 1), "Only Scrips Will Be Taken Starting Mon." (p. 1), "Planning Board, Block Managers Study Army Questionnaires" (p. 1), "Sgt. Tsukahara …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-158/

Narrator Aya Uenishi Medrud

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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/299/
Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 48 (November 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-208)
doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 48 (November 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-208)
Selected article titles: "California to Recognize Rights" (p. 1), "Editorial: Proving Ourselves Once Again" (p. 4), "Four Arrested in Draft Case" (p. 8), "Army to Take Japanese Aliens Desiring to Offer Services" (p. 8), "Economic Fear Opposes Nisei" (p. 8), "ACLU Aide Invited to Speak Here" (p. 8).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-208/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 14 (April 3, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-14)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 14 (April 3, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-14)
Selected article titles: "Remains of Nisei War Dead Arrive from Europe Aboard Army Transport Robert Burns" (p. 1), "Takahashi's Attorneys Declare California Anti-Alien Fishing Ban Based on Race Prejudice" (p. 1), "Stranded Nisei Files to Regain U.S. Citizenship. Declares Rights Were Forfeited Without Knowledge During War" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-20-14/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 9 (March 4, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-9)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 9 (March 4, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-9)
Selected article titles: "Asian Pacific Women's Network: Four Honored with 'Women Warrior' Awards" (pp. 1, 3), "Movie Review; 'Color of Honor' Looks at the Overlooked" (pp. 2-3), "Japanese Farmers' Winter of Discontent" (p. 3), and "John Aiso: 1909-1987: Army Intelligence Relied on Nisei" (pp. 4, 10).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-9/
Nisei soldier standing guard (ddr-densho-114-45)
img Nisei soldier standing guard (ddr-densho-114-45)
Original caption: S/Sgt. James S. Kawashime, a Japanese-American from Hanoa Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, stands guard for the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Infantry Bn., U.S. Seventh Army in the Charmois area of France, in bivouac before meeting the Germans in combat for the first time. 10/12/44.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-45/
Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-97)
img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-97)
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. [illegible], orderly for the general. 1943.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-97/
API