2036 items
2036 items
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Salvation Army fresh air camp (ddr-densho-15-4)
Front (left to right): (first name unknown) Kinomoto, unidentified, Hiroo Yoshiro, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, and (first name unknown) Miyauchi. Back: Raybo Obazawa, Stan Karikomi, Julius Fujihara, Hajime (last name unknown), Bob Nakasone, Nobi (?) Suyama, and Andy Shiga.
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U.S. Army Colonel in uniform (ddr-njpa-2-347)
Caption on reverse: "Colonel Paul R. Goode, commanding officer of 'Little Leavenworth' school at Schofield Barracks."
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Ted Akimoto's Army Photographer patch (ddr-densho-299-247)
Caption: "At the end of WWII I was fortunate enough to be Photo Assignment Officer for the Signal Photo / division of the Supreme Command Allied Powers (SCAP) in Tokyo, Japan. Our responsibilities / were to take all newsworthy still photographs and newsreels requested by the Public Information / Office of SCAP. All photos taken in …
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In the Army, 1943-1946 (ddr-densho-496-6)
Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his time serving in the Army of the U.S.
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Taketo Omoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1001-12-3)
Being drafted into the army prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-271-15)
Drafted into the Japanese army; memories of a Red Cross hospital fire
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Takeshi Minato Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-57-22)
Volunteering for the army after initially answering "no-no" on the "loyalty questionnaire"
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Spady Koyama Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-39-8)
Receiving the biggest assignment of all: heading up U.S. Army counterintelligence in Vietnam
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Hiro Nishimura Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-237-15)
Serving in the army as part of a segregated group of Japanese Americans
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-199-9)
Being able to join the army due to a records mistake regarding height
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Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-150-2)
Experiences in Borneo: meeting a Nisei who had been drafted into the Japanese Army
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Arthur Ogami Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-154-27)
Undergoing an interview prior to expatriation: questioned regarding possibly joining the Japanese Imperial Army
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David Sakura Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-498-12)
Becoming "head of the family" at age seven when father volunteered for the army
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I am a doughboy (ddr-csujad-5-297)
A booklet given to soldiers at the U.S. Infantry Replacement Training Centers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_06_06_001
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Japanese man fueling up a truck (ddr-densho-299-117)
Caption: "After a few minutes they would crank away and store enough gas to drive for a while."
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A Japanese family returning from a funeral (ddr-densho-299-38)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1862. 18 March 49 / NRS project: / Another example of the use of wood / products (paper) in the daily life / of the Japanese - a family returning / from a funeral. The boy is holding / paper decoration used at Buddhist / funeral ceremony and the woman is / carrying …
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Japanese nurse bandages injured infant (ddr-densho-299-43)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5608. 30 June 48 / Medical aid for earthquake: / A Japanese first aid attendent puts / the finishing touches to the bandage / which she has placed around this / Japanese infant's injured head. The / earthquake, worst Japanese post war / disaster, struck merclessly [sic] late / in the afternoon og …
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Troops coming home from China and Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-102)
Caption: "Troops returning from service in China and Manchuria."
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Young Japanese women showing the different styles of clothing worn (ddr-densho-299-180)
Caption: "By the end of the war, almost all working women wore the mompei shown at the right. / Then on festival days, women began appearing in the traditional kimono without the wig. / Then as dependents began arriving, more and more women began appearing in western / style clothing as the PX began to carry …
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Rubble left from fire bomb attacks (ddr-densho-299-123)
Caption: "The effectiveness of our fire bombs is evident everywhere, especially in the / industrial areas where a forest of smokestacks and concrete walls are all that stand."
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American photographer filming a speech made by an officer (ddr-densho-299-150)
Caption: "We also had to take newsreels and remember what was said or happened as there was no sound cameras. / When the film were developed in the states a narrator would use our noted and explain what was happening."
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District of houses in Tokyo, Japan (ddr-densho-299-52)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1952. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Extensive use of wood in construction / of domestic housing in Japan. Crowded conditions due to lack of available / space create a fire hazard which is / eventually a drain on the forests of / the country. Shinjuku, Yotsuya-Ku Tokyo metropolitan area. / Photographer …
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A man working on a wooden barrel (ddr-densho-299-6)
Caption on reverse: "?-49-1942. 25 March 49. / ? Project: / Wooden tub maker - extensive / wood in household utensils. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Scenic view with mountain in the background (ddr-densho-299-210)
Caption: "Scenic view on the road to Nikko."