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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 10 (March 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-222)

Selected article titles: "More Support Gives Impetus to Relocation" (p. 1), "'With Deep Sincerity'; 'Lost Battalion' Honors 442nd" (p. 1), "Editorial: 'Exemplifying the Highest Traditions'" (p. 4), "Family Reunions Aided in Middle Atlantic Area. New Plan Provide Urban and Rural Opportunities" (p. 5), "New York People are Friendly, Declare Heart Mountain Issei " (p. 5), "538 …

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img Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-50)

Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. Six individuals standing behind a table featuring a cake, flowers and candles, (from left): Olinda Saito (bride), Raymond Funakoshi (groom), unidentified, Olinda Saito’s mother, Olinda Saito’s sisters Aki Saito and Yoshi Saito. Shiuko Sakai, …

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img Sailing on "Tartan" (ddr-one-2-60)

Black and white photographic print of (from left) Lt. Hughes, Tami Okamura, Lt. Col. Glenn and Olinda Saito seated on a boat with ships on right side of image and in background. While Lt. Col. Glenn was attending the U.S. army language school, Lt. Hughes invited Shiuko Sakai, Tami Okamura and Olinda Saito for outing on …

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doc Postcard to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama (ddr-one-5-6)

One cent postcard addressed to Dr. Kei Koyama at Fort Missoula from his wife, Teru Koyama, in Portland. The address on the front of the postcard is typed. Postmarked Feb 4, 1942. Censored stamp on the front, with an unknown signature in red pencil. Typed message on the back updates Kei about the children, her health, …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 12 (March 25, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-12)

Selected article titles: "More Than Thousand Nisei Volunteer in WRA Centers" (p. 1), "JACL Files Brief in Oshiro Evacuee Property Test Case In L.A. as 'Friend of Court'" (p. 1), "Two Thousand Alien Japanese Interned By U.S." (p. 2), "Nisei Girls Seek Enlistments in Women's Army Corps" (p. 2), "Jewish Americans Oppose Bill To Return Centers …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 24 (December 16, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-51)

Selected article titles: "National AFL Convention Hits Discriminatory Treatment Of Japanese American Group" (p. 1), "Individual Exclusion Program Will Accompany Removal of Mass Restrictions, Says Army" (p. 1), "CIO Leader Hits AFL Union's Attitude on Nisei Americans" (p. 3), "Secretary Stimson Condemns Hood River Legion's Stand On Nisei GIs as Undemocratic" (p. 3), "Nisei Battalion Sets …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 8 (February 23, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-8)

Selected article titles: "Kido Reiterates Determination to Leave JACL Presidency on Eve of Convention in Denver" (p. 1), "Seven Draft Case Leaders Win Release" (p. 1), "Report Notices for Release From Detention Received for Some Renunciants in Tule Lake" (p. 2), "Seattle Woman Regains U.S. Citizenship by Court Action" (p. 2), "Army Investigates Charge Nisei Discriminated …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 13 (March 30, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-13)

Selected article titles: "Eleventh-Hour Releases Save 102 Persons from Internment In Crystal City Camp in Texas" (p. 1), "'Third Evacuation' Under Way For California Evacuees. Winona Project Residents Evicted as Others Face Loss Of Emergency Shelter" (p. 1), "Immigration Service Travel Restrictions on Nisei, Other Oriental Americans Protested" (p. 3), "Army Will Review Cases Of Nisei …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 9 (March 2, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-9)

Selected article titles: "300 Nisei Stranded in Japan By War, Petition for Right To Return to Homes in U.S." (p. 1), "Delegates Support Extension of JACL Work in Peacetime" (p. 1), "San Francisco Cases to Test Legality of Race Restrictions in Residential Property Deeds" (p. 2), "Three Tule Lake Residents File Writs in Court. Petitioners Declare …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 4 (July 24, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-29)

Selected article titles: "Seek to Expedite Payment of Evacuee Small Claims" (p. 1), "California Nisei Army Officer Serves as Aide to MacArthur" (p. 1), No Exit Permits Required in Future for Japanese Aliens" (p. 1), "41 Canada Evacuee Holdouts Evicted as Moose Jaw Hostel Finally Closed by Government" (p. 2), "Masaoka Opposes Proposal to File New …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 6 (February 9, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-6)

Selected article titles: "Army Cites Discrimination Against Buddhist Nisei GIs To Explain Change of Markers" (p. 1), "Masaoka Urges Restoration of Upright Grave Symbols" (p. 1), "Report Evacuee Claimants Get 17 Per Cent More Through Compromise Settlement Plan" (p. 2), "Ickes' Support of Fair Play For Nisei in Wartime Noted" (p. 3), "Supreme Court Grants Review …

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doc Order battle map, Korean War front line (ddr-csujad-38-471)

Order battle map with George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten notes on his experience during the Korean War. He captured Chinese soldiers of the Eight Rote Army in Paech'on, Korea and interrogated them. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc [Informal meeting of the divisional responsible men and the project director and Colonel Austin, January 17,1944] (ddr-csujad-2-17)

Minutes of informal meeting between Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best and Military Police Commander Colonel Verne Austin and incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp Government. Describes theft incidents from the Army's search of barracks by the soldiers and release of detained prisoners from the army stockades. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc Tule Lake Co-ordinating committee notes (ddr-csujad-2-27)

Meeting notes of incarceree led Tule Lake Camp government. Describes a desire to "return to normalcy" after unrest in camp including various publications, vandalism, the arrival of Manzanar transfers, lack of employment, and no prisoners being released for three weeks from the army stockades. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Tule Lake Center Diary, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-29)

Daily diary for March, written by Co-ordinating Committee Secretary Byron Akitsuki at Tule Lake Camp. Primarily describes various unrest and incidents in different blocks, especially Ward 6. Also includes memos and messages sent, release of prisoners from army stockades, and committee member meetings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Naohara, Okumura (ddr-csujad-38-142)

Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and Okumura in U.S. military uniform. It is taken at U.S. Army language school in Presidio of Monterey, California. The caption reads: Naohara, Okumura. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 30. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_30_003

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img Fukumitsu, Geo (ddr-csujad-38-116)

Photographed are two Nisei soldiers in U.S. military uniform at U.S. Army language school in Presidio of Monterey, California. Includes Fukumitsu and George Nobuo Naohara. The caption reads: Fukumitsu, Geo. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 26. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Letters from Makoto Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, March 21, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-138)

Contains two letters and one envelope mailed by Makoto Okine from Italy where he is stationed as an U.S. Army soldier. He writes to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California, separately and encloses two letters in one envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_60_001-003

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doc Letters from Makoto Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 9, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-84)

Contains an envelope and two letters sent from Makoto Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. Makoto writes from Lecco, Italy, where he is deployed as a U.S. Army soldier to his parents who are incarcerated in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img 100th Infantry Battalion training (ddr-densho-114-114)

Original caption: 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: S/Sgt. Harry Mijamoto, who was a professional boxer in his days as a …

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img Nisei translators (ddr-densho-114-139)

Original caption: These Nisei character writers, Takashi Kikuta of Maui, T.H., left, and Hiroshi Yoshida of Los Angeles, Calif., right, insert Japanese characters following the romanization of Japanese proper names and special phrases in documents which have been translated. Characters must be written neatly in a size comparable to typewriter type. They are employed by the …

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img Nisei captain giving medical treatment (ddr-densho-114-32)

Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. Capt. George Takahashi, San Mateo, Calif., 422nd Inf. Regt., 34th Div., calms an aching tooth for Pvt. James Hoshi, Los Angeles, Calif., 522nd Field Artillery, assisted by Tec 5 Abraham Tokioka of Honolulu, T. H., who holds a flashlight. The scene is in a wine cellar of a recently evacuated German …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 3 (April 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-393)

Selected article titles: "First Baby Comes to Manzanar. New Arrival Thursday Increases Camp Population" (p. 1), "You Can't Leave Camp for Jobs, Says Army" (p. 1), "Vote by Absentee Ballots" (p. 1), "Officials Impressed by Camp Progress" (p. 2), "Newsmen Express Keen Interest in Local Work" (p. 2), "Shower Curtains Coming: Also Police Uniforms" (p. 2), …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 28 (December 11, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-192)

Selected article titles: "Open West Gate to Cemetery" (p. 1), "Report Burglary in Canteen 8 Monday" (p. 1), "Invite Residents to Practice Caroling" (p. 1), "Judgment in Not Calling Army Troops to Settle Tule Riot Justified -- D. Myer" (p. 1), "Riot Foundation for Retaliation Related" (p. 1), "President Roosevelt Bans Racial Discrimination in War Industry" …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 84 (April 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-328)

Selected article titles: "Manzanar High School Annual Staff to Sponsor Double Feature Movie" (p. 1), "Hoodlums Shoot Home of Nisei War Veterans" (p. 1), "Center Buddhists Honor Lord Buddha's Birthday" (p. 1), "Women's Missionary Society Wish Pen Pals in Relocation Centers" (p. 2), "Five Japanese Americans Now Commissioned in Army Nurse Corps" (p. 3), "Kiichi Uyeda …

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