2037 items
2037 items
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 47 (January 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-72)
Selected article titles: "Hunt Has Hot Water As Boilermen Return: 5-Point Recommendation Acceptable To Director, Maintenance Workers" (p. 1), "Calif. Ag. Board Favors Post-War Evacuee Return" (p. 1), "Former Hunt Nisei Center of City Council Controversy in Wichita" (p. 1), "Five Nisei Girls Glad to Serve in WAC" (p. 1), "Soldier Writes White Hopes of Victory …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 7 (April 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-134)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Unit Rejoins Fifth Army; Takes Mt. Belvedere in Italy" (p. 1), "Campaign Held to Keep Nisei Away" (p. 1), "Evacuees Must Apply For Ration Books" (p. 1), "Roosevelt Succumbs Thursday" (p. 1), "University Students Cause Confusion at Anti-Japanese Meet; Say Nazism At Work" (p. 1), "Myer Writes of Spain-Japan Break" (p. 1), …
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442nd Regimental Combat Team training (ddr-densho-114-115)
Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 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 …
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Nisei soldiers in jeep (ddr-densho-114-99)
Original caption: A group of five Hawaiian-American soldiers of the 100th Inf. Bn., 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Div., move up in the battle for Leghorn in a captured German jeep. American born Japanese composing the 442nd Inf. Regt., have established an outstanding record with the international Fifth Army - educated in West Coast schools, and numbering …
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522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers (ddr-densho-114-87)
Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. Men of the 522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442nd Infantry Regt., 34th Division, are firing a 105-MM Howitzer in the Battle for Leghorn. The American born Japanese, of which the 442nd Inf. Regt. consists, here are, L. to R., Cpl. Edward Nakamura, Honolulu, T.H., Gunner; Pfc. George Tanna, Honolulu, T.H., No. 1 …
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Nisei technicians working on calculations (ddr-densho-114-98)
Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. In the Fire Direction Center of the 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, Lt. George S. Meany, Greenwich, Conn., Left, works with his Japanese American crew. In the center is T/Sgt. Shuichi, Sakamoto, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, calculating vertical control and S/Sgt. Yuki Ahaki, Modesto Calif., at the horizontal control, …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 28 (September 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-54)
Selected article titles: "WAC Seeks Applicants. Qualifications Defined for Enlistment by Recruiting Team of 4" (p. 1), "21-Year-Old Boy Drowns" (p. 1), "Tofu Debut Seen in Near Future" (p. 1), "First Tuleans to Arrive September 25. 1500 Expected; 274 Huntites Leave on Same Date; Transfer Completed in Five Days" (p. 1), "Army Strengthens Tule Camp Guard" …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 11 (May 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-138)
Selected article titles: "Comprehensive Assistance Program to Aid Resettlers" (p. 1), "Oregon Alien Law Clarified by WRA" (p. 1), "Regular Project Workers Entitled to Vacation Leaves" (p. 1), "Alien Funds Released by U.S. Treasury" (p. 1), "President Truman Authorizes Transfer of Funds" (p. 1), "Army Board Reviewing Cases Here" (p. 1), "Project School Closure Dates Definitely …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 67 (August 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-159)
Selected article titles: "Camp Shelby Holds Press Open House. Combat Soldiers March in Review" (p. 1), "Evacuee 'Stimulant' in Superman Strip" (p. 1), "Status of Parolees Clarified by WRA" (p. 1), "Army Jurisdiction of Japanese Urged" (p. 1), "60 Evacuees Work in Garment Factory" (p. 1), "Local Problems in Delinquency Show Increase" (p. 1), "Parcel Restrictions …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 68 (June 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-3)
Selected article titles: "Fighter Knew Why He Was Fighting"; "Phi Beta Kappa Girl Can't Get in School"; "On the Other Hand"; "Fund to be Sent to Prisoners"; "Favor Holding Island Defense"; "WAC Lieutenant to Speak Thursday Night"; "Speaking for Selves"; "Brave Sergeant Dies in Action"; "Chicago Paper Comments on Defeat of Congressman"; "Judge Sets July 10 …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 108 (September 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-195)
Selected article titles: "Proclamation by Pratt Lifts Bar"; "Marriage Licenses"; "On the Other Hand"; "Two Japanese Killed and Nisei Solider Wounded in Spectacular Train Wreck"; "Returnees Resolved to Build Quiet Community"; "Fair Employment Given Assurance"; "National JACL Convention"; "Post Admires Russian Method; Says Disloyalists Should be Kicked Out"; "Shigekawa Cleared by Army to Return to San …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 42 (April 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-131)
Selected article titles: "List Japanese American Soldier War Casualties"; "On the Other Hand"; "Pin-Up Girls to be Judged by Soldiers"; "Tear Down Nipponese Flag in Los Angeles"; "Nisei Nurse Fulfills Wish to Join Army U.S."; "Resettlement Aide Named on East Coast"; "Answer: Plain Kindness for Returning Niseis"; "Make Strong Appeal to Common Sense in Book"; "Want …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 106 (September 5, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-193)
Selected article titles: "Deportation is Definite Now"; "Indiscriminate Act Hit"; "'Fought, Hoped and Prayed'"; "Public Opinion Poll Will be Launched in Seattle"; "$50,000 Fire in Former Japanese Town Revealed"; "Stockton Unit Suspended"; "Misunderstanding Told in Bay City"; "Army Removes All Bars on Loyal Returnees; Effective September 1"; "Farmer Complains Two Men Ordered Them to Depart"; "Oyama …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 112 (September 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-198)
Selected article titles: "Federal Housing Plan Disclosed"; "Hit and Refusal"; "On the Other Hand"; "'Y' Mortgage to be Burned at Ceremony on Thursday"; "Author Comments on Class Exploitation"; "Article by Soldier Praised"; "Up to State Department to Determine Citizenship"; "Skating Party Slated"; "Shot Fired Into Home of Widow in Lodi, Cal."; "50% Want to Go Back …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. 2, No. 21 (ddr-densho-156-198)
Article titles: "Joseph Smart Will Direct Jap Centers in Mountain States"; "Japanese Decries Mass Evacuation"; "Japanese Found Dead in Blood-Stained Room"; "Diplomas Presented to 143 Japanese High School Graduates"; "Postal Route Will Open to Serve Reception Center"; "Tule Lake Japanese Will Not Produce Potatoes for Sale"; "Colorado Jap Who Slew Wife Sentenced to Die"; "No Fairs …
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Information Digest No. 43 (ddr-densho-156-401)
Section titles: "Evacuated Area Opened to Nisei Soldiers"; "Leupp Center Opened"; "Issei to be Eligible for Councils"; "Leave Clearances Issued"; "WPB Approvals"; "Heart Mountain Under Fire"; "Mrs. Roosevelt at Gila"; "Leave Figures Compiled"; "Movie to be Done by WRA"; "Poston Chronicle in Print"; "Sugar Beet Wages Increased"; "Rohwer Co-op Incorporated"; "Court Postpones Arguments"; "Repatriation Policy Clarified"; …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 2 (ddr-densho-156-242)
Article titles: "Wickard Assures Californians of Mexican Aid on Sugar Beets"; "President Upheld on Alien Roundup"; "L.A. Schools Offer 40,000 Youths to Plug Labor Gaps"; "FSA Declares No Mobile Camps Available for Mexican or Japanese This Year"; "Items from Tule Lake"; "City News in Brief"; "Never the Twain Shall Meet"; "Condemned Japanese Murderer Asks Commutation"; "Veterans …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 10 (ddr-densho-156-211)
Article titles: "Zone Violation Jails Japanese for Six Months"; "Tulelake-Newell Traffic Reported Nearly Normal"; "War Hysteria, 1918 and 1942"; "Japanese Center to be Self-Supporting"; "Evacuation of Japanese from Military Areas Explained"; "Churches Appoint Women to Assist Japs in Colorado"; "Second Child Born at Tule Lake Relocation Center"; "Farm Help from Evacuees Major Topic of Session"; "As …
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Golden Anniversary Reunion, 442 RCT (ddr-csujad-1-195)
A booklet of 50th Golden Anniversary 442 RCT includes mostly images of the events during the 5 days anniversary held in Hawaii. Also includes massages from Bill Clinton, U.S. President, Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington D.C., and addresses delivered by Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Senator, Hawaii, Gen. Gordon L. …
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Photo of a painting of Japanese paratroopers (ddr-densho-299-233)
Caption: "Japanese Paratroopers landing on a Pacific island. Notan(?) style of painting." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many large paintings were made by Japanese Army artists. Some paintings were 8 feet long. These paintings were displayed in public places in the lands that they had conquered such as Manchuria, and parts of China. After …
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Camp gate (ddr-densho-37-228)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake was different [referring to the camp's gate procedures]. Every evacuee leaving the colony behind the eight-foot fence was required to show a pass to the administrative area. Here, the ambulance stops at Gate 3, vehicle entrance to the colony, so the driver and attendant may show their passes to the Internal …
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Major General Ralph Royce and Yusuf Yasin (ddr-njpa-1-1575)
Caption on reverse: "King of Saudi Arabia entertains U.S. General. Major General Ralph Royce (right), commander of the U.S. Army forces in the Middle East, sits next to Shaikh Yusuf Yasin, Saudi Arabian Deputy Foreign Minister, at a banquet given in the American general's honor by King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia at the royal palace …
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Mexico's military leaders during World War II (ddr-njpa-1-45)
Caption on the reverse: "Mexico Unanimously Votes War Against Germany, Italy, Japan: Another whole-hearted supporter of President Camacho is his predecessor, former President Lazaro Cardenas, to whom is attributed much of Mexico's modern progress. General Cardenas, center, now commander-in-chief of Pacific Coast defenses in cooperation with the U.S., is walking with his chief aides, Commodore R. …
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Kay Sweeney Interview (ddr-one-7-8)
Japanese female. Born 1922 in Kagoshima, Japan. During World War II, served as a nurse with the Japanese army in Jakarta and Japan. After the war, moved to the United States and lived in San Francisco before eventually settling in Portland, Oregon.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of …
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Joe Saito Interview (ddr-one-7-36)
Nisei male. Born in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Oregon, where parents ran a farm. In 1941, volunteered for the army and served as a medic during World War II. After military discharge, returned to Oregon and continued farming.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National …