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![Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 10, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-121)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b0/08/b008621cc4cbd7352bdd5ce9a5199fc8.jpg)
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Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 10, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-121)
A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne. This letter is written in Japan where Masao is currently stationed as a Nisei soldier and mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao describes his work as a US Army solider in Japan: He has …
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Roy H. Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-153)
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …
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Roy Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-40)
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …
Narrator Spady Koyama
Nisei male. Born June 4, 1917, in Ferry County, Washington. Sent to Japan at age five following father's death, returning to Spokane, Washington, in 1927. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in January 1942. Served with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the Pacific Ocean theater during World War II where he was seriously injured during a …
Narrator William Marutani
Nisei male. Born March 31, 1923, in Kent, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp to attend college in South Dakota, was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan. After …
Narrator George Morihiro
Nisei male. Born September 19, 1924, in Tacoma, Washington, and spent childhood in Fife, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army in 1944 and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. Awarded the Purple Heart for actions in the Battle …
Narrator Larry "Shorty" Kazumura
Nisei male. Born November 7, 1920, in Mountain View, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where parents ran a sugar cane plantation. Was working hauling lumber when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Was not dismissed from work like other Japanese Americans, and was required to clean up the aftermath of the bombing. Volunteered for …
Narrator Lawson I. Sakai
Nisei male. Born October 27, 1923, in Montebello, California. Grew up in Montebello, where father and other family members ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, family moved to Colorado to avoid mass removal. In 1943, volunteered for the army and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, fighting in campaigns in Italy and France. …
Narrator George Kazuharu Naganuma
Born August 20, 1938, in Lima, Peru. Parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested George's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …
Narrator Ron Kenmotsu
Male, born October 18, 1943, at the Amache (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. Grew up in San Francisco, California, where parents ran a hotel. At a young age, found out that he had been informally adopted at birth while at Amache. After high school, volunteered for the U.S. Army and served in Korea. While in the …
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ai Jin Tsai (ddr-densho-446-331)
Ai Chih Tsai's assignment at Camp Richie is over but he will continue to work for U.S. government. Assigned to raise funds for education and relief. Talked to representative from International Merchandise Co. Mr. Robison is interested in a textile factory or importing undershirts. Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai investigating other possibilities. Ai Chih Tsai expects passport in …
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Memo by General DeWitt (ddr-densho-67-81)
Memo by General DeWitt regarding evacuation of "enemy aliens" on the West Coast. DeWitt comments on a program for evacuation as decided by the California House of Representatives and agrees that the Army and not the Justice Department should control evacuation. Suggests that the Attorney General is not doing an adequate job. He indicates that he …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 20 (May 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-128)
Selected article titles: "3 Caucasian Staff Members in Army" (p. 1), "Shivering Handful Witness Dedication of New Flagpole" (p. 1), "424 Leave Center in Month as Project Exodus Speeded" (p. 1), "Favorable Trend Seen in National Publicity on Evacuee Problems" (p. 1), "Evacuees Helped Save $2,000,000 in Montana Beets" (p. 1), "Editorial: The Senate Views the …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 14 (April 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-122)
Selected article titles: "WRA Eases Leave Regulations. Clearance Not Necessary, Cash Grants Provided" (p. 1), "Alien Evacuees Serving in Army Eligible for U.S. Citizenship" (p. 1), "Return to Center is Possible" (p. 1), "Supreme Court Asked Opinion on Legality of Evacuation Order" (p. 1), "Project Head May Now Issue Indefinite Pass" (p. 1), "Acute Shortage of …
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Heart Mountain General Information Bulletin Series 13 (September 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-97-83)
Selected article titles: "Army Provides Food on Ration Basis" (p. 1), "Installation of Stoves to be Completed Soon" (p. 1), "Break in Water Line Repaired" (p. 1), "Ask Surrender of Expired Work Leave Permits" (p. 1), "Burned Down Laundry Room to be Rebuilt" (p. 2), "Appreciation Voice by Police Department" (p. 2), "Dental Clinic Now Open …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 2 (June 11, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-5)
Selected article titles: "WRA Prepares Eight Relocation Centers" (p. 1), "Masaoka Meets WRA Officials On Relocation" (p. 1), Gen. DeWitt's Edict Detains Nisei Private" (p. 1), "Hundreds Suffer Stomach Aches at Canadian Center" (p. 1), "First Phase of Evacuation Process Completed By Army" (p. 2), "FBI Arrests 364 Aliens During May" (p. 2), "New Legal Threats …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 25 (November 19, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-24)
Selected article titles: "Legality of Military Curfew Order on U.S. Nisei Citizens Questioned by Federal Judge" (p. 1), "Democracy in Action: JACL Leaders Discuss Problems" (p. 1), "Yasui Prefers Soldier's Death To Life in Relocation Center" (p. 1), "Challenging Discrimination Will Help Win War, Declares Wirin" (p. 2), "U.S. Nisei Battalion Trains For War Combat Duty …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 29 (December 17, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-28)
Selected article titles: "Army, WRA Take Swift Action To Segregate Instigators of Recent Manzanar Disturbance" (p. 1), "WRA Moves Nisei Leaders to Death Valley" (p. 1), "JACL Will Enter Court Case On Nisei Citizenship Rights" (p. 1), "Coast Newspapers Comment on Manzanar" (p. 2), "Korematsu Case Briefs Filed in U.S. District Appeals Court" (p. 2), "L.A. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 9 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-10)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Defies Nazis, Saves U.S. Major" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans First to Storm Cassino" (p. 1), "Restoration of Rights Sought by Granadans" (p. 2), "50 Thousand Evacuees May Not Return to California, Believes S.F. Chronicle Writer" (p. 2), "Granada Evacuees Plead Guilty to Draft Evasion" (p. 2), "Chicago Sun Sees Economic Basis for …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 25 (December 23, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-52)
Selected article titles: "Army Revokes West Coast Exclusion Order" (p. 1), "Proclamation Restores Right Of Evacuee Group to Return To Homes After January 2" (p. 1), "Supreme Court Rules Loyal Citizens Cannot Be Detained" (p. 1), "Hood River Legion Post May Replace Some Nisei Names" (p. 3), "Expanded Relocation Effort By WRA in East Seen by …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 12 (September 23, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-39)
Selected article titles: "442nd Combat Team Played Vital Role in Breaching of German 'Little Cassino' Line" (p. 1), "Los Angeles Catholics Ask Lifting of Ban on Evacuees" (p. 1), "Army Permits Return of First Few Nisei Evacuees to Coast To Test Community Sentiment" (p. 2), "Seek Foster Homes for Japanese American Babies" (p. 2), "Japanese Americans …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 21 (May 25, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-21)
Selected article titles: "World War II Vets May Bolt Spokane VFW" (p. 1), "Enlistments in Army Air Corps Opened to Japanese American Group as Wartime Ban Lifted" (p. 1), "First Canadian Deportees Will Sail Next Week" (p. 1), "Court Suit Seeks to Restrain Japanese American Family From Occupying L.A. Home" (p. 3), "JACL Official Charges Water …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 11 (March 16, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-11)
Selected article titles: "Youth to Die in Gas Chamber For Murder of Nisei Veteran" (p. 1), "California Nisei Awarded Medal of Honor" (p. 1), "New Evacuation Faces Residents in L.A. Area. 2100 Returnees Still Housed in Federal Emergency Units" (p. 1), "Martial Law Used by Army To Restrict Rights of Nisei" (p. 1), "Fright-Makers Shamed Into …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 19 (November 16, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-46)
Selected article titles: "Thirteen Japanese Americans Win Election to Territorial, County Offices in Hawaii" (p. 1), "Petition for Rehearing Filed In Oyama Land Law Case" (p. 1), "Report Renunciants in Texas Detention Camp Placed Under 'Relaxed Internment' Policy" (p. 2), "Home Town Barber Refuses To Cut Hair of Nisei Veteran" (p. 2), "Los Angeles Nisei Survives …