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Collection Takeda Family Collection (ddr-densho-501)

The Takeda Family were a farmers in Milpitas, California. The family consisted of married couple, Shoji and Chizu with their children and Shoji's father. During World War II they were all removed to Tule Lake. While at Tule Lake, members of their farming community helped to manage their farm. The family was about to gain agricultural …

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img Sgt. Okeef (ddr-csujad-38-479)

Photographed is Sgt. Okeef standing on a bridge. The photo was probably taken in Korea. George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten notes described Sgt. Okeef in the scrapbook: Okeef was G-1, but he had many friends of Nisei G-2 and also spoke in Japanese. After he was discharged from the army, he often visited George Naohara Barber Shop …

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doc George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten note: good friend, Jiro Sanada (ddr-csujad-38-106)

George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten note describing Jiro Sanada. English translation: During his incarcerated at the Tule Lake in California, Jiro Sanada was spending time writing senryu. With Atsushi Art Ishida's help, Jiro was able to leave the camp for Chicago. He was married in Chicago and opened a grocery store with his wife somewhere. His business …

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img Laying water line at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-24)

Caption from reverse of image reads, "LAYING WATER LINE FOR JAPANESE BOOM TOWN, A trench digger churned its way across the floor of Owens Valley March 19 to speed laying of a water supply line for the boom town for evacuated Japanese being erected at Manzanar under the direction of Lt. Gen. John L. Dewitt of …

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img Mr. Wakichi Kawamoto and children (ddr-csujad-55-2621)

W. Kawamoto general merchandise store. erso reads: Mr. Wakichi Kawamoto and children, L to R Chiyeko, Matsuko, Wakichi, Takeo. Life history of this store in Florin, CA. This photo of general merchandise store which was opened and operated by Mr. Wakichi Kawamoto in Florin, California some time in early 1900. This establishment was later sold to …

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vh Eddie M. Inaba Interview (ddr-densho-1010-6)

Nisei male. Born May 9, 1917, in Walnut Grove, California. Parents worked at Canal Ranch, an agricultural community, where they grew produce for Libby, McNeill & Libby. Parents also owned and ran a bar in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. …

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vh Rose Matsui Ochi Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-276)

Nisei female. Born December 15, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. As a child, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Following World War II, became a teacher and then went to law school. In 1974, worked for Los Angeles Mayor Bradley as a legislative research coordinator and eventually executive …

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vh Takayo Tsubouchi Fischer Interview (ddr-densho-1000-375)

Nisei female. Born November 25, 1932, in Harwick, California. During World War II, at the age of nine, removed with family to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. After leaving camp resettled in Chicago for a time before moving to Florida to attend college. In 1958, appeared in the …

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vh Frank S. Kawana Interview (ddr-densho-1000-367)

Nisei male. Born June 29, 1933, in Graham, Washington. Moved with family at an early age to Los Angeles, California, where father owned and operated a kamaboko business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived briefly with family in a trailer …

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vh Nobuko Miyake-Stoner Interview (ddr-densho-1000-242)

Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …

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vh Rose Matsui Ochi Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-277)

Nisei female. Born December 15, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. As a child, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Following World War II, became a teacher and then went to law school. In 1974, worked for Los Angeles Mayor Bradley as a legislative research coordinator and eventually executive …

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vh Sam Araki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-402)

Nisei male. Born July 12, 1931, in Saratoga, California. Grew up in Saratoga, where father worked as a gardener on a large estate. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father moved the family inland to Reedley in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Eventually removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to California …

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vh Kenji Suematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1003-11)

Nisei male. Born April 29, 1934, in Brawley, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Father was arrested by the FBI and mother had a nervous breakdown. Kenji and his sister were sent to stay at the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles. During mass removal, taken to Manzanar with other orphans and placed in the Manzanar …

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vh Sam Horino Interview (ddr-densho-122-6)

Nisei male. Born July 17, 1914, in Gardena, California. Passively resisted "evacuation" in 1942, forcing two soldiers to carry him out of his home. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and became one of the steering committee leaders of the Fair Play Committee (FPC). Was tried along with the other FPC leaders and was convicted …

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doc George Naohara's handwritten note (ddr-csujad-38-160)

Handwritten note from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 15. George Nobuo Naohara details his experience after moving from Idaho to Utah. He was a farm labor for sugar beets farm at Norman Johnson in Utah but was working in a hotel as a dish washer during the winter. He and his friend, Tadashi Sakaida, visited …

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doc Letter from Ayame [Okine] to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 6, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-117)

A new year's greeting letter from Ayame Okine in Bartlett, Illinois, to her parents-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okines in Hawthorne, California. This letter is mailed from Fred S. Tange's place where Ayame stays. In the letter, she appreciates the monetary gift from her parents-in-law while she feels ashamed to have them to still worry about her …

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vh Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-181)

This interview centers on the experiences of Fred Korematsu, a Nisei born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 47 (November 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-207)

Selected article titles: "Barber Sabotages Democracy" (p. 1), "$50,000 Tract Goes to State in California Property Suit" (p. 1), "Center-wide Baby Show Slated for Next Week" (p. 3), "Editorial: The Price of Admission" (p. 4), "West Coast Return; Freedom of Movement Urged for Nisei" (p. 5), "'Distinguish Enemy, U.S. Japanese,' Declares Fistere" (p. 5), "Nisei Return …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 20 (November 18, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-47)

Selected article titles: "California State Guard Chief Says Returning Evacuees Will Be Protected from Violence" (p. 1), "Japanese American Combat Team Attached to Famous Texas Division in France" (p. 20, "Wounded Nisei War Veteran Ejected from Barber Shop" (p. 2), "Nisei Who Urged Volunteering for Army Killed in Action" (p. 3), "JACL to Hold Conference on …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 25 (December 22, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-51)

Selected article titles: "WRA Will Assist Returned Evacuees to Find Permanent Location on Pacific Coast" (p. 3), "California Attorney General Says Sheriff Attempted to Prevent Evacuee Employment" (p. 3), "Rehearings May Be Held for Tule Lake Group" (p. 3), "The Future of the Nisei is His Own by Dillon S. Myer" (p. 9), "Nisei Assisted in …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 3 (January 20, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-3)

Selected article titles: "War Department Identifies 363 Wounded Nisei Troops" (p. 1), "Mayor Brown of Los Angeles Welcomes Japanese American Evacuees Back to California" (p. 3), "300 Placer County Citizens Join Evacuee Boycott Group" (p. 6), "Army, Government Prepared To Uphold Rights of Nisei Returning to Coast, Says Myer" (p. 8), "Three Nisei Evacuees Return to …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 12 (March 24, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-12)

Selected article titles: "California Sheriffs Told to Maintain Order. Attorney General Kenny Hits Economic Opposition to Return of Evacuees to West Coast" (p. 1), "Lost Battalion Thanks Nisei" (p. 1), "National Legion Leadership Condemns Anti-Nisei Activity" (p. 3), "Canadian Government Tells Evacuees to Resettle Outside of British Columbia Province" (p. 8), "See No Change in Policy …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 16 (April 21, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-16)

Selected article titles: "Italian Partisans Aid Nisei Troops in Carrara Capture" (p. 1), "Evacuees in Relocation Camps Hold Special Memorial Rites In Honor of Late President. Issei, Nisei Attend Services Eulogizing Franklin D. Roosevel" (p. 2), "California Legislative Group Urges Relocation Centers Be Kept Open for War's Duration" (p. 3), "Decentralization of Relocation Authority's Activities on …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 25 (December 28, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-52)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Parents File California Suit Against Education Code Permiting Race Segregation" (p. 1), "Sociologist Finds Persons With Greater Knoweldge of Nisei Have Most Favorable Attitude" (p. 1), "Writer Charges Evacuees Victims of 'Great Swindle'. Japanese Americans Lost Farms, Businesses, Homes During Crisis, Declares Smith" (p. 3), "Book Review: The Spoilage is the Story …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 9 (August 31, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-35)

Selected article titles: "Civil Service Bars Nisei Veteran on Loyalty Charge. Honorably Discharged Soldier Served 30 Months Overseas in War Against Japan" (p. 1), "One-Third of People Falsely Believe Japanese Americans Sabotaged During War Years" (p. 1), "California Tribunal Rules Issei Fishermen Cannot Use Court Order as License" (p. 2), "Evacuee Finds Real Friends After Vandals …

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