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vh Kunio Otani Interview (ddr-densho-1000-75)

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in Raymond, Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming; he worked on the staff of both camp newspapers, the Tulean Dispatch and the Heart Mountain Sentinel, respectively. Resettled in Seattle after the war and entered the greenhouse business. He …

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vh Frank Shinichiro Tanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-218)

Nisei male. Born on August 10, 1919, in Osaka, Japan. Attended college at the University of Washington before being removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Established Tule Lake's newspaper, the Tulean Dispatch. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago. Drafted into the Military Intelligence …

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vh Misa (Oiye) Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-547)

Sansei female. Born November 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, where parents ran a restaurant. Spent early years at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, where family was held. After leaving camp, moved to Seattle, Washington. Became an accomplished violinist, performing at an early age. Studied music at the University of Washington, then went on to become …

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mildred Allen (ddr-densho-356-541)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mildred Allen. Mildred writes her condolences on the passing of Yuri's father Kanetero Domoto, her surprise to learn Yuri is still in Amache, and offers insights and help in finding Yuri a job. Additionally she writes of her recent friendships and news around California. Item tied together with all objects …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 78 (October 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-76)

Selected article titles: "Resolution Passed to Aid Evacuee Workers: Measure to Promote Amiable Relations" (p. 1), "Education: Post High School Courses Planned" (p. 1), "Scripts Issued: Canteen Opens" (p. 1), "Special Election Will Show Public Opinion on Theatre" (p. 1), "Santa Anita, Fresno Begin Movement" (p. 3), "More About: Nyssa Resolution" (p. 3), "California Voters May …

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doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 27, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-153)

A letter from Masao Okine, who is stationed in Tokyo, Japan as a Nisei solder, to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. The letter is mailed via San Francisco, California, by U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao writes about his duties driving a jeep and informs that he is going to mail his parents' …

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doc Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. Okine, January 15, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-123)

A letter from Makoto Okine to his father, Seiichi Okine in Hawthorne, California. This letter is probably written in Italy where Makoto is stationed as a U.S. Army soldier and mailed via New York by the U.S. Army Postal Service. He regrets not being able to write to his father for a long time because he …

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vh Ken Yoshida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-428)

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington. Lived in Tacoma for a few years before moving with family to Redwood City, California, where family ran a flower nursery. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, refused to obey the …

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1004-9)

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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vh Gloria Kubota Interview (ddr-densho-122-13)

Nisei female. Born June 6, 1916, in Santa Clara County, California. Raised in Santa Clara, and met and married Issei Guntaro Kubota, one of the leaders of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. During World War II, incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, along with daughter. Gave birth to a son in camp. Husband Guntaro …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 51 (December 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-160)

Selected article titles: "Biddle Has 'Grave Doubt' of Evacuation's Legality. No Technical Authority for Holding U.S. Citizens in Centers, Attorney Says" (p. 1), "Captain Martin Inspects Center for Japanese" (p. 1), "Jailing of Nisei Youth Has Humorous Angle as Prisoner Hitch-Hikes to Prison" (p. 1), "Editorial: California Speaks" (p. 4), "Nisei Urged to Participate in Nation's …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 14 (March 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-226)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Soldiers Showered With Silver, Bronze Stars" (p. 1), "Help Offered In Washington For Returnees" (p. 1), "Spain Refuses Japan's Errands" (p. 2), "Man Sentenced To Penitentiary" (p. 3), "Editorial: Leadership is Needed" (p. 4), "Authorities in California Crack Down on 'Hoodlums' For Attack on Returnees" (p. 8), "Men Doing Fighting Want Fair …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 14 (April 7, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-14)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Aid Psychological Warfare in Pacific" (p. 1), "People of West Coast Will Not Long Tolerate Racist Attacks On Nisei, Says Secretary Ickes" (p. 1), "3rd Battalion of Combat Team Recently Engaged in Difficult Warfare in Maritime Alps" (p. 2), "Night-Riders Continue Attacks on Homes of Returned Evacuees In Central California Area" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 15 (April 14, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-15)

Selected article titles: "442nd Infantry Spearheads New Italy Drive" (p. 1), "Secretary Stimson Describes Attack on Nisei GI as 'Outrage'" (p. 2), "Japanese American GIs, Back From War, Prefer California" (p. 2), "University Students Rout Seattle Racists. 150 Attend Meeting Called to Protest Return of Evacuees; Distribute Pro-Nisei Literature" (p. 3), "Four to Face Trial for …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 18 (November 3, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-44)

Selected article titles: "Reveal Nisei GIs Served With Allied Units" (p. 1), "National JACL Plans to Enter Oyama Case Testing Validity Of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "WRA Closes Central Utah Camp On Time as Last Group Leaves" (p. 1), "Last Evacuee Family at Hunt Refused to Leave Center" (p. 2), "U.S. Deportation Program May …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 17 (November 2, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-44)

Selected article titles: "California Court Upholds Alien Land Act" (p. 1), "Oyama Test Case to Be Taken to U.S. Court; Fight Just Started, Declares Masaoka" (p. 1), "Stranded Nisei in Japan Seek to Return to Homes in America" (p. 1), "Los Angeles Civil Rights Group Will Investigate Suit to Oust Japanese American from Home" (p. 7), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 24 (June 12, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-23)

Selected article titles: "High Court Outlaws California Fishing Ban. Rules in Takahashi Test Case State Restriction Against Japanese Violates Constitution" (p. 1), "Canada Will Open West Coast Area to Japanese Canadians Next April, Declares Official" (p. 1), "300 Japanese American Flood Refugees Given Temporary Relief, Housing in Portland" (p. 2), "Los Angeles Trailer Camp Ordered Closed" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 5 (January 31, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-5)

Selected article titles: "California Drops Alien Land Law Cases" (p. 1), "British Columbia Authorities Order Immediate Discharge of Japanese in Logging Industry" (p. 1), "Wirin Outlines Possible State Procedure in Dismissing All Pending Alien Land Law Cases" (p. 1), "House Passes Private Bills To Grant Permanent Stay To Three Japanese Nationals" (p. 2), "Wirin Plans Trip …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 4 (January 28, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-4)

Selected article titles: "46 Japanese Americans Enter Election Campaign in Hawaii For Constitutional Convention" (p. 1), "Mike Masaoka Will Advise MGM on 442nd Picture. Saga of Famed Nisei Regiment Will Be Told in Film Proposed For 1951 Release by Studio" (p. 1), "Okinawa Visits Now Permitted by U.S. Army" (p. 2), "Research Work Undertaken in JACL …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 20 (November 24, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-47)

Selected article titles: "GOP Candidate Backs Issei Citizenship" (p. 1), "Judiciary Must Speak Out If Democracy to Survive, Judge Clark Tells JACL" (p. 1), "Claim for Evacuation Loss on Interrupted Education Ruled Uncompensable Item" (p. 2), "California Agency Reinstates Licenses Revoked in Wartime" (p. 3), "Policy of Race Segregation Contradicts American Dream" (p. 5), "Report Six …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 3 (July 28, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-30)

Selected article titles: "JACL ADC Will Ask Senate To Boost Appropriation for Evacuation Claims Division" (p. 1), "California Governor Signs Bill Returning Escheat Case Settlement Funds to Nisei" (p. 1), "Digest Article Emphasizes Mother of Nisei Soldier Unable to Become Citizen" (p. 2), "Kawakita Asks for Rehearing By Federal Court on Appeal Of Conviction for Treason" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 5 (August 2, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-31)

Selected article titles: "Two Nisei Among Nine Lost When Fishing Boat Explodes Off South California Coast" (p. 1), "JACL Groups Will Sponsor Classes to Prepare Issei For American Citizenship" (p. 1), "Tule Renunciant Wins Restoration of Citizenship" (p. 1), "Nearly 15 Percent of Bills Passed by Congress Aided Persons of Japanese Ancestry" (p. 3), "Army Moves …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 25 (June 19, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-24)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Senate Passes Evacuation Claims Bill. Compensation Proposal Sent To House for Concurrence Because of Minor Amendments" (p. 1), "California Supreme Court Upholds Business Rights of Japanese Alien Residents" (p. 1), "McCarran Bill for Small Claims of Evacuees Passed by Senate" (p. 1), "Congress Approves Revised Deportation Stay Measure Affecting 400 Japanese Aliens" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 19 (November 5, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-44)

Selected article titles: "Reveal First Complete Story of Role Played by Nisei Gis During War Against Japan" (p. 1), "Missouri Law Bars Marriage of Nisei Vet, Springfield Girl" (p. 1), "South California ACLU Tells Effect of Government Action in Tule Lake Renunciants Case" (p. 2), "Masaoka Sees Little Chance For Extension of Deadline Under Evacuee Claims …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 10 (March 8, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-10)

Selected article titles: "Despite war, pacification on" (p. 1), "Negro ghettos still hear detention camp rumors" (p. 1), "Nisei to be elevated bishop of Buddhist Churches of America" (p. 1), "California Fair Housing Act still subjected to repeal tries" (p. 1), "Asian war babies now coming of age" (p. 1), "Nisei groups duty-bound to correct misstatements …

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