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av Interview with Tak Yatabe (tape 1, side 2) (ddr-ajah-6-292)

Tak Yatabe grew flowers in Redwood City, California, before World War II. He was incarcerated in the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. After the war, he settled in Berkeley, California.

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Collection Manzanar Free Press Collection (ddr-densho-125)

This collection consists of the Manzanar Free Press, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 5 (February 2, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-5)

Selected article titles: "California Demands Federal Government Maintain Financial Responsibility for Evacuees" (p. 1), "The Alien Land Cases: State of California Pushes Program to Grab Nisei Lands" (p. 1), "California Terrorist Admits Shooting Into Homes of Two Japaense American Families" (P. 2), "Nisei War Record Wipes Out Bar to Hawaiian Statehood" (p. 2), "Report Santa Clara …

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vh Noboru Richard Horikawa Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-3)

Nisei male. Born August 18, 1926, in San Francisco, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to stay with relatives in Watsonville, California. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, then to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp early to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the …

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vh George Kazuo Ikeda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-4)

Nisei male. Born August 18, 1926, in San Francisco, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to stay with relatives in Watsonville, California. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, then to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp early to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the …

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vh Takeshi Minato Interview (ddr-manz-1-57)

Nisei male. Born July 13, 1922, in Park City, Utah. Family moved several times prior to World War II, and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. After the war, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Seabrook, …

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vh Yo Shibuya Interview (ddr-manz-1-98)

Nisei male. Born August 23, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Went to Japan for a time as a child with family before returning to California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, learned the saxophone and played with the Jive Bombers band. After leaving camp, attended college and began …

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vh George H. Morishita Interview (ddr-manz-1-137)

Nisei male. Born in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived in Sawtelle, California, for a time before being drafted in the army and serving in Korea. Lived in Arizona and Nevada after the war.

(This interview …

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vh Dorothy Kuwaye Interview (ddr-manz-1-68)

Nisei female. Born May 7, 1928, in Covina, California. At young age, suffered an accident in which she was hit by a car, and was raised by a non-Japanese American family. During World War II, rejoined biological family in the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Lived for a time in New …

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vh Misa Taketa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-436)

Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the South Park area, south of Seattle, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Ontario, Oregon, for a time, before living …

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vh Amy Uyematsu Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-523)

Sansei female. Born in 1947 in Pasadena, California. Parents were incarcerated at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a mathematics degree. Taught math for more than thirty years in the Los Angeles Unified Schools. Began publishing poetry …

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vh Amy Uyematsu Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-524)

Sansei female. Born in 1947 in Pasadena, California. Parents were incarcerated at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a mathematics degree. Taught math for more than thirty years in the Los Angeles Unified Schools. Began publishing poetry …

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vh Kenge Kobayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-37)

Nisei male. Born July 25, 1926, in the Imperial Valley, California. Incarcerated at the Tulare Assembly Center, California, Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In his interview, he discusses his memories of Tule Lake concentration camp after it became a segregation center, including the killing of a camp inmate rioting, implementation …

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vh Mary Kageyama Nomura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-255)

Nisei female. Born September 29, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Lost both parents at an early age, and was raised by older siblings as part of a large family. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Trained in music from childhood, became known as the "Songbird of Manzanar," performing in camp. After …

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doc Program for Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-362)

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Land Law to Affect All Aliens. Assemblyman A.M. Drew Proposes That No Foreigners Be Allowed to Own Real Estate in California. Japanese Cannot Allege Discrimination. (January 29, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-140)

doc Land Law to Affect All Aliens. Assemblyman A.M. Drew Proposes That No Foreigners Be Allowed to Own Real Estate in California. Japanese Cannot Allege Discrimination. (January 29, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-140)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 19, 1909, p. 1

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Memo from Frank S. Okusako, 1st Lt, Infantry, Company H, 442d Infantry to Commanding General, Western Defense Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California (Thru Channels), August 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-229)

doc Memo from Frank S. Okusako, 1st Lt, Infantry, Company H, 442d Infantry to Commanding General, Western Defense Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California (Thru Channels), August 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-229)

Memorandum of understanding from Frank S. Okusako to Commanding General, Western Defense Command regarding relocation of Okusako's family from the Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0231

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doc Testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi (ddr-densho-67-314)

Written testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi. Incarcerated in the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIV No. 3 (August 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-661)

Selected article titles: "Special Trains to Take People Back. Families Listed According to Area Evacuated" (p. 1), "Indian Families Slated to Enter 208 Sept. 1" (p. 1), "California: Make-Up Job Supported" (p. 4), "California: Tolerance Group Formed" (p. 4).

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img Grocery (ddr-csujad-29-140)

Photograph of a grocery store in Lone Pine, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P081

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img Japanese Americans unloading coal (ddr-densho-37-348)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee workers unload coal at Staley Junction, which is the rail head for this center. This coal is used by the residents during the extreamely [sic] cold winters which northern California offers.

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img Japanese Americans unloading coal (ddr-densho-37-385)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee workers unload coal at Staley Junction, which is the rail head for this center. This coal is used by the residents during the extremely cold winters which northern California offers.

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av Interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura (part 1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-6-307)

Part 1 of an interview with Haruo Howe Hanamura in the dining room of his home in Oakland, California. He discusses growing up Alameda, California, and the defacto segregation he encountered. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.

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doc Tulelake reunion, May 24-27, 1985 (ddr-csujad-55-2707)

Pamphlet of the Tule Lake reunion, 1985 in Sacramento, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2871

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img Father and son preparing for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-273)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Dave Tatsuno, graduate of University of California in 1936, is making preparations for evacuation which is due in a few days. In packing his possessions, he came across college notes and is shown re-reading them.

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