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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4371 (October 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-82)

Selected article titles: "Racial Discrimination Practiced by Calif. State Board of Equalization"; "Nisei Operated Car Fatally Injures Man"; "National JACL President Protests Use of Japanese PWs in California"; "Japanese Return to California. 69 Pct. Of Internees from Ariz. Camps Head for State"; "Chicago JACL Plan Thanksgiving Ball. Art Hayashi and His 11-Piece Orchestra to be Featured"; …

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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-463)

Sansei female. Born May 20, 1945, at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shortly after birth, parents returned to the Los Angeles, California, area, where they had been living before World War II. Grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, and was involved in judo along with father, who was a judo instructor. …

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vh Julie Otsuka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-176)

Sansei female. Born May 15, 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Mother was a Nisei who was incarcerated during World War II, and father was a Japanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1950. Grew up in Palo Alto, California, before studing art at Yale University. Later moved to New York, giving up art and …

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vh Ruth Y. Okimoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-331)

Nisei female. Born April 15, 1936, in Tokyo, Japan. Brought to the United States with parents at the age of one, and grew up in San Diego, California, where father was a minister. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After the war, forged connections …

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doc Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 35 (August 19, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1267)

Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, clothing catalog, hospital, an editorial on California, and the features "Feminine Forum" and "Win, Place, and Show." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1269

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vh M. Jack Takayanagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-122)

Nisei male. Born June 28, 1922, in San Jose, California. As a teenager, moved with family to West Los Angeles, where father was a gardener. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, Jack volunteered to work with the orphans at the Manzanar Children's Village, and also helped to establish …

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img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-16)

Ted Matsushita (left) and Toshio Ito received permission to leave the Tule Lake concentration camp in California to harvest sugar beets for Orly Garner in Utah. They are doing their laundry.

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doc Testimony of Shigeko Kitamoto (ddr-densho-67-266)

Written testimony of Shigeko Kitamoto of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated in the Manzanar concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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doc Testimony of Kiyoshi Patrick Okura (ddr-densho-67-281)

Written testimony of Kiyoshi Patrick Okura, born in Los Angeles, 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 Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No. 4 (July 25, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-30)

Select article titles: "California hogging 'Nisei of Biennium' nominations" (p.1); "Canada senator referring to colleague in House as 'Chinaman' draws rebuke from prime minister, press and aroused citizens" (p.3)

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img U.S. Army language school (ddr-csujad-38-114)

See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_26_004

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img Tomosuke Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-312)

See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_19_013

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 63 (August 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-423)

Selected article titles: "Director Myer Orders Weekly Leave Quotas" (p. 1), "WRA Announces 755 Casualties" (p. 3), "New York: Worker Demand Remains High" (p. 4), "Majority Return to California" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 18 (March 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-376)

Selected article titles: "Myer Here, Will Divide Time Between Butte, Canal" (p. 1), "More Shootings in California " (p. 1), "CIO Backs 'Return'" (p. 2), "Battlefronts: Lost Battalion Thanks 442nd " (p. 2).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. V No. 17 (August 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-195)

Selected article titles: "No Plans to Close Center" (p. 1), "Shorthand Classes for Students" (p. 1), "Evacuee Property in California Assessed" (p. 1), "Overseas Mail Memo Given to Residents" (p. 1).

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-141)

Excerpt: "Please forgive me for not writing more often. I guess a little excitement of being home causes me to forget!" Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-83)

Excerpt: "Your last two letters were of extreme interest to me and I kept reading them over and over to no end." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man (ddr-densho-153-46)

Excerpt: "Pardon me for the long delay in answering your last letter which I received some three weeks ago." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois. Letter is incomplete.

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doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-202)

Excerpt: "Gee, they had the six-man tackle game with the Jr. High & regular eleven- man tackle game with the Sr. High." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-99)

Excerpt: "Here today it is Christmas. It doesn't seem like Christmas at all & the days don't ever seem to change at all." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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Men standing behind President Jimmy Carter in White House, signing of Commission of Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens Act into law (ddr-densho-393-5)

img Men standing behind President Jimmy Carter in White House, signing of Commission of Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens Act into law (ddr-densho-393-5)

Unknown, Clifford Uyeda, Ted Stevens, Daniel Inouye, Ron Ikejiri, Barbara Ikejiri, Norm Mineta, Spark Matsunaga, George Danielson. President Carter seated. photo front and back. Signed by George Danielson, Congressman from California.

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img Monument (ddr-densho-35-2)

In 1979, to commemorate the Tule Lake concentration camp, the Japanese American Citizens League and the California State Department of Parks and Recreation erected this monument, located outside the stockade area.

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img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-256)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Construction of this War Relocation Authority center has commenced. Approximately 10,000 evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed here for the duration.

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img Japanese American inside barracks (ddr-densho-37-485)

Original WRA caption: Salinas Assembly Center, Salinas, California. Barracks interior at assembly center where persons of Japanese ancestry lived temporarily after evacuation from the west coast in the spring of 1942.

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doc Postcard to Yuri Tsukada from Betty (ddr-densho-356-394)

Postcard to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Betty that teases stories from a trip to California. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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