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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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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 15 (October 18, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-42)

Selected article titles: "Battle Monuments Commission Holds Up Project to Honor Nisei Gis in French City" (p. 1), "Counsel in Oyama Test Case Will Declare California Land Statute is Race Legislation" (p. 1), "Rights of Japanese Aliens Under Oregon Land Ban Clarified in Court's Verdict" (p. 2), "Majority of Adult Residents of Denver Favor Segregation of …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 20 (May 24, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-21)

Selected article titles: "Public Hearings Will Open This Week in Congress on Evacuation Claims Measure" (p. 1), "California Assembly Votes To Retain Land Law Fund" (p. 1), "Two Evacuees File Suit For Property Sold by U.S. Agency" (p. 1), "Importance of Nisei Soldiers Stressed at MISLS Ceremony" (p. 7), "Canadian Senate Committee Stages Heated Debate Over …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 2 (July 10, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-27)

Selected article titles: "President Truman Signs Bill To Compensate Evacuees For Property, Business Losses" (p. 1), "California Issues Commercial Fishing License to Issei as Result of Takahashi Decision" (p. 2), "San Jose Damage Suits Filed On Tained Soya Sauce Charge" (p. 3), "27 File Suits For Damages in Poisoning Case" (p. 7), "Army Film Will Depict …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 4 (January 24, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-4)

Selected article titles: "Oyama Case Decision Upholds Nisei Rights. U.S. Supreme Court Majority Avoids Ruling on Validity of California Alien Land Statute" (p. 1), "Masaoka Discusses Program of ADC with U.S. Counsel" (p. 1), "Impact of Increased Housing Restrictions Upon Minorities Stressed Before High Tribunal" (p. 4), "Masaoka Notes Anti-Nisei Action on Coast in Testimony Supporting …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 24 (June 23, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-25)

Selected article titles: "California Legislature Votes to Return Escheat Funds, Restores Liquor License" (p. 1), "JACL Official Cites Changes in Status of Nisei in America" (p. 1), "Restoration of U.S. Citizenship To Strandees Who Voted in '46 in Japan Asked in New Bill" (p. 2), "Ninth Circuit Court Reverses Ruling Restoring Citizenship To Nisei Who Voted …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 41 No. 5 (July 29, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-30)

Selected article titles: "Amendment to redistribute visa allocations urged for Refugee Relief Act applicants of Far East Zone" (p. 1), "Refugee Relief program threatened by Japanese government discriminatory treatment of non-Japanese applicants" (p. 1), "Pachinko parlors still most popular pastime for average Japanese worker; too poor to be even playing tennis" (p. 2), "California Japanese American …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 17 (November 24, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-42)

Selected article titles: "Army Military Intelligence Service School: Nisei MIS Gears for 50th Anniversary Fete in 1991" (p. 3), "Southern California Premiere Dec. 1: 'Forbidden City, USA' Due in Little Tokyo" (p. 3), "Editorial of the Pacific Citizen: The Lesson in Securing Redress" (p. 4), and "Untold Chapter of the 552nd Field Artillery: The Liberation of …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 15, (April 20, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-15)

Select article titles: "Bannai Files for State Assembly Special Election Set for May 29" (p.1); "CL-ER Advocates Use of 'JPN' in Library Work" (p.1); "First Woman Installed Head of YMCA Board in San Francisco" (p.1); "Over 500 California Nikkei Awarded Calif. State Scholarship; 44,000 Apply" (p.3); "Curriculum Group Approves Adoption of Japanese Studies in S.F. Schools" …

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 99, No. 11 [14] (October 5, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-39)

Selected article titles: "Attacks drive Southeast Asians from city" (p. 1), "California attorneys endorse monetary compensation" (p. 1), "Student witnesses recount high school slaying of refugee" (p. 2), "Asian film festival touring country" (p. 2), "Asian Vietnam vets form organization" (p. 3), "Little-known story of Alaska Issei" (p. 7), "A Nisei in Hollywood" (p. 8), "Mineta: …

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 98, No. 22 (June 8, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-22)

Selected article titles: "Pathetic Hordes, Inscrutable Fiends: News media, Hollywood revive slurs" (p. 1), "Candidates for JACL national office announced" (p. 1), "Memorial to internees of WW2 center defaced" (p. 1), "Legal maneuvering begins on Hirabayashi coram nobis case: 'challenge of the century'" (p. 2), Landmark dedicated to Issei 'Grape King'" (p. 2), "A Visit to …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 23 [June 14, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-23)

Select article titles: "JACL plans strategy for Pearl Harbor anniversary" (p. 1), "Illinois failing to meet Asian hiring goals" (p. 1), "Bill to protect redress passes California Senate: Clears by one vote; next step is hearings before state Assembly" (p. 1), "Korean War vets petition for change in monument's name policy" (p. 1), "JACL suggests redress …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 120, No. 12 (June 16-July 6, 1995) (ddr-pc-67-12)

Selected article titles: "Affirmative Action Programs Limited by Supreme Court" (pp. 1, 12), "JACL Opposes Cuts in Number of Legal Immigrants Allowed" (pp. 1, 5, 12), "Central California Highway to Honor 100/442nd, MIS" (p. 4), "Sgt. John Matsumoto Quiet Saga of WWII Nisei Aerial Gunner" (p. 5), and "Tracing the Jewish-Nisei Connection: Inouye, Vets Reunited with …

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doc [Call troops in new outbreak], newspaper article on Tule Lake protests, November 5, 1943 (ddr-csujad-2-37)

Newspaper article about protests at Tule Lake Camp in November, 1943 which led to martial law being in place for three months. Describes thousands of incarcerees protesting and the US army sent in for assistance. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0037

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doc [Minutes of the meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee and the Project Director and Colonel Austin, January 10, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-32)

Meeting minutes between incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp government and Camp Director Raymond Best and Commander of Military Police Colonel Verne Austin. Discusses farm worker unrest and release of prisoners from army stockades. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0032

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