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WRA Citizen's Indefinite Leave card (ddr-densho-383-475)
doc WRA Citizen's Indefinite Leave card (ddr-densho-383-475)
Issued to Tamako Inouye at Minidoka, April 26, 1943. Destination listed as Cincinnati, Ohio. Card back has fingerprint and restriction that holder is not permitted to enter the prohibited area of the Western Defense Command.
Cincinnati has various attractive jobs available (ddr-csujad-55-825)
doc Cincinnati has various attractive jobs available (ddr-csujad-55-825)
Report on job vacancies and opportunities for "resettlers" in Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes summary of jobs, housing, and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0827

Narrator Tonko Doi

Nisei-Sansei female. Born December 6, 1941, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, sent with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived in a Quaker-run hostel in Cincinnati, Ohio. Eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois, where parents ran a cleaners business.
Paul Yamazaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-507)
vh Paul Yamazaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-507)
Sansei male. Born April 17, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, moved with parents to Hiroshima, Japan, where father worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Returned from Japan and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where father was a physician. Moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, …

Narrator Paul Yamazaki

Sansei male. Born April 17, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, moved with parents to Hiroshima, Japan, where father worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Returned from Japan and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where father was a physician. Moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, …
Clipping regarding Howard D. Porter (ddr-njpa-1-1126)
doc Clipping regarding Howard D. Porter (ddr-njpa-1-1126)
Caption: "Release No. D-50. Immediate Release to Times. Howard D. Porter, the Attorney General of Guam and a reserve lieutenant colonel, Monday (April 25) completed a two-week tour of active duty with United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, T.H. A military Police officer, Colonel Porter spent his two-week tour observing and studying operations of the Hawaiian …
Certificate of fitness (ddr-densho-22-89)
doc Certificate of fitness (ddr-densho-22-89)
Clarence Matsumura's certificate of fitness for induction into the Army.
Order to report (ddr-densho-22-88)
doc Order to report (ddr-densho-22-88)
Clarence Matsumura's order to report for a preinduction physical
Order to report for induction (ddr-densho-22-90)
doc Order to report for induction (ddr-densho-22-90)
Clarence Matsumura's order to report for induction into the Army.
Letter from Grace Rayko Sumida to War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-379-397)
doc Letter from Grace Rayko Sumida to War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-379-397)
Grace makes a formal request to the War Relocation Authority for permission for her brother, Marshall Sumida, and herself to leave to handle the arrangements for the forced sale of their former home in Los Angeles.
Letter from Grace Rayko Sumida to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-327)
doc Letter from Grace Rayko Sumida to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-327)
Letter to her future husband, Kats Nagai. Mentions whereabouts and plans of her siblings, and daily life in Cincinnati.
Letter from Rayko Grace Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-398)
doc Letter from Rayko Grace Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-398)
Letter to Chimata Sumida about their plans to go to Los Angeles for 2 weeks to handle all the arrangements for selling the family home in Los Angeles. She also mentions that Yuri wrote the Provost Marshal's office was investigating Niseis working in big companies including McCalls and released because of their background from Standard Register.
Letter from M. S. Schneider to Masako Sumida (ddr-densho-379-46)
doc Letter from M. S. Schneider to Masako Sumida (ddr-densho-379-46)
Thank you letter for the special services at the American Friends Hostel while the Brittons were away.
Letter from Masako Sumida to Wilma van Dusseldorp (ddr-densho-379-395)
doc Letter from Masako Sumida to Wilma van Dusseldorp (ddr-densho-379-395)
Masako Sumida writes to thank Miss Van Dusseldorp for her send-off from the Welfare Department and that she thinks of their employees often. She writes about life at the hostel in Cincinnati.
Man standing outside building (ddr-ajah-6-44)
img Man standing outside building (ddr-ajah-6-44)
Caption below photo: Kenji Tomita, of Alameda, CA., at the University of Cincinnati, OH., circa 1943-1944
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