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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 19 (November 11, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-46)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Americans Rescue 'Lost Battalion.' 442nd Infantry Leads Attack Which Relieves Trapped U.S. Unit in Foothills of Vosges" (p. 1), "Citizens of Colorado Reject Anti-Alien Land Law at Polls" (p. 3), "WRA Stores Evacuee Goods" (p. 6), "Important Evacuation Issues Raised in Korematsu, Endo Cases, Says WRA Solicitor" (p. 7), "Seven Given Prison …

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img Toshikuni Taenaka's sister, Saiko Taenaka? (ddr-csujad-25-88)

A photograph of a sister of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. She is probably Saiko Taenaka. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where Toshikuni Taenaka's family resides. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_030

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img Taenaka family in a farm (ddr-csujad-25-84)

A photograph of the Taenaka family in a farm, Brighton, Colorado. Includes Kamie Taenaka and Yaeko Taenaka [?] in McMorrow's sugar beet farm. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0090. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_026

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img Taenaka family in a farm (ddr-csujad-25-90)

A photograph of the Taenaka family in a farm, Brighton, Colorado. Includes Kamie Taenaka and Yaeko Taenaka [?] in McMorrow's sugar beet farm. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0084. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_032

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img Tamesaburo and Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-63)

A photograph of Japanese Issei, Tamesaburo and Kamie Taenaka, the parents of Taenaka Toshikuni, a Japanese American Nisei solder. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where they reside. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_005

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 32 (April 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-124)

Selected article titles: "National Director of WRA, Dillon Myer, Pays Visit. Two-day Center Tour Conducted" (p. 1), "Statistics Show Midwest Living Expense Lower. Cost of Living in Kansas City, Indianapolis and Denver Lower" (p. 1), "Insufficient Work Reported by Boys in Idaho Related" (p. 1), "Colorado Accepts Farm Laborers" (p. 1), "Relocation is an Opportunity Says …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 59 (July 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-151)

Selected article titles: "Investigation of Niseis Recalled as Evidence Lacking" (p. 1), "Publish Reports on Resettlement" (p. 1), "Local Officials Attend WRA Conference. Representatives of Ten Centers to Meet at Denver, Colorado" (p. 1), "Racial Problem Support Asked" (p. 1), "Construction on Monument Begins" (p. 1), "Liberties Union Hits 'Evacuation' in Annual Report" (p. 1), "Malicious …

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doc Topaz Times Vol. VI No. 32 (March 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-289)

Selected article titles: "Cash Grant Policy Cleared. Center Draftees are Eligible for Leave Grants" (p. 1), "Myer to Arrive Thursday, Will Address Council on Saturday" (p. 1), "Myer Clarifies Residence Status of Camp Evacuees" (p. 2), "California Minister Demands Restoration of Nisei Rights" (p. 2), "Two Colorado Draft Refusers Change Views" (p. 2), "USC Poll Favors …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 144 (December 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-78)

Selected article titles: "Busseis of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska Hold Successful Conclave"; "On the Other Hand"; "Tokyo-Born Boy to Enter Army"; "Relocation Office to Open in Pittsburgh"; "Oversea Service"; "Say Bill Was Poorly Written"; "Yatabe's Report Will be Given"; "Want Ads Today"; "Civil Liberties' Wirin Speaker at Conference"; "Casualty Toll Stands at 263"; "Segregants From Hawaii …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 149 (December 13, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-82)

Selected article titles: "Victory Rally Held in New York"; "Colorado Has 30,000 'Potential Soldiers'"; "On the Other Hand"; "Military Authorities Satisfied with WRA"; "Christmas Fare Has Been Planned"; "San Mateans Launching Educational Movement"; "Police Officer Fears His Staff Inadequate"; "Physician Dead"; "'It Smacks Too Much of Hitlerism'"; "Radio Program"; "Want Ads Today"; "Baldwin: Moral Position Involved"; …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 37 (March 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-126)

Selected article titles: "City-Wide Cage Tourney Slated"; "Artist Honored"; "New Mexico Girl Enlists in W.A.C."; "Tea Grown in Colorado"; "Executive Woman Named by JACD"; "General Clark's Wife Visits Amache Center"; "Give Favorable Reports"; "Family House Opened in Cleveland, Ohio"; "Want Ads Today"; "Report Findings of Conference"; "Priest, and Nun's Fates"; "Minorities Asking for Job Chances, State …

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doc Valentine's Day card (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (February 1943) (ddr-janm-1-14)

Valentine's Day card to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (February 1943). White/blue card with illustration in blue/red of two singing blue birds with a treble musical scale and red heart in the background. "A valentine message for you" is on the top center on front of card. Envelope is postmarked February 1943 from the Granada (Amache) …

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img Japanese Americans harvesting onions (ddr-densho-37-510)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Evacuee and appointed personnel office workers assisting in the onion harvest on the project farm during the volunteer farm harvest program. During the two week period when practically all project offices and sections went "all out" to help bring in the farm crops, more than eighty acres of …

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doc Amache remembered 1942-1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2695)

Pamphlet listing Amache memorial dedication schedule and the program of Amache reunion banquet/dance at Regency Hotel in Denver, Colorado, and historical photographs of the Granda (Amache) incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2859

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vh Eddie Owada Interview (ddr-manz-1-37)

Nisei male. Born December 22, 1925, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up primarily on Vashon Island, Washington. Removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, Washington, later transferring to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army and served with the Military Intelligence Service. Worked for the U.S. Forest Service and eventually …

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vh Alfred "Al" Miyagishima Interview (ddr-manz-1-27)

Nisei male. Born December 2, 1926, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Family operated grocery store prior to World War II. Moved to Stockton, California, due to father's illness. Removed to Stockton Assembly Center and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Resettled in Nebraska and finished high school. Drafted into the army in 1945, and joined family in Denver, Colorado, …

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vh Joseph Norio Uemura Interview (ddr-densho-1014-3)

Nisei male. Born July 3, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland before moving to Denver, Colorado, where his father, a Baptist minister, was transferred. Lived in Denver during World War II, where family helped Japanese Americans leaving camps to find housing and work. Paul Robert and Jean Schuman Hanna Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, since …

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1002-11-23)

Acquitted of government's charges; returning to Denver, Colorado

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1002-11-19)

Avoiding mass removal by moving to Denver, Colorado

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

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Narrator Louie Watanabe

Nisei male. Born August 22, 1925, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove, where parents owned and operated a restaurant and rooming house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Chicago, Illinois, and worked in various places, including Colorado Springs …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 11 (March 13, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-11)

Selected article titles: "Hawaii statehood bill passes Senate, 76-15" (p. 1), "Utah House OK's Civil Rights Measure 52-11" (p. 1), "Negro judge urges Philadelphia JACLers work with other minorities to fight bias" (p. 2), "Oldest U.S. Japanese Christian church seeking new building site" (p. 3), "Washington State Alien Land Law Referendum Set for 1959" (p. 8), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 22 (May 30, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-22)

Selected article titles: "Heavy agenda to face Nat'l Board; San Mateo JACL succeeds fighting housing bias against dentist" (p. 1), "Unruh civil rights bill passes assembly" (p. 1), "Cal. Senate comm. Oks anti-bias housing measure" (p. 2), "Colorado newsman recalls own paper's support of evacuees after Pearl Harbor" (p. 2), "Use of vested property to pay …

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img Taenaka family in a farm (ddr-csujad-25-91)

A photograph of the Taenaka family in a farm, Brighton, Colorado. Includes Tamesaburo Taenaka, Kamie Taenaka, Ukichi Taenaka [?], and Yaeko Taenaka [?], harvesting sugar beets in McMorrow's farm. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0081. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_033

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img Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doi in their victory garden in Detroit, Michigan (ddr-csujad-14-32)

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doi in their victory garden in Detroit, Michigan. Frank came from Colorado River incarceration camp. He works as an apprentice in a dental laboratory. June 20, 1943. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_032

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img Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform with gas mask (ddr-csujad-25-70)

A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with a gas mask. He poses, standing in front of the house where probably his parents reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_012

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