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Narrator Mary Schroeder
White female. Born December 4, 1940, in Boulder, Colorado. Senior Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Gordon Hirabayashi's 1983 coram nobis case, Judge Schroeder authored the opinion which vacated both Hirabayashi's curfew and exclusion convictions on proof of the allegations of governmental misconduct.
Narrator Nobuko Miyake-Stoner
Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …
Narrator Lillian Sato
Nisei/Sansei female. Born December 14, 1928, in Stockton, California. Father was Issei and mother was Nisei, born in Hawaii. Grew up in Santa Monica, California. During World War II, moved with family to Colorado to avoid mass removal. Remained in Denver, later operating a grocery store and greenhouse business with husband.
Narrator David Matsuoka
Nisei male. Born December 21, 1929, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove where father owned and operator a shoe sales and repair business. During World War II, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Returned to California as a high school student.
Narrator Betty Tanakatsubo
Nisei female. Born June 15, 1925, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, and worked for the War Relocation Authority. Eventually settled in Chicago, Illinois.
Narrator Keith One
Sansei male. Born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Parents' families lived in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, they were sent to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Both parents resettled in Chicago after the war, where they met and Keith was born.
Narrator Chiye Tomihiro
Nisei female. Born December 20, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled first in Denver, Colorado and later in Chicago, Illinois. Former witness chair for Chicago area hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) and former chairperson of the JACL Chicago …
Narrator Bob Y. Sakata
Nisei male. Born April 15, 1926 in Alameda, California. Spent childhood in Alameda where family operated 10-acre farm. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Resettled in Brighton, Colorado, and resumed farming. Along with wife and son, owns and operates Sakata Farms, currently one of the top produce growers in the country.
Narrator Frances Midori Tashiro Kaji
Nisei female. Born April 30, 1928, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, where father was a prominent medical physician. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp with family to work on a sugar beet farm in Colorado, and eventually returned to Los Angeles, where father …
Narrator Marion Michiko Bernardo
Nisei female. Born July 25, 1930, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend a boarding school in New York before eventually returning to Walnut Grove. Marion passed away …
Narrator Richard Iwao Hidaka
Nisei male. Born April 11, 1928, in Modesto, California. Grew up in Modesto, where parents ran a laundry business and then a farm. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, finished school in Chicago, Illinois, and served in the National Guard. Remained …
Narrator Kimiko Nakashima
Nisei female. Born November 27, 1919, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived and worked for a time in Utah before eventually returning to …
Narrator Hana Shepard
Nisei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, before World War II. During the war, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could be reunited with father. Had several brothers who served in the U.S. military during World …
Narrator Mae Matsuzaki
Nisei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, before World War II. During the war, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could be reunited with father. Had several brothers who served in the U.S. military during World …
Narrator George Oda
Nisei male. Born December 24, 1923, in Burbank, California. Grew up in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp and worked for a time in Denver, Colorado, before eventually returning to the Los Angeles area to farm.
Narrator Darlene Mukoda
Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …
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Diagram of the Amache concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-519)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Wall charts show residence of every resident. A yellow button (pink pin) in center of any residence shows that a relocation plan has been made and approved. A red button after a name shows individual is out on terminal leave. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 7 (Febuary 17, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-7)
Selected article titles: "Bill implementing Ike's message on immigration ups Japan quota: 563" (p. 1), "House Judiciary considering Lane-Hillings claim bill" (p. 1), "Publication of Letter Arouses Nisei Protest to Newsweek" (p. 1), "JACL telegram defends Nisei loyalty to U.S. in reply to magazine letter" (p. 1), "Colorado community boasts of 100% in naturalization of eligible …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 17 (April 24, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-17)
Selected article titles: "Australia not interested in Americans of Oriental ancestry as immigrants" (p. 1), "Gov. Brown vows to fight FEPC referendum if placed on ballot" (p. 1), "Strandee sues gov't for selling off home" (p. 1), "Salt Lake chapter signs Japanese movie star, now housewife, as 550th member" (p. 4), "Perfumed waters off mudflats of …
![Letter from Geo. Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell] Miller, September 22, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/aa/79/aa7942b5a9973cfd762332ee86046608.jpg)
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Letter from Geo. Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell] Miller, September 22, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-10)
Personal letter written en route to Granada, Colorado from the Temporary Assembly Center at Santa Anita, describing the train ride thus far, one day into their journey. Included are a description of the food, the terrain in Utah, where they have currently made a stop, and the train itself, a Pullman with two cars out of …
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Japanese in our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-81)
This document, "prepared and published under the auspices of the Colorado Council of Churches," describes the background of the situation when the Japanese first started to come to the United States in considerable numbers, evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans and the concentration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. It also discusses about the three …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 16 (February 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-107)
Selected article titles: "Fight? No Just Rebates" (p. 1), "Forfeit Rights on Compensation if Work Refused. Clothes Allowance Will Also be Denied" (p. 1), "Live in Camp, Work Outside, Hmmm, Not Bad" (p. 1), "Detained Men in Independence Removed to Moab" (p. 1), "Chance to Volunteer Given to Issei" (p. 1), "Colorado Has Many Women Volunteers" …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 135 (November 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-69)
Selected article titles: "Coloradoans Help Boost New York Parcel for Soldiers Gift Donation. Albert Einstein Among Donors; Urges Fight for Freedom Effort of Niseis"; "Deny San Jose Report of Evacuees Returning"; "On the Other Hand"; "Seven Guilty One Released by Court"; "Return Engagement"; "'Soon Return in Droves'"; "3 Discharged Soldiers Will Return 'Home'"; "5 From Hunt …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 19 (ddr-densho-156-237)
Article titles: "Letters to Editors"; "Relocation Goes On"; "County Delays Decision on Jap Importation"; "Stay on Fundamentals"; "Jap Farm Labor Available Soon"; "Tillman Tells How Jap Labor is Obtained"; "Carson Attends Session on Beet Labor Problem"; "Japanese Convicted of Murdering Wife is Denied New Trial"; "Few Axis Aliens in Custody"; "Idaho's Third Largest Community Will be …
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An Oral History with Woodrow Odanaka (ddr-csujad-29-14)
Impressions of a Nisei concerning pre-World War II family produce business in Los Angeles, California; removal to Santa Anita Assembly Center in California, and the Granada incarceration camp in Colorado; wartime college experiences in Minnesota; and Army military intelligence duties in the Philippines and occupied Japan. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral …