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img Soldiers and families (ddr-densho-37-526)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Blue Star Mothers and wives and visiting soldiers.

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doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1211)

Phil Okano writes to his wife, Alice Okano, concerning his travel from Caldwell, Idaho to Colorado .

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1211/

vh Bob Fuchigami Interview (ddr-manz-1-28)

Nisei male. Born May 15, 1930, in Marysville, California. Family operated a farm prior to World War II. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Remained in Colorado after the war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-28/

img Colorado River Relocation Center road sign (ddr-densho-475-341)

Black and white photograph of a sign on a road that reads: "Colorado River Relocation Center 17 Poston"

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doc Newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-338-138)

Newspaper clipping annoucing Guyo Tajiri being named Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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img Coal loading operation (ddr-densho-37-508)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Coal loading machine in operation at Granada Relocation Center.

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img Meal in a mess hall (ddr-densho-37-525)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. A group of residents loll over their evening meal.

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img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-522)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Typical scene of barracks construction with the prefabricated section

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img Two men sitting outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-432)

Caption below photo: Mr. Kozono, Yoyoji "Harry" Ikeda of Alameda, CA. Amache, Colorado incarceration camp, September 1944

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 27 (February 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-140)

Selected article titles: "Revised Labor 'Cut' Shows Excess of 207" (p. 1), "Colorado and Japanese Ban" (p. 2), "Exhaust Pipe Starts Freak Fire" (p. 3), "West Coast Mayors Protest Against Return of Evacuees" (p. 3), "Colorado Legislature to Draft Ban on Japanese Land Owners" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-140/

doc Envelope from George Kida to Mr and Mrs Jim Wood (ddr-one-3-1)

Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wood of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, from George Kida in Nyssa, Oregon.

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img Boy Scout Headquarters (ddr-densho-37-773)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. "Amache District Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America, Granada Relocation Center."

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img Girl weeding in school victory garden (ddr-densho-37-520)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Fourth grade girl--Diane Wallace--weeding the school victory garden.

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doc Short term leave permit (ddr-densho-356-820)

Short term leave permit for Yuriko Domoto to visit Denver, Colorado to escort patients to receive medical care.

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img Eiko Shinsako at Amache WRA Oct. 1944 (ddr-densho-470-3)

Inscription on front. Inscription on back of photo: 10/1944 at Granada (W.R.A.) Colorado. Date in Japanese on back

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doc Granada Christian Church News Temporary Edition (November 1, 1941) (ddr-densho-147-307)

Selected article titles: "Granada Christian Church Set-Up" (p. 1), "Colorado Church Council Visits the Granada Center" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-307/

img High school class (ddr-densho-37-511)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Leo W. Kraus instructing high school class in properties of wood.

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img Funeral (ddr-densho-356-57)

Large group photograph of a funeral, likely Kanetero Domoto's. Inscribed on the back: "Service November 4, 1943 Amache, Colorado."

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doc Routing and schedule (ddr-csujad-55-2357)

Spokane Air Technical Service Command routing and schedule for George Hideo Nakamura from Spokane, Washington to Colorado Springs, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2463

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2357/

img Japanese Americans filling straw mattresses (ddr-densho-37-404)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Filling straw ticks for mattresses at Colorado River Relocation center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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vh Chizuko Omori Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-336)

Nisei female. Born 1930 in Oxnard, California. Family resided in Oceanside, California, when World War II broke out. Removed with family to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Los Angeles. Along with sister, produced the award-winning documentary Rabbit in the Moon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-336/

vh Chizuko Omori Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-323)

Nisei female. Born 1930 in Oxnard, California. Family resided in Oceanside, California, when World War II broke out. Removed with family to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Los Angeles. Along with sister, produced the award-winning documentary Rabbit in the Moon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-323/

doc Granada Christian Church News Vol. I No. 2 (November 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-147-308)

Selected article titles: "Thought for Today" (p. 1), "Future Programs" (p. 2), "Nisei Ministers at Colorado Church Council Meeting" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-308/

doc Letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) (ddr-janm-1-95)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-95/

img Schoolchildren landscaping in front of school building (ddr-densho-37-515)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. View showing Elementary children landscaping the grounds in front of their barracks school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-515/

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