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vh John Kanda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-116)

Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. Following Executive Order 9066, family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, then to Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered as a replacement for the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and trained …

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av Lessons in Loyalty: One American's Internment Camp Experience (ddr-densho-1024-13)

Documentary film that profiles Masaji "Mas" Inoshita, a Nisei who was forcibly removed and incarcerated with his family at the Gila River , Arizona, camp during World War II and who subsequently served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team . Lessons in Loyalty is built around interviews with Inoshita and also includes scenes of him visiting …

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Narrator Mary Kato

Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 23, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, Oregon, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz …

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Narrator Frances Kajita Nishi

Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 24, 1934, in Mosier, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, …

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vh Terry Aratani - Fred Matsumura - Kenneth Okuma - Henry Bruno Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-3)

This interview centers on these individuals' military service during WWII as members of I Company, part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Japanese American fighting unit and one of the most highly decorated military units in U.S. history. During this interview they discuss their experiences training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and fighting in Europe during …

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av Bitter Memories: Tule Lake (ddr-densho-1024-12)

Early film that provides an overview of the wartime forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast produced by the University of California, Berkeley in 1975. Bitter Memory tells the story through narration and interviews with former inmates accompanied by archival footage from Office of War Information/War Relocation Authority (WRA) films and WRA …

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vh Minoru Kiyota Interview (ddr-densho-1000-36)

Kibei male, born October 12, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Raised primarily in San Francisco, California, spending four years in Hiratsuka, Japan. Was incarcerated with his family at Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Refused to sign the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and as a consequence was moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center, California. In Tule, he renounced his U.S. …

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vh Bill Thompson Interview (ddr-densho-1000-90)

Nisei male of Japanese and Scottish descent. Born in Hilo, Hawaii, 1924. Volunteered and served in the all Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Headquarter's Company, Second Battalion's Anti-tank Platoon. Returned to Hawaii following the war where he attended the University of Hawaii, and later worked for the municipal government. Active in the 442nd Veterans Club …

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Collection Katsugo Miho Collection (ddr-densho-1022)

This collection consists of seven interviews conducted by Michiko Kodama Nishimoto and Warren Nishimoto with The Center for Oral History in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

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Collection Kubota Garden Foundation Collection (ddr-densho-354)

The Kubota Garden Foundation Photograph Collection documents the history of Kubota Garden, a commercial nursery and display garden established in 1927 by Fujitaro Kubota and owned by the City of Seattle since 1987. The collection contains photographs of the Garden, the Kubota family, the work of the Kubota Gardening Company, and of the activities of the …

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Collection Klimek Collection (ddr-densho-11)

The Klimek collection, 1998, documents the pilgrimage to the site of the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Photographs depict participants viewing barracks, old foundations from the camp, and Castle Rock and attending a memorial service at Linkville cemetery in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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Collection Frice Family Collection (ddr-densho-257)

The Frice Family Collection consists of two documents. One is the Granada (Amache) Directory, a listing of all the incarcerees, staff members, and organizations in camp. And the other is a marriage scroll for Baba Nobuzo and Miye Kato.

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Collection Ichikawa Family Collection (ddr-densho-258)

The Ichikawa Family Collection contains a photograph album with approximately 200 pictures of the Ichikawa family and their communities in Oregon (c.1935-1942) and Anderson Dam, ID (1945-c.1960). Added to the collection in 2018, a booklet written by Satoru Ichikawa about his parents' experience during World War II and documents from 1944-1946.

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Collection Yasui Family Collection (ddr-densho-259)

The Yasui Family Collection consists of two photograph albums and 173 additional photographs belonging to Homer Yasui. The photographs document the Yasui family's life in Hood River, Oregon before the outbreak of World War II.

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Collection Yanagihara Collection (ddr-densho-26)

The Yanagihara collection contains materials from the pre-War, War, and post-War years. The pre-War photographs show life for the Yanagihara family. The Wartime photographs show life at Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt Idaho. The post-War photographs include events such as the redress movement and the memorial to Japanese American soldiers at the Nisei Veterans Hall in …

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Collection Uchida Collection (ddr-densho-27)

The Uchida collection consists of one photograph of matsutake (pine mushroom) hunting, a popular pastime for Japanese Americans both before and after World War II.

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Collection Tsuchida Family Collection (ddr-densho-271)

The Tsuchida Family Collection consists of documents related to Kiwamu Tsuchida's time in the United States army.

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Collection Shyoko Hiraga Collection (ddr-densho-273)

The Shyoko Hiraga Collection consists photographs, postcards, and portraits related to the Hiraga family.

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Collection Shosuke Sasaki Collection (ddr-densho-274)

This collection consists of documents from the personal collection of Mr. Shosuke Sasaki, an Issei who immigrated to the U.S. in 1919. During World War II he was incarcerated in Minidoka, Idaho, and later worked for Standard & Poor's financial institution for many years. His papers document his work with Minidoka's Welfare Department, as well as …

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Collection Frances Haglund Collection (ddr-densho-275)

The Frances Haglund Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings and other miscellaneous documents about Frances Haglund's time as a teacher at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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Collection White River Valley JACL Chapter Collection (ddr-densho-277)

The White River Valley JACL Chapter Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and other miscellaneous ephemera documenting the chapter's history.

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Collection Kyota Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-278)

The Kyota Watanabe Collection consists of one photograph album, photographic prints, and documents related to the Watanabe family's life in Seattle, Washington and in Japan.

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Collection Akizuki Collection (ddr-densho-28)

This Akizuki collection, 1920s-1940s, documents some locations in Bellevue, Washington, and includes one photo of Seattle's Public Market in the 1920s.

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Collection Hamanaka Family Collection (ddr-densho-280)

The Hamanaka Family Collection is comprised of documents, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from the life of Joe Hamanaka. Materials include clippings of Joe's writing in Broadway High School's student newspaper, wartime materials, as well as JACL's 17th Biennial National convention materials.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-280/

Collection War Relocation Authority Documents Collection (ddr-densho-282)

The Government Documents collection is comprised of reports and studies published by the War Relocation Authority. The bulk of the items are focused on the lives and treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282/

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