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img Man in front of Pacific Area at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-475-124)

Black and white negative of a man in front of a building and body of water in the Pacific area at Golden Gate International Exposition. (photographic print: ddr-densho-475-559)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-124/

img Tama Miwa holding a sweater (ddr-densho-475-78)

Black and white negative of Tama Miwa in a dress with a sweater over her arm standing in front of an ivy-covered wooden building. (photographic print: ddr-densho-475-698)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-78/

doc Card from Tomoye to Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-178)

News of other people in camp and their plans, father returning to camp soon, but Martha has work and will stay in Midwest. Continuation of card, obj. ddr-densho-410-177

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-178/

img Outdoor chamber music gathering (ddr-densho-329-835)

A string quartet plays outdoors among trees and boulders while an informal audience reclines to listen. Inverse and slightly closer cropping of the image also seen in ddr-densho-329-723.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-835/

doc Testimony of Tadao Sasaki (ddr-densho-67-292)

Written testimony of Tadao Sasaki. Incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-292/

img Milton's desk (ddr-densho-287-702)

Photograph of a desk with drawings hung up on the walls. Written on the album page below the image is "Where I studied" in black ink. Identical to ddr-densho-287-319.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-702/

img Letter from Robert Ikari to Ted Akimoto (ddr-densho-299-79)

Hand written letter from Robert to Ted. Typed copy is object ddr-densho-299-80. Letter discusses Robert's return to the company, Ted's potential promotion, and Robert's night out at a bar.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-79/

img Man on rock in front of Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-475-559)

Black and white photograph of an unidentified man standing on a rock in a pond in front of the Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Expo. (negative: ddr-densho-475-124)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-559/

img Frank Miwa in a "San Juan" baseball uniform (ddr-densho-475-91)

Black and white negative of Frank Hidenobu Miwa in a baseball cap and uniform that says "San Juan" across the jersey and manji on right sleeve. (photographic print: ddr-densho-475-641)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-91/

img Man standing on scrap wood (ddr-densho-475-565)

Black and white photograph of a man in overalls and newsboy cap standing on a pile of scrap wood and discarded tree trunk in a farm yard. (negative ddr-densho-475-69)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-565/

img Large wedding party (ddr-densho-475-583)

Black and white photograph of group at a Buddhist wedding with bride, groom, wedding party, officiants, and others inside a temple; bride is smiling at the camera. (negative: ddr-densho-475-57)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-583/

vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1008-3-24)

Reflections

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-3-24/

vh George Koshi Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1008-1-32)

Reflections

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-1-32/

av Class '58 (ddr-densho-1024-81)

A class of post-WWII, first generation Japanese American students journey through the trials, discoveries and promise of a burgeoning nation on the move. See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-81.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-81/

av Interview with Yoshio Miwa, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1667)

Miwa, a Japanese national, discusses the end of the war, submitting a protest paper to the occupying Americans, and his role in the Home Ministry during the occupation. Interview conducted mostly in Japanese with the aid of an interpreter. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #1, Yoshio Miwa, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1667/

Balcony conversation between George Kanegai, Yosh Yamada, and Jimmie Matsumura ; interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1605)

av Balcony conversation between George Kanegai, Yosh Yamada, and Jimmie Matsumura ; interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1605)

Matsumura discusses his time teaching at the 4th Army Military Intelligence School in San Francisco, his experience with John Aiso, his trouble with white officers, and being denied the rank he was promised. Interview starts at 3:20. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #32, 7-24-85, J. Matsumura Interview …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1605/

av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1702)

Saiki discusses growing up in Stockton, CA, attending UC Berkeley, Pearl Harbor, the start of evacuation and negative press about Nisei during that time, graduating from Berkeley in 1942, entering Stockton Assembly Center, and the arrest and incarceration of his father. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #41, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1702/

av Interview with Moose (John) Fujikawa, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1583)

Fujikawa discusses working on a sugar beet farm during internment, his decision to volunteer for the army, his relationship with his parents, his service with ATIS in Australia and with the Australian army in the Pacific. Video starts at 0:26. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #10, Fujikawa …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1583/

av Interview with Sen Nishiyama, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1671)

Nishiyama discusses moving to Japan in the 1930s, growing up in Salt Lake City, starting to work in a Japanese research laboratory and obtaining Japanese citizenship, learning Japanese as a child, Japanese attitudes towards Americans, and the end of the war. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #5, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1671/

av Interview with George Nakamura, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1680)

Nakamura discusses leaving camp for language school at Camp Savage, his experience in high school, his first encounter with racism in the South while at Camp Shelby, and his experience with racial discrimination as a child and young adult. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 196, II JA #14, George …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1680/

av Interview with a woman of the Watsonville Issei Singers, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1660)

An Issei woman (not named) discusses incarceration, the future she imagined for her children, her feelings on her sons joining the military, and her feelings towards the US after the war. An interpreter translates her answers into English. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II MON #12, 9-9-85, #12 Issei …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1660/

av Interview with Monroe Sweetland, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1663)

Sweetland discusses meeting and befriending Frank Hachiya during service, Hachiya's death at Leyte, finding Frank's father after the war, arranging for Hachiya's burial in Hood River, and Hachiya's funeral. Video starts at 0:40. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 147, II MON #15, 9-9-85, Monroe interview, how met Frank, time …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1663/

av B-roll and interview with Ray Aka, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1725)

Footage of Ray Aka walking around the Dai Ichi building in Tokyo, the former headquarters of the US military during occupation. Aka discusses the work he did in the building, General MacArthur's occupation policies, and the impact of the occupation. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 232, II JA #64, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1725/

av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1703)

Saiki discusses his mother's reaction to his father's arrest and imprisonment, his time at Stockton Assembly Center, the attitudes of incarcerees at Stockton, the difficulty Nisei faced trying to find jobs at the time, and being relocated to the Rohwer camp. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #42, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1703/

av Interview with John Fujii, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1691)

Fujii, who was born and lives in Japan, discusses growing up in Livingston, CA, realizing he was Japanese as a child, going to college at Pomona, segregation in the schools he attended as a child, and his family's internment during the war. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 202, II …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1691/

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