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Miwa family portrait (ddr-densho-475-246)
img Miwa family portrait (ddr-densho-475-246)
Colorized photo of the Miwa family. Back row, left to right: Frank Hidenobu Miwa and Masaru Harry Miwa. Front row, left to right: Tama Miwa, Nobukichi Miwa, and Yoshiko Mae (Miwa) Higaki. (negative: object ddr-densho-475-107)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-246/
Memo regarding sewing project (ddr-densho-356-902)
doc Memo regarding sewing project (ddr-densho-356-902)
Memo from Samuel Gordon to John J. O. Moore regarding the sewing project status, employment and requests to review employee's requests to work from home. Item stapled together with ddr-densho-356-887, 890, 902, 906 and 907.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-902/
Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-114-4)
vh Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-114-4)

This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizen League in collaboration with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-114-4/
Mitsue Matsui Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1008-3-1)
vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1008-3-1)
Description of siblings

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-1008-3-1/
George S. Matsui Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-2-18)
vh George S. Matsui Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-2-18)
Family's wartime experiences

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-1008-2-18/
George S. Matsui Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1008-2-14)
vh George S. Matsui Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1008-2-14)
Receiving Bronze Star

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-1008-2-14/
George S. Matsui Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1008-2-24)
vh George S. Matsui Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1008-2-24)
Siblings in Japan

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-1008-2-24/
George S. Matsui Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1008-2-22)
vh George S. Matsui Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1008-2-22)
Description of children

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-1008-2-22/
George Koshi Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1008-1-1)
vh George Koshi Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1008-1-1)
Description of siblings

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-1008-1-1/
Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1008-4-17)
vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1008-4-17)
Receiving a promotion

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-1008-4-17/
Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1008-4-22)
vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1008-4-22)
Reuniting with parents

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-1008-4-22/
Kash: The Legend and Legacy of Shiro Kashino (ddr-densho-1024-11)
av Kash: The Legend and Legacy of Shiro Kashino (ddr-densho-1024-11)
Feature length documentary film by Vince Matsudaira that tells the story of Shiro "Kash" Kashino (1922–97), a decorated combat veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team , whose legacy had been tarnished by a court-martial stemming from a fight while in France. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Kash: The Legend and Legacy …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-11/
Words, Weavings, and Songs (ddr-densho-1024-93)
av Words, Weavings, and Songs (ddr-densho-1024-93)
2002 documentary film profiling three Nisei women who drew on their experiences as teenagers in American concentration camps to pursue different types of creative expression both in camp and afterwards. The three artists featured are writer, playwright, and painter Wakako Yamauchi , weaver Momo Nagano, and singer Mary Nomura. See this item in the Densho Resource …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-93/
Children of the Camps (ddr-densho-1024-53)
av Children of the Camps (ddr-densho-1024-53)
Documentary film that explores the long term impact of the wartime incarceration on those who were children at the time. Much of the film documents a three-day workshop that brings together former child inmates for co-counseling sessions in which they discuss often repressed memories of the incarceration and its aftermath. See this item in the Densho …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-53/
Fort Sill Protest (ddr-densho-1024-3)
av Fort Sill Protest (ddr-densho-1024-3)
A coalition of progressive organizations, including Tsuru For Solidarity, American Indian Movement, Black Lives Matter and Brown Berets protest the holding of immigrants and refugees at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and expose its history as a prison for people of color. See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-3.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-3/
Interview with Harry Akune, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1601)
av Interview with Harry Akune, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1601)
Akune discusses his decision to volunteer, his brothers in the Japanese army, his reaction to Pearl Harbor, the Japanese occupation in Manchuria, his time in language school, his family after the war, meeting his wife, his time in Chicago, and his translation work in the army in Brisbane. Video starts at 0:30. Loni Ding can be …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1601/
Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1747)
av Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1747)
Gary discusses the legal efforts to reverse the charges of the DB Boys, his role in the hearings, and the reasons it took so long for the DB Boys to pursue legal action. Grace discusses why she buried her husband in Japan. Video starts at 0:51. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1747/
Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1714)
av Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1714)
Nozawa discusses the mistreatment of the Nisei during Roosevelt's visit to Fort Riley, a complaint he wrote to John J. McCloy afterwards, being punished for writing the letter without permission, the differences between Kibei and US-educated Nisei, growing up in Japan, being drafted while in Santa Monica, and being court martialed. Loni Ding can be heard …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1714/
Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1788)
av Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1788)
Burden discusses the diaries collected from Japanese soldiers, translating the souvenirs American soldiers collected, Nisei soldiers attempting to get Japanese citizens and soldiers to surrender, and speaking to Japanese prisoners of war. Kihara discusses the efforts of Nisei on Saipan/Iwo Jima/Okinawa to rescue Japanese citizens and soldiers. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1788/
Chaplain Hiro Higuchi interviewed by Eric Saul, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1763)
av Chaplain Hiro Higuchi interviewed by Eric Saul, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1763)
Higuchi discusses his relationship with the soldiers of the 442nd, the effect the war had on soldiers, retiring from the army, assisting a woman who had been raped (partially retold by Saul), and going into battle. Saul declares the interview over at 11:20, but the tape continues (may be out of order). This interview was not …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1763/
San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 9 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1630)
av San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 9 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1630)
Sansei lawyers Karen Kai and Dale Minami discuss whether they think justice was done in the Korematsu case and what justice would look like. Video starts at 1:01. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Interview ends at 9:53. Rest of tape is footage of Karen and Dale listening to Loni read legislation …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1630/
Interview with Barry Saiki, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1704)
av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1704)
Saiki discusses being relocated to the Rohwer camp, working as editor for the Rohwer Outpost newspaper, the social stigma around his Caucasian friends visiting in camp, his friend Elizabeth Homberger (sp?) and the work she did for the Nisei during the war, the reactions to military recruiters at Rohwer, and his reasons for not volunteering for …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1704/
Interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 5 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1802)
av Interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 5 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1802)
From left to right: Minerich, Nomiyama, Kataoka, Hayakawa. Kataoka and Hayakawa discuss why they refused to serve. Kataoka discusses why he had little faith that justice would be done and the change in attitudes towards Japanese Americans since the war. Nomiyama discusses why he refused to fight. Interview starts at 0:27. Loni Ding can be heard …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1802/
Interview with Manny Goldberg, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1562)
av Interview with Manny Goldberg, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1562)
Goldberg discusses his service on Iwo Jima and Saipan, his work with Nisei, his education at New York University and the University of Michigan, his time at the MISLS, his thoughts on evacuation/internment and the difference in treatment of white and Nisei students at the MISLS. Video starts at 0:36. Loni Ding can be heard asking …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1562/
Interview with Moose (John) Fujikawa, part 4 of 4; interview with Yosh Nakayama, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1585)
av Interview with Moose (John) Fujikawa, part 4 of 4; interview with Yosh Nakayama, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1585)
Fujikawa discusses what his children know of the war and the birth of his children. Nakayama discusses how he learned how to speak Japanese and tells the story of an instructor of his who did not understand why a Nisei would not speak fluent Japanese. Video starts at 0:36. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1585/
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