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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/
Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-114-21)
vh Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-114-21)
Description of photographs

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-1000-114-21/
Mitsue Matsui Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1008-3-19)
vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1008-3-19)
Reuniting with a barely recognizable brother

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-1008-3-19/
Mitsue Matsui Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1008-3-20)
vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1008-3-20)
Postwar Japan, changes since the war

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-1008-3-20/
George S. Matsui Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1008-2-17)
vh George S. Matsui Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1008-2-17)
Traveling to Japan after the war

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-1008-2-17/
George S. Matsui Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1008-2-6)
vh George S. Matsui Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1008-2-6)
Impressions of Santa Anita Assembly Center

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-1008-2-6/
George Koshi Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1008-1-20)
vh George Koshi Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1008-1-20)
Description of war crimes trial work

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-1008-1-20/
George Koshi Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1008-1-29)
vh George Koshi Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1008-1-29)
Getting married and raising a family

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-1008-1-29/
Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1008-5-4)
vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1008-5-4)
Exposure to other ethnicities through neighbors

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-1008-5-4/
Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-5-18)
vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-5-18)
Being allowed to attend military briefings

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-1008-5-18/
Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1008-4-2)
vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1008-4-2)
Reasons for being taken to 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-1008-4-2/
Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1008-4-23)
vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1008-4-23)
War crimes trials in postwar 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-1008-4-23/
Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1008-4-28)
vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1008-4-28)
Description of destruction in postwar 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-1008-4-28/
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/
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