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doc Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)

Acknowledgement of receipt of letter from June 21. Department of Justice has discontinued practice of amending registration records and cannot consider Tsai's request.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-120/

doc Letter from Issei man to his family (ddr-densho-25-67)

After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the FBI under the Department of Justice began arresting aliens of Japanese, German, and Italian ancestry. These aliens, although they had not been charged with specific crimes, were considered "dangerous" by the U.S. government, and were interned in special Justice Department camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-25-67/

doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)

Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-118/

doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)

Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-160/

img Group of Issei men (ddr-ajah-2-923)

Caption below photo: Issei men at Santa Fe, New Mexico Department of Justice Internment Camp / August 1943-February 13, 1944

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doc Letter from Edwin F. Stanton, Deputy Director, Office of Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State, to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-110)

Acknowledgement of receipt of letter to the State Department. US position on Chinese Formosans not determined yet, but safe to assume a sympathetic friendliness attitude. Recommends contacting Department of Justice. Enclosed is Cairo Declaration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-110/

doc Information concerning claim sunder the evacuation claims law (ddr-densho-292-9)

Pamphlet educating Japanese Americans about filing claims to the Department of Justice after the passing of the Japanese American Evacucation Claims Act.

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doc Department of Justice United States Attorney District of Oregon Office Information Record. Page 1 of 2. (ddr-one-5-173)

Photocopy of a declassified record with biographical , health, and arrest information on Keizaburo Koyama.

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-269-17)

Family split up, brothers sent to Department of Justice camps

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vh Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-148-19)

Father sent to Department of Justice camp in Missoula, Montana

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vh Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-248-3)

Older stepbrother's experiences in a Department of Justice internment camp

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doc Memo regarding DeWitt's Final Report (ddr-densho-67-101)

Memo from Edward Ennis to Francis Biddle regarding DeWitt's Final Report. Ennis describes how the War Department tried to keep the report away from the Department of Justice until he saw it by accident. Ennis is protesting the way that DeWitt portrayed the Attorney General and the Justice Department. He suggests that they convince the War …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 255 (November 30, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-470)

Selected article titles: "Aliens Must Comply With Department of Justice Regulations" (p. 1), "More Job Offers Received at Outside Employment Office."

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doc Blank form: Family reunification and memo on release (ddr-densho-356-977)

Blank form to petition for family reunification attached to a memo regarding sponsors for paroled Issei from Department of Justice camps.

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vh Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-210-7)

Considering moving to the Crystal City Department of Justice camp, Texas

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vh Hannah Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-493-4)

Father's internment in a Department of Justice camp during the war

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vh Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1013-7-27)

Being sent to the Santa Fe Department of Justice internment camp

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img Hoshidan members leaving Tule Lake (ddr-densho-37-197)

Original WRA caption: The 25 laydown strikers march to the special Department of Justice train to go to Santa Fe Internment Camp.

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doc Letter regarding release from Seabrook Farms (ddr-densho-254-4)

Letter from the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Services informing Senichiro Takeda that he is released to the custody of Wayne M. Collins.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-254-4/

img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-37-158)

Original WRA caption: Border Patrolmen, under the direction of the Department of Justice, inspect the baggage of women going to Crystal City, Tex. Internment Camp.

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Collection ManyMountains.org Collection (ddr-densho-116)

The ManyMountains.org collection features a single photograph of a poetry group from the Santa Fe Department of Justice internment camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-116/

doc Department of Justice files related to hearing about property claim (ddr-densho-437-26)

Briefs and correspondence related to the outcome of the hearing concerning claim for James Seigo Miwa's property

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doc Letter from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding renunciation status (ddr-densho-164-139)

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img Japanese school at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1520)

Color photograph depicting the Japanese school and bridge in the background and a boy playing near a stream in the foreground at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 144. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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img Post office at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1519)

Color photograph of the post office building at the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 144. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1521

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1519/

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