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Ehren Watada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-200)
vh Ehren Watada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-200)
Male of Japanese and Chinese American descent. Born 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Graduated from Hawaii Pacific University in 2003, and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Received his officer's commission, and served in Korea in 2004 and 2005. While stationed in Fort Lewis, Washington, in 2006, asked for permission to resign his commission based on his understanding …
Dorothy Almojuela Interview (ddr-densho-1001-29)
vh Dorothy Almojuela Interview (ddr-densho-1001-29)
Female of Suquamish and Filipino descent. Born January 25, 1918. Grew up on the Squamish Reservation near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Moved to Bainbridge Island to work on the strawberry farms in 1942, and married and raised a family there.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, …

Doreen Rapada Interview (ddr-densho-1001-28)
vh Doreen Rapada Interview (ddr-densho-1001-28)
Female of First Squamish Nation and Filipino descent. Born August 3, 1943, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, where parents worked as strawberry farmers and were prominent members of the Filipino American community on the island.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National …

Angela Berry Interview (ddr-densho-1001-30)
vh Angela Berry Interview (ddr-densho-1001-30)
Female of Filipino American descent. Born in 1979 in Seattle, Washington, but grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Granddaughter of Felix Narte, one of the well-known Filipino men on Bainbridge Island who worked for the Japanese American strawberry farmers.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National …

Taketo Omoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-12)
vh Taketo Omoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-12)
Nisei male. Born September 20, 1917, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Drafted into the army in 1941 prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After World War II, started a wholesale greenhouse business.
Zen Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1001-15)
vh Zen Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1001-15)
Nisei male. Born July 5, 1924, in Seattle, Washington, but raised in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Lived in Japan for several years, returning to the U.S. just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Moved with family to Moses Lake, Washington, as part of "voluntary evacuation." Drafted into the army and served with the Military …
Clipping:
img Clipping: "Junior Hi-Y" (ddr-densho-483-502)
Clipping of article summarizing opening of a new Junior High-Y serving the Beacon Hill, Mt. Baker, and Rainier Beach neighborhoods.
Photograph and article regarding Zentaro Kosaka (ddr-njpa-4-499)
img Photograph and article regarding Zentaro Kosaka (ddr-njpa-4-499)
Article title: "Kosaka Here; Says Japan Will Welcome Ike If He Visits; Backs Him on U.N."; Photo caption: "JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER HERE: Zentaro Kosaka (left), foreign minister of Japan, and Mrs. Kosaka are shown at the airport when they arrived by Pan American Airways last night for a one-day stopover enroute home from an official trip …
Eddie Peabody playing guitar at a carnival (ddr-njpa-1-1153)
img Eddie Peabody playing guitar at a carnival (ddr-njpa-1-1153)
Caption on reverse: "Carnival stars relax at mochizuki: Eddie Peabody, the 'Banjo King,' plays guitar for a change while carnival and movie stars look on with keen interest. Photo was taken at a press and radio party for the stars at the Mochizuki tea garden last evening. Left to right: Shirley Yoshiko Yamaguchi (Rikoran), Jacqueline Fontaine, …
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