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img [Makoto Okine] (ddr-csujad-5-341)

A photograph of Makoto Okine in the U.S. military uniform. A photograph from "Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album" (csudh_oki_0300), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_08_011_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-341/

doc Letter from W.W. Lessing, Relocation Officer, War Relocation Authority, to Mrs. George H. Nakamura, November 25, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2450)

Correspondence from W.W. Lessing to Dorothy Nakamura regarding grants for former incarcerees returning to their former homes after World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2556

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2450/

doc Letter from Paul W. Suddes, Administrator for Redress, to recipient, December 31, 1992 (ddr-csujad-55-2380)

Correspondence from Paul Suddes to Dorothy Nakamura regarding her eligibility for redress payments under the Civil Liberties Act amendments of 1992. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2486

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2380/

doc Evacuee property report (ddr-csujad-55-2431)

Receiving record for the personal property of George Hideo and Dorothy Nakamura. Covers items transported from Marysville, California to Chicago, Illinois. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2537

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2431/

img Obon Festival- Mayoral speech (ddr-one-1-254)

Black and white photographic negative of Portland Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee speaking at Obon. Playing the taiko drum is Henry Matsunaga. Behind the drum is Tom Shigeto Tamiyasu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.

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Narrator Dorothy Michiko Ishimatsu

Nisei female. Born June 17, 1927, in Mayfield, California. Grew up in the Mountain View area, where family ran a berry farm. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family decided to move to Utah to avoid mass removal. Attended high school in Utah before returning to California to enroll in San Jose State University. Remained in San …

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Narrator Dorothy H. Sato

Nisei female. Born May 24, 1923, in Carlisle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, where parents ran a hotel. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago, Illinois, before returning to Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/757/

img [Farmers' stand] (ddr-csujad-5-310)

Photographed are two Japanese farmers holding boxes of tomatoes at farmers stand. A photograph from "Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album" (csudh_oki_0300), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_08_002_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-310/

img [Nakamura screen printing] (ddr-csujad-56-221)

Dorothy Nakamura works on a screen print in the camp printing shop. Page 7 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-030

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doc Letter from E.R. Fryer, Regional Director, War Relocation Authority, to Mrs. George Nakamura, September 8, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2386)

Correspondence from E.R. Fryer to Dorothy Nakamura regarding the eligibility of Nakamura's mixed-race family to be released from the Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2492

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2386/

doc Letter from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon, July 21, 1991 (ddr-csujad-55-2117)

Correspondence from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon regarding information about Japanese American claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2220

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2117/

img Six girls on stage in costume (ddr-ajah-3-322)

Caption below photo: Senda Kawaiya, Entertainment on stage during the BTOA Obon. July 1954. Backdrop screen painted by Shigeru Yamamoto

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img Group of children at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-271)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s

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doc Clipping titled: Newlyweds Return to Home in Vashon (ddr-densho-316-84)

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doc Conference with Colonel F. H. Miles, O.D. (ddr-densho-1007-1857)

These interviews with Colonel F. H. Miles describe the attack on Pearl Harbor. They were declassified on July 24, 1984.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1857/

doc Letters from Makoto Okine to Seiich, Tomeyo, and Dorothy Ai Okine, February 24, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-135)

Contains two letters written by Makoto Okine, addressing his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, and his sister Dorothy Ai Okine. He writes from Leghorn, Italy, where he is stationed as a U.S. Army solder. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_57_001-003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-135/

doc Request and waiver of non-excluded person, WDC Form PM 7, Dorothy Hart Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2395)

Form for Dorothy Nakamura regarding her status as a "non-excluded person" who is accompanying her Japanese American spouse to an incarceration camp. WDC Form PM 7. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2501

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2395/

img [Japanese American woman] (ddr-csujad-5-331)

Photographed is a Japanese American woman standing in front of a tree and house. A photograph from "Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album," page 2 (csudh_oki_0300). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_08_008_005

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img [Children in pageant] (ddr-csujad-29-203)

Photograph of ten children in a pageant. Photograph inscription: "Camp + Community;" "Ishida;" "Dorothy Crager, Interview O.H. 1347;" "Manzanar Pageant 'America in the Making' 1944 School @ Manzanar." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P145

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img Cosmetology school students (ddr-manz-10-50)

Back row (L to R): Hideko Ohashi, Mary Kakoi, Amy Miyamoto, Sadaye Akemoto, Kazuko Nagai, Hideko Minabe, Tomi Isago, Katie Inouye, Diane Tani, Masako Kurokawa. Middle row (L to R): Lillian Uyemura, Mary Hirabara, Duchess Takeuchi, Dorothy Yamamoto, Riyoko Nakamura, Masako Matsuo, Marian Morita. Front row (L to R): Sets Motoike, Harumi Hino, Aiko Yamashina, Denise …

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img Morita Family outside house (ddr-densho-409-44)

Kashichi Morita standing in the far back center, and unidentified man on the right. From left to right: Paul Hiraoki Morita, Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka, Dorothy Fusaye (Morita) Kaneko, Masano (Sakakiyama) Morita, and unidentified man. Children in front from left to right: Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, Mototsugu Masao Morita Junior, Butch, and …

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doc Letter from Herman P. Goebel, Jr., Captain, Cavalry, Adjutant, to Mrs. George Nakamura, May 1, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2387)

Correspondence from Herman Goebel to Dorothy Nakamura regarding Nakamura's inquiry about the eligibility of her mixed-race family to be released from the Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2493

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2387/

img Kazumasa Sasaki (ddr-csujad-38-41)

A photo of Kazumasa Sasaki in U.S. military uniform. Kazumasa is the husband of George Naohara's cousin, Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 11. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_11_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-41/

img [Mess hall, the Rohwer incarceration camp] (ddr-csujad-5-306)

A photograph of the incarcerees who work for the mess hall in the Rohwer incarceration camp. Includes Makoto Okine. A photograph from "Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album" (csudh_oki_0300), page 12. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_08_012_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-306/

img [Tomeyo Okine] (ddr-csujad-5-321)

A photograph of Tomeyo Okine posing in front of her family's car which was purchased before the forced removal and incarceration. A photograph from "Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album" (csudh_oki_0300), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_08_005_004

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-321/

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