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![James Nishimura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-33-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5f/04/5f041eb5925b39058f10d769635dc661.jpg)
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James Nishimura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-33-11)
Leaving camp to attend school in Eden, Idaho
![Japs to Make Eden in Idaho (April 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-773)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/61/99/6199002ae3f22bd08a484e6de299554a.jpg)
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Japs to Make Eden in Idaho (April 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-773)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 26, 1942, p. 10
![Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-426)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/21/c2/21c2ff42af1d2fd61e51005660f4fd8a.jpg)
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Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-426)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. The baggage, belonging to evacuees who have just arrived from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to their barrack apartments.
![Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-81)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b1/81/b1811c9d720f63750ed7aa3a1f0c7651.jpg)
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-81)
Excerpt: "I think I wrote to you on the weekend that Joe was away. Elmer took Evelyn and me to dinner in Jerome and supper in Eden that day." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
![Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/89/87/8987f76da3b7b6ca3f2aa60ee1efbdf1.jpg)
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Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority Center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp shows partially completed barracks.
![Japanese Americans arriving by train (ddr-densho-37-824)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/13/02/1302e340ce02d0f5e7df5cbc4e29f29f.jpg)
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Japanese Americans arriving by train (ddr-densho-37-824)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A train bringing approximately six hundred evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington. Buses, used to transport these people to the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center, are waiting at the siding.
![North Portland Evacuazette Vol. I No. 24 (August 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-120-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/11/e6/11e69fa7e6c5a7b09b13cc315beb1e82.jpg)
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North Portland Evacuazette Vol. I No. 24 (August 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-120-18)
Selected article titles: "Puyallup Leaves for Eden, Idaho" (p. 1), "Candidates May Soon File for Positions. Panel of 21 to be Elected" (p. 1), "600 Families Served by Welfare Dept." (p. 1), "Beauty Parlor Now Opened" (p. 3).
![Camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-425)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1c/04/1c040423c359df41a7ab7f2ef95c0350.jpg)
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Camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-425)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. Gereald, 5, David, 6 and Chester Sakura, Jr., 1 1/2 brothers. These little evacuees, along with 600 others from the Puyallup assembly center, have just arrived here and will spend the duration at the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center.
![James Nishimura Interview (ddr-manz-1-33)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5f/04/5f041eb5925b39058f10d769635dc661.jpg)
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James Nishimura Interview (ddr-manz-1-33)
Nisei male. Born February 6, 1930, in Seattle, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in camp, was allowed to leave to attend high school for one year in the nearby town of Eden, Idaho. After leaving camp, Mr. Nishimura moved to …
![Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 18 (ddr-densho-156-236)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f3/7d/f37dba8089d18f8e86725d5918006faa.jpg)
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Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 18 (ddr-densho-156-236)
Article titles: "Labor Shortage Problem is Met"; "Labor Leaves State Mines"; "Newport Issues Statement on Japanese Labor"; "Traffic Congestion Reported at Eden"; "Smith Okays Plans to Employ Japs"; "Sacramento Japanese Evacuee is Arrested in Idaho"; "Price Considers Labor Camp"; "Governor Okehs Recruiting of 2,200 Jap Field Hands"; "Civic Clubs Flay Jap Land Buying."
![View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-890)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5f/2e/5f2e312ce2a75e66ad078c6bbc46ee43.jpg)
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View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-890)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. Beans are growing in the foreground."
![Incarcerees transferring from trains to buses on their way to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-889)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2b/b2/2bb2149622df328762f16f063a3ecfc5.jpg)
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Incarcerees transferring from trains to buses on their way to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-889)
WRA caption on reverse: "This evacuee has just arrived by train with 600 others from the Puyallup assembly center and is boarding one of the waiting buses for the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center."
![View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-891)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/58/1c/581c75b3689a3a96e6eaeead8bb35930.jpg)
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View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-891)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. Beans are growing in the foreground."
![View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-892)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ad/9d/ad9d6080b53456260ab9b4dfff6c151d.jpg)
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View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-892)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. Beans are growing in the foreground."
![A woman boarding a bus to go to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-888)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d6/8e/d68eb6031b643ee865cf777ce8d801d3.jpg)
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A woman boarding a bus to go to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-888)
WRA caption on reverse: "This evacuee has just arrived by train with 600 others from the Puyallup assembly center and is boarding one of the waiting buses for the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center."
![View of a wheat farm (ddr-fom-1-893)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1f/f6/1ff6534f118be16aeadf2cebdc564523.jpg)
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View of a wheat farm (ddr-fom-1-893)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a wheat farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese descent."
![Dillon S. Myer's National Broadcasting Company network address (ddr-densho-381-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d6/6d/d66d10d0bd030f40e47714c735c17f88.jpg)
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Dillon S. Myer's National Broadcasting Company network address (ddr-densho-381-7)
An advance release copy of Dillon S. Myer's address over the National Broadcasting Company network about the loyalty of Japanese-Americans incarcerated in concentration camps and their living conditions.
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Narrator James Nishimura
Nisei male. Born February 6, 1930, in Seattle, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in camp, was allowed to leave to attend high school for one year in the nearby town of Eden, Idaho. After leaving camp, Mr. Nishimura moved to …