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![Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. S. Okine, September 2, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-158)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1b/6a/1b6acc5f27336c8e848982d52dd92e7a.jpg)
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Suiun Komuro at Tokyo Station with wife and daughters (ddr-njpa-4-497)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Komuro returns. The painter Komuro came back to Japan from Europe by the ship Asama Maru at 10 a.m. on July 9th. The ship entered Yokohama port, then he took a train from there, arriving in Tokyo Station at 10 p.m. The photo is Mr. Komura with his wife and daughters, who …
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Cordell Hull giving a speech (ddr-njpa-1-696)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Mr. Hull Gives Statement on Military Expansion. (Washington) Domei. In a broadcast to all of America and Europe on March 17, Secretary of State Hull stated his firm resolve at the National Press Club that, given the tense circumstances of times like these, America cannot remain aloof and that military expansion was …
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Taira Fukushima Interview (ddr-manz-1-124)
Nisei male. Born February 8, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where father did custodial work. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Finished high school at Manzanar, and left camp to attend Drake college in Des Moines, Iowa. Drafted into the military and served as a medic …
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Politicians on the steps of Parliament (ddr-njpa-1-920)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Paris) Rengo. British Prime Minister MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Simon, who have stopped in Paris on their way to the Lausanne Conference, jovially appealed to the French and other peoples of Europe via a broadcast after finishing important meetings with French Prime Minister Herriot and others. Photograph (from right): Foreign Secretary Simon, …
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Galeazzo Ciano hunting with Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski and Jozef Beck (ddr-njpa-1-49)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Poland at a Crossroads. (Warsaw) Domei. With the increasing division of the nations of Europe into two large blocs, the actions of Poland have been drawing notice recently. Italian Foreign Minister Ciano visited Poland on February 25, where he met with influential figures. Photograph: (from left) Count Ciano, Polish Ambassador to Italy …
Narrator Terry Aratani
Nisei male. During World War II, served with I Company, part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Japanese American fighting unit and one of the most highly decorated military units in U.S. history. During his interview he discusses his experiences training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and fighting in Europe during such battles as the battle …
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Western Union telegraph from Makoto Okine to S. Okine. August 20, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-157)
A Western Union telegram from Makoto Okine to his father Seiichi Okine in Whittier, California. It notifies of Makoto's arrival to Beale Air Force Base, California from Europe where he has been stationed as a Nisei soldier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_07_001
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Two women walking down stairs (ddr-ajah-6-535)
Caption below photo: Mrs. Teshima (left) and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items that Itahara may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika flag. Teshima and Itahara …
Narrator Ed Yoshikawa
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1925, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Michigan. Drafted into the military and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. After military discharge, moved to …
Narrator Taira Fukushima
Nisei male. Born February 8, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where father did custodial work. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Finished high school at Manzanar, and left camp to attend Drake college in Des Moines, Iowa. Drafted into the military and served as a medic …
Narrator Kenneth Okuma
Nisei male. Born September 19, 1917, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. During World War II, served with I Company, part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Japanese American fighting unit and one of the most highly decorated military units in U.S. history. During his interview he discusses his experiences training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and fighting in …
Narrator Yosh Nakamura
Nisei male. Born June 30, 1925, in Rosemead, California. Grew up in the Rosemead area. During World War II, removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Des Moines, Iowa, for a time before being drafted into the military. Served in Europe with the 442nd …
Narrator Kenji J. Yaguchi
Nisei male. Born December 22, 1922, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in the nearby town of Fife, Washington, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Was drafted into the military and served with the Combat Engineer Company of the 442nd Regimental Combat …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 15 (October 13, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-41)
Selected article titles: "Washington Official Reveals Some Tule Lake Segregees Seek to Regain Citizenship" (p. 1), "5333 Casualties Sustained By Nisei Units in Europe" (p. 1), "Letters to ACLU Say Tule Nisei Renounced Citizenship Privileges Under Duress" (p. 2), "Army Control Removed at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 2), "Disclose Many Nisei Caught By War in Japan …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 4 (January 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-94)
Selected article titles: "11 Teams Enter NAU Basketball Games Circuit"; "PFC Winston Nakagawa Wounded in Europe"; "On the Other Hand"; "Nayes Stand Out"; "4-F Men Stream Into War Work"; "Chicagoans Ponder 'Returning Home'"; "Operate Tule"; "Position of 200,000 Japanese in Brazil Explained by Rockefeller"; "Fair Play Committee Will Call Conference"; "In Des Moines"; "Want Ads Today"; …
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Nisei veterans and spouses group photograph (ddr-densho-325-108)
Eighteen Nisei veterans and their spouses met for a reunion on April 7, 1995. These eighteen men had all been stationed at Camp Grant, Illinois in 1941-1942. From there the group separated some attending combat infantry training at Camp Blanding, Florida and then to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe and others like Sumito Horiuchi …
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Nisei veterans news (ddr-densho-325-109)
Eighteen Nisei veterans and their spouses met for a reunion on April 7, 1995. These eighteen men had all been stationed at Camp Grant, Illinois in 1941-1942. From there the group separated some attending combat infantry training at Camp Blanding, Florida and then to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe and others like Sumito Horiuchi …
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Engelbert Dollfuss's children in a horse drawn carriage (ddr-njpa-1-211)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "As Expected of Chancellor Dollfuss' Son and Daughter. (Vienna) Rengo. The children of Chancellor Dollfuss, who, although known as the 'pocket' chancellor, is standing up to the great countries of Europe with grim determination for the sake of his homeland, the Austrian Federation, and continuing his furious hard work, have inherited their …
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Masao Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-103)
Nisei male. Born December 10, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up near the Nihonmachi area of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In 1943, volunteered for the army while in camp. Served in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company. Returned to Seattle after the war and …
Narrator Masao Watanabe
Nisei male. Born December 10, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up near the Nihonmachi area of Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In 1943, volunteered for the army while in camp. Served in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company. Returned to Seattle after the war and …
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Soldiers reading a newspaper on V-J Day (ddr-densho-22-75)
Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …
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522nd Field Artillery Battalion sign in Donauworth (ddr-densho-22-74)
Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …
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552nd Field Artillery Battalion Charlie Btry sign (ddr-densho-22-76)
Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …
![Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. S. Okine, September 2, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-158)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7e/76/7e7684973f215935776755f9a1ed5f4f.jpg)
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Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. S. Okine, September 2, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-158)
A letter from Ayame Okine in Chicago, Illinois to her parents-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She congratulates on Makoto Okine's returning home from Europe. She also writes about her next plan moving back to California with her husband, Masao, once he returns from Japan to Chicago. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4377 (October 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-88)
Selected article titles: "The Open Forum: Returning Remaining Evacuees to Normal Life is Heroic Task"; "N.H. Ministers Welcome Resettlers"; "An Essay: Democracy's Wasteland"; "Shinto-Masunaga Nuptials"; "Col. Singles, Commander, 100th Infantry, to Speak to Nisei Here"; "Nisei Club to Sponsor Benefit Skating Party"; "End of Amache"; "Windows Broken in S.F. Home of Former Denver Nisei"; "Nisei Reenlists …