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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)
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 5 [2] (July 14, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-29)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/80/7b/807ba2b3b14533816d42235e2c0ed435.jpg)
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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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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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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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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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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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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 Mary Kinoshita Ikeda
Nisei female. Born May 18, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seatle, where father wsa the head bellboy at an exclusive club. Attended the Maryknoll Catholic school in Seattle prior to World War II. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While at Minidoka, brother …
![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 …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4317 (May 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-31)
Selected article titles: "Stockton Union Suspended in Ban on Japanese"; "The ILWU and Racism"; "Union Advertisement in Stockton Assails Race Discrimination"; "San Francisco Chronicle: 'Punishment' in Seattle"; "Fresno Terrorism: Two Questioned in Nisei Shootings: Another Incident in Tulare County"; "Supreme Court Case Winner Seeks Job in Windy City"; "Attacks Parley Held"; "3 in Congress Hit 'Propaganda'"; …
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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] …
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Meeting between Leon Noel, Louis Barthou, and Edvard Benes (ddr-njpa-1-995)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "French Foreign Minister Visits Czechoslovakia. (Prague, Czechoslovakia) Rengo. French Foreign Minister Barthou visited the Czechoslovakian capitol of Prague on April 26 where he met with Foreign Minister Benes and various officials, complicating the diplomatic relations of the Central Europe countries and getting on the nerves of the involved countries. Photograph: Foreign Minister …
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Mary Kinoshita Ikeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-510)
Nisei female. Born May 18, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seatle, where father wsa the head bellboy at an exclusive club. Attended the Maryknoll Catholic school in Seattle prior to World War II. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While at Minidoka, brother …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 94 (August 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-30)
Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Military Rites Held for Fallen Soldiers"; "On the Italian Front Note from Somewhere"; "General De Witt Ordered to Europe"; "Smear Campaign is Charged by ACLU"; "Three Sisters Will Go on Treason Trial"; "Revised Draft Program Sighted"; "Planning Program on Way"; "Impressive Rite Slated at Camp"; "Respond to Call and …
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Mineo Osumi receiving flowers at Tokyo Station (ddr-njpa-4-1809)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Envoys Osumi, Isaka and [?] start travels. (Tokyo) 1939 July 18. Admiral Osumi, [?] Isaka, president of Tokyo [?], and [?] began their travels to Europe from Tokyo at 9 a.m. on the 18th. Officials and citizens saw them off. Osumi, a military representative in the Diet and the Minister of the …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 31 (December 31, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-30)
Selected article titles: "Gen. DeWitt Rescinded Curfew Restrictions" (p. 1), "Army Proclamation Abolishes Prohibited Zones, A-2---A-1033. Regulations Affecting Nisei in Restricted Areas Outside of West Coast Withdrawn" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldier Participates In Bombing Raid on Nazi Europe As Gunner on American Plane" (p. 1), "New Mexican Town Opposes Nisei Entry" (p. 1), "Future of Nisei …
![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 5 [2] (July 14, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-29)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8e/bc/8ebc82c0198e7631d152144688b43113.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 5 [2] (July 14, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-29)
Selected article titles: "Career in Intergroup Relations Recommended: Opportunities for Sansei College Student in Government New Open" (p. 1), "Festival queen and court to ride in float for Nisei Week finale" (p. 1), "Vigorous concern of C.L. part of name solicited" (p. 1), "Largest Japanese colony in Europe numbers 915 in Duesseldorf, Germany" (p. 2), "FDR …
Narrator James Yamazaki
Nisei male. Born July 6, 1916. Grew up in the Los Angeles area, where father was a Buddhist minister. Attended medical school before World War II. During the war, served in the U.S. Army as a doctor with the 106th Infantry Division in Europe. Captured during the Battle of the Bulge and was held in several …
Narrator Fred Shiosaki
Nisei male. Born August 23, 1924 in the area of Spokane, Washington, known as Hillyard. Grew up in a multi-ethnic Hillyard area where his parents owned the Hillyard Laundry. When World War II began, was a senior at Rogers High School. Went on to attend Gonzaga University and then volunteered for military service, joining the 442nd …
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Kazuo Yamane Interview (ddr-densho-1007-9)
Nisei male. Born December 8, 1916, in Hawaii. Was already in the army when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served with the Military Intelligence Service as a translator at the Pentagon and in Europe.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. …
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Ernest Uno Interview (ddr-densho-1007-7)
Nisei male. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, with family. Volunteered for the army, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any …
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Kazuo Yamane Interview (ddr-densho-1004-20)
Nisei male. Born December 8, 1916, in Hawaii. Was already in the army when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served with the Military Intelligence Service as a translator at the Pentagon and in Europe.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. …