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469 items
Narrator Margaret Junko Morita Hiratsuka
Nisei female. Born July 22, 1928, in Seattle, Washington. Father ran a prominent hotel which was frequently patronized by visiting Japanese dignitaries. Father was picked up by the FBI on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, moved to …
Narrator Amy Tsugawa
Nisei female. Born and raised in Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI. The rest of the family was removed to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, to be reunited with father. After leaving camp, moved with family to Japan before eventually returning to …
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Mas Akiyama Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-188-17)
Memories of Isseis' arrest by FBI during a wedding on December 7, 1941
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 18 (November 6, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-43)
Selected article titles: "Position of Nisei Battalion In Italy 'Most Advanced' of U.S. Fifth Army, Says Lardner" (p. 1), "Troops Impose Martial Law On Tule Segregation Center. Army Intervenes As Newell Residents Defy Civil Authority; Report Twenty Persons Injured" (p. 1), "FBI Frees Nisei Held on Camera Charge" (p. 2), "Set Arguments In Case Testing Evacuee …
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Letter from Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, to Frank Herron Smith, May 31, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-7)
Referencing Clark's May 4, 1945 letter to Harry Truman regarding violence against Japanese Americans on the West Coast, Clark informs Smith that unless a federal law is violated, the FBI can not be involved. See related Letter from Frank Herron Smith to President Harry S. Truman, May 4, 1945. See this object in the California State …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 8 (April 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-188)
Selected article titles: "Draft to Affect Farm Labor Supply in Idaho. Robertson Predicts Evacuee Help Will be Cut 50 Per Cent from 1943" (p. 1), "Two Holdouts Ask Induction" (p. 1), "Citizenship Lost Through Marriage May be Regained" (p. 1), "Dr. Schmoe Backs Relocation Based on Agriculture and Allied Fields" (p. 1), "Official 442nd Song Titled …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 22 (September 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-58)
Selected article titles: "Holland Leaves But Sign-up Continues. Citizens Cautioned to be Patient as Applications Must Go Through FBI" (p. 1), "Federal Storage" (p. 1), "Students Write History" (p. 1), "First Workers' Assembly Held" (p. 1), "Establish New Gov't. Set-up" (p. 1), "Schools Occupy Eighteen Halls" (p. 1), "Lots of Work... No Workers" (p. 1), "WRA …
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Junko Mizuta Interview (ddr-chi-1-6)
Nisei female. Born 1925 in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a laundry business and managed an apartment house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family was removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. While at the assembly center, Junko, a teenager, …
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Rae Takekawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-89)
Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …
Narrator Sachiye Okamoto
Nisei female. Born 1937 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family moved to Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the …
Narrator Miho Shiroishi
Nisei female. Born 1932 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family moved to Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the …
Narrator Toshio Moritsugu
Nisei male. Born April 2, 1925, in Heeia, Hawaii. Grew up in a village called Fish Camp, where father was a fisherman. Witnessed Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Father was picked up and detained by the FBI at the Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. After the war, earned a PhD in chemistry …
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James Sakamoto Interview Segment 6 (ddr-jamsj-2-1-6)
Being questioned by the FBI at school
This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 2 (June 11, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-5)
Selected article titles: "WRA Prepares Eight Relocation Centers" (p. 1), "Masaoka Meets WRA Officials On Relocation" (p. 1), Gen. DeWitt's Edict Detains Nisei Private" (p. 1), "Hundreds Suffer Stomach Aches at Canadian Center" (p. 1), "First Phase of Evacuation Process Completed By Army" (p. 2), "FBI Arrests 364 Aliens During May" (p. 2), "New Legal Threats …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 22 (December 6, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-49)
Selected article titles: "Masaoka Challenges Idaho's Citizens to Repeal Alien Land Law in Talk at IDC Meet" (p. 1), "FBI Hunts for Ex-Gis to Identify Tokyo Rose's Voice" (p. 1), "New Site for National JACL Offices Discussed by Board" (p. 1), "National Campaign Opened To Outlaw Race Restrictions in American Bowling Group" (p. 2), "Three Renunciants …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 8 (September 1, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-35)
Selected article titles: "Report Hawaii Nisei Leaders Oppose Communist Attempt To Infiltrate Democratic Party. Four Persons of Japanese Ancestry Reported Among Seven Territorial Community Party Officials Arrested by FBI in Honolulu" (p. 1), "Masaoka May Request JACL To Lead National Campaign Against Cemetery Race Bans" (p. 1), "Red Tape Slows Program to Expedite Claims Payments" (p. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 10 (March 9, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-10)
Selected article titles: "Lane-Hillings Evacuation Claims Bill Unanimously Passed by House" (p. 1), "Asia Reds keep up discrimination tales" (p. 1), "JACL Asks FBI Hunt 'Lincoln Yamamoto'" (p. 1), "Bob Sakata honored Colorado's young farmer of year" (p. 2), "Oregon governor praises Japanese Americans, say 'no group has better earned' right to citizenship at Snake River …
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Picking the site (ddr-csujad-47-30)
Photograph of the Owens Valley Coordinating Committee picking the site for the Manzanar Incarceration Camp. From left to right: Wallace Howard (FBI), Rex Nicholson (WCCA), Col. McGill (U.S. Army), Ralph P. Merritt (Chairman, Owens Valley Coordinating Committee), Clayton E. Triggs (WCCA), and Col. Kelton (U.S. Army). Caption reads: Picking the site. Title from caption, which was …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 95 (August 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-182)
Selected article titles: "Council Letter Rapped by Myer"; "Rocky Ford Boy is Hero"; "Son Killed in War"; "On the Other Hand"; "Girl Awarded Scholarship"; "'Who Done It? We Got No Dope,' Wails Police"; "Judo Threat Emphasized by San Diego FBI Agent"; "Veterans Fly Home"; "Nisei Asks Probation in Case of False Checks"; "Denver Sergeant"; "High Cost …
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Information Digest No. 41 (ddr-densho-156-399)
Section titles: "Induction of Combat Team Begins"; "Staff Increase Halted"; "Repairs Under Way at Leupp"; "Webster Liaison Officer"; "Agreement With OWI Revised"; "Evacuee Art to be Exhibited"; "Financial Assistance for Evacuees"; "Penalties Limited"; "Applications Sent to FBI"; "Denver Conference Next Week"; "Naval Academy Club Seeks Books"; "Minidoka Fire Crew Organized"; "WPB Approvals to Date"; "1943 Agricultural …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 12 (ddr-densho-156-214)
Article titles: "Seizes 3 Japanese Stores"; "American-Born Jap Wants to Enter War Poster Contest"; "The Chiseler is Here"; "Work Completed on 160 Houses Heart Mountain Project"; "Workers Needed"; "Refuses Farm Jobs to Coast Evacuees"; "Socorro Citizens Vote to Seek Establishment of Internment Camp"; "Evacuated 'Little Tokyo' May be Latin-American Quarter of City"; "If Americans in Japan …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-269)
Article titles: "Mexican Workers Arrive on Coast"; "969 Jap Evacuees Labor on Colorado and Nebraska Crops"; "FBI Searches 20,000 Homes"; "Marriage Was Invalid"; "Japanese Sentenced for Leaving Assembly Center"; "Jap Captives Ask to Join U.S. Airforce"; "Pro Nazis Deserve to Lose U.S. Citizenship"; "Mayor Stewart Raps Sale of Milk to Japs"; "Farm Labor Shortage Magnified by …
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Satoru Ichikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-236)
Nisei male. Born November 2, 1929, in Fresno, California. Moved with family at a young age to Seattle, Washington, where father was the minister of the Seattle Buddhist Temple. Father was arrested by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and removed to various Department of Justice internment camps. The rest of the family was …
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Harriet Sato Masunaga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-389)
Nisei female. Born November 25, 1930, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in the Aala neighborhood of Honolulu before the war, where parents operated a hat cleaning business. Directly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and interned in several camps.
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Grace Sugita Hawley Interview (ddr-densho-1000-246)
Sansei female. Born September 28, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, where parents owned and operated a bakery. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. Family was removed to the mainland in order to reunite with father, and was …