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av Frank Endo Interview (ddr-densho-400-1)

Frank Endo was born in Wilmington, California, on April 20,1923, and grew up on Terminal Island, California. He taught gymnastics at Santa Anita, California, Race Track and at the concentration camp in Amache, Colorado, where he was imprisoned. Endo worked in Chicago during WWII and served in the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Service. He participated in …

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img Endo family poses in front of their house in Dayton, OH (ddr-densho-379-419)

Frank Aiji Endo and Alice Yuriko Sumida Endo with son Todd in front of their public housing residence.

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img Frank Aiji Endo holding infant son inspecting rattle snake at Rohwer Relocation Center (ddr-densho-379-688)

The caption in the photograph album reads "Rattlesnake". Frank Aiji Endo holding infant son Todd Isao Endo observing rattlesnake.

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img Frank Aiji Endo Family at Santa Anita Assembly Center (ddr-densho-379-659)

The caption on the page of the photograph album is "Santa Anita Sept 1942". Frank Aiji Endo, Alice Yuriko Endo, and Todd Endo at Santa Anita Assembly Center.

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img Men packing boxes at farm in Freeport, Illinois (ddr-densho-379-698)

Men packing boxes at farm in Freeport, Illinois (Frank Endo is second from left).

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img Alice and Frank Endo pose with their reparation checks (ddr-densho-379-446)

Alice and Frank Endo pose with their reparation checks, as compensation for their incarceration in Rohwer Relocation Center.

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doc Letter from Mike Masaoka to Shunichi Murata (ddr-densho-379-225)

On behalf of Alice Yuriko Endo and Frank Aiji Endo, Mike Masaoka explored Shunichi Murata's, (now living in Japan) request for return of his vested property from the Office of Alien Property, Department of Justice.

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img Rohwer men with picked crops (ddr-densho-379-699)

Group photo of men from Rohwer and other locations with picked crops. Frank Aiji Endo on the very left of photo.

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img Friendship circle on the last day of camp (ddr-densho-336-966)

The 1977 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp. Caption on front: "Willie Gong, Josephine Lam, Mike Okagaki, Wendy Hanamura, Jim Endo, Paul Osaki, Frank Suzuki, Kent Kitagawa."

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img WRA Camp office (ddr-densho-379-629)

Frank Aiji Endo is sitting on right side behind the desk. The stamp on the back of the photograph reads "Credit Line War Relocation Authority photo no. 210-G-12E-387 in the National Archives".

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img Couple sitting at a table (ddr-densho-379-485)

Yuri and Aiji Endo at JACL Installation Dance in January 1949. Caption written on the page in the photograph album is "JACL Installation Dance Jan 1949".

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-379-471)

Aiji Endo Family. Written on the page in the photograph album "Cheryl's Birthday Party 1948". It was Cheryl's second birthday party.

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doc Letter from Yuri (Alice) Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-27)

Alice (Yuri) Sumida Endo's letter from underprivileged camp run by St. Barnabas Episcopal Church where she was working as a cook. She mentions that her husband Frank Aiji Endo started work at the McCall's factory in Dayton, Ohio.

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img CGA picnic group photograph (ddr-densho-379-448)

CGA members and their descendants are Japanese Americans who owned grocery stores in Washington, DC after relocating from various relocation centers.

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doc Letter from Aiji Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-15)

First letter from Aiji Endo to his father-in-law, Chimata Sumida, that explains what is going on about evacuation plans. He states that the Parker Dam War Relocation project, in which he had signed up as a draftsman was cancelled by the Army. He had planned to have the family join him, so instead the current plan …

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doc Letter from Yuri (Alice) Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-26)

Alice (Yuri) Sumida Endo's letter two weeks after arriving at the American Friends Hostel describing life in comparison to Rohwer. She mentions that her husband, Frank Aiji Endo, is working at a bindery in Dayton, Ohio, and stays in a YMCA. She discusses the shortage of housing and recommends that no one be released from relocation …

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img Sumida family portrait in front of barracks at Rohwer Relocation Center (ddr-densho-379-399)

The Sumida family (left to right), Chimata Sumida, Masako Sumida, Alice Yuriko Sumida Endo, Grace Sumida, Emmy Sumida Ito, Marshall Sumida, Tetsuro Sumida, Marjorie Yohko Sumida, with Todd Endo in the front.

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img Firemen in front of fire truck at Tule Lake (ddr-csujad-55-2202)

Black and white photograph depicting nine firemen with a fire truck at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right, Chief Chuck Yokota, Masuo Yamamura, Jack Oseto, Minoru Yamamoto, Nobu Sugioka, Noboru Aoki, Captain Matsuo, Engineer Frank Akira Yoshimi, and Assistant Chief George Endo. Not pictured, Soji Akiyama and Yokio Matsumoto. The caption reads: Station …

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img Chimata and Masako Sumida family in front of barracks (ddr-densho-379-663)

The caption on the page of the photograph album is "Rohwer 1942".

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doc Relocation problems and policies (ddr-densho-381-24)

An address delivered by War Relocation Authority Director, Dillon S. Myer, to the Tuesday Evening Club. Myer discusses a variety of topics, including the creation of the War Relocation Authority, managing the camps, and plans for relocation.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 20 (May 19, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-21)

Selected article titles: "Sansei in Calif. divided on integration, FEPC told" (p. 1), "Draft problems in Hawaii minimal, says Col. Oyasato" (p. 1), "Nisei represented on all levels of Livingston area school boards" (p. 1), "Nikkei janitors quit over union" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 5 (February 2, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-5)

Selected article titles: "Jury duty not burdensome but a privilege, Judge Sakuma Notes" (p. 1), "Seattle JACL has niche in meeting needs of a Puget Sound area with eight million" (p. 1), "U.S. empasis in Asia foreseen in future" (p. 1), "Chuman continues to challenge Nisei to fight poverty" (p. 1), "Negro-Japanese story to be told" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 17 (April 28, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-18)

Selected article titles: "Decision on legality of Evacuation still remains" (p. 1), "Utah civil rights citizens aim for equal housing" (p. 1), "Restaurant sued for $100,000 by Sansei teacher" (p. 1), "'Japan's Decision for War' clearly related" (p. 1), "Where's Civil Rights Movement Heading?" (p. 5), "Elimination of poverty in America next goal of human rights …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 7 [4] (July 28, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-31)

Selected article titles: "Japanese in Calif. Outlive Nonorientals: UC Berkeley Study Underway Among 5,000 Issei-Nisei" (p. 1), "Return of Yen Deposits from July 1, 1968, Assured: Three Categories of Claimants to Be Paid Specified in Jones Decision" (p. 1), "Three Days at Tijuana Orphanage Set as PSW District Youth Service Project" (p. 1), "Americanization of Japan's …

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doc S.F. Nisei Mixed League bowling scores (ddr-densho-422-518)

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