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Two Lives: The Sadaichi Kubota Story (ddr-densho-1024-122)
Two Nisei soldiers join the 442 and are assigned to the same squad in I Company, 3rd Battalion at Camp Shelby. They fight through Italy and France. Two weeks before the end of the war with Germany, one is killed by a sniper. Sixty years later, the survivor returns to Italy to pay his respects to …
Narrator Art Shibayama
Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work …
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Galeazzo Ciano greeted by Nazi youth (ddr-njpa-1-51)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Overseas Photographic News November 6. Italian Foreign Minister Ciano. (Berlin) Domei. With the European political situation in serious crisis, young Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano, Prime Minister Mussolini's son-in-law, left Rome on October 19 headed to Germany on an important mission. He immediately met with German Foreign Minister von Neurath and …
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George Kazuharu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-481)
Born August 20, 1938, in Lima, Peru. Parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested George's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …
Narrator Norman I. Hirose
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …
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German U-boat hero, Gunther Prien (ddr-njpa-1-544)
Caption on reverse: "German U-boat hero lost: Commander Guenther Prien, who astounded the world in the early months of the war during the latter part of 1939 when he sneaked his submarine into Scapa Flow, base of the British grand fleet north of Scotland, and sank the battleship Royal Oaks, is now considered lost by Germany …
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Carl Spaatz and Henry Arnold speaking to each other (ddr-njpa-1-1832)
Caption on reverse: "U.S. air chiefs in Italy. Lieutenant General Carl A. Spaatz (left) and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the United States Army Air Forces, talk things over during a visit by Gen. Arnold to the Naples sector in Italy following historic Allied conferences in Cairo, Egypt, and Teheran, Iran. Gen. Spaatz, at …
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Farewell party for Rudolf Sieber (ddr-njpa-1-197)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Hollywood) Rengo. Marlene Dietrich, whose unique appearance and decadent voice have rightly caused her to be considered the epitome of a modern actress ever since her debut in Morocco, recently held a grand farewell party for her husband, the famous German movie director Rudolf Sieber, on the occasion of his return to …
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Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview (ddr-densho-1000-149)
Nisei male. Born December 1, 1918, in Kent, Washington. Became interested in music in junior high school, and played in various music groups. Upon graduating from high school, worked for a manufacturing plant, and then volunteered for the army. Separated from unit along with other Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and eventually served …
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Larry R. Pacheco Interview (ddr-densho-1000-397)
White male. Born November 4, 1922, in San Jose, California. Drafted into the military after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, served as a military police guard at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shipped overseas, and was captured in France as a prisoner of war and held in Germany. After completing military service, …
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David Lloyd George cutting cake with a family (ddr-njpa-1-1202)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Lloyd George Celebrates His 70th Birthday. British elder statesman Lloyd George, who served as the prime minister of a coalition government during the World War and made valiant efforts on behalf of his homeland against an unyielding France as the representative of the British Empire at the Versailles Peace Conference against Germany, …
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Newspaper clipping regarding Charles Lindbergh (ddr-njpa-1-834)
Caption on front [translation]: "Person of the Day: Lindbergh. Colonel Charles Lindbergh recently returned to America and his important post at the Department of the Army after spending about three and a half years observing the European air world. He has also stated that 'American air power is inferior to that of Germany.' Lindbergh left his …
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"442nd Combat Team; Go For Broke 1943-1945" (ddr-densho-201-406)
Fifty-three-page booklet. Title on cover: "442nd Combat Team; Go For Broke 1943-1945; Rome; Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley; Germany." Title page: "The Story of the 442nd Combat Team Composed of 442nd Infantry Regiment; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; 232nd Combat Engineer Company...Published by Information - Education Section, MTOUSA [Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army]; Compiled by …
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Art Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-151)
Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work …
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Toraji Onaka seated at a piano (ddr-njpa-4-1687)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) February 11, 1936. The Music Department of the Imperial Court is going to produce Japanese court music which will be played by Western musical instruments. The melody of the Imperial Court music is expected to be popular worldwide. The Music Department of the Imperial Court hired newcomers to organize the wind …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 11 (September 11, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-37)
Selected article titles: "Urge Nisei now repay U.S. by service. Rep. Inouye warns against 'patting ourselves on the back' at EDC-MDC fete" (p. 1), "Appoint Tsukiyama chief justice of Hawaii's state supreme court" (p. 1), "Congress extends law to admit orphans and tuberculosis victims" (p. 1), "Army to investigate discrimination charge of Negro GI with Japanese …
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Future (ddr-csujad-48-14)
Term paper by Yoshio Kusayanagi for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Yoshio presents a very idealistic view of the needs for good individuals to overcome evil and injustice in the world. He highlights the need for everyone to do their part to win the war, by …
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Nazi stormtroopers celebrating Hitler's 48th birthday (ddr-njpa-1-650)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Yokohama) April 20, 1937. As the 20th was the 48th birthday of Hitler, the Fuhrer of flourishing Germany, a celebratory ceremony was held from 7 a.m. on the Nazi passenger ship Reliance, which entered Yokohama on the 19th. After Captain Keith, his crew, and approximately 80 German passengers raised a portrait of …
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Norman I. Hirose Interview (ddr-densho-1013-7)
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …
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James Yamazaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-175)
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 …
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Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1771)
Continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1609/. Matsumura discusses the impact of growing up in a small town in Wyoming (particularly the lack of discrimination), the discrimination he faced in Heart Mountain, the movie theaters he ran at Heart Mountain, the extracurricular programs he helped run in camp, going to school, volunteering for the military from school, his time …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 22 (July 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-49)
Selected article titles: "WRA Says Hunt Cannot be Used to House Prisoners" (p. 1), "Governor Requests Use of Hunt for War Prisoners" (p. 1), "Illinois Town Welcomes First Japanese Family" (p. 1), "WRA Picks Tule Lake As Segregation Center. Segregation Procedures Announced" (p. 1), "Army Calls Seven More Volunteers" (p. 1), "Senate Committee Recommends Nisei Subject …
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Newspaper clipping regarding Winston Churchill (ddr-njpa-1-81)
Caption on front [translation]: "Person of the Day: Churchill. It's said that Mr. Churchill, whose name has already been previously mentioned as a pick-me-up for a British cabinet worrying about the European crisis, will soon be entering the government as First Lord of the Admiralty. He's known for being at the forefront of those who wish …
Narrator Joe Yasutake
Nisei male. Born May 25, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December 7, 1941 and interned as an enemy alien. Removed from Seattle with mother, sister and two brothers in 1942. Attended school (fifth through sixth grades) while incarcerated …
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Staff Sergeant Sylvester F. Dudek receiving the Polish Virtuti Militari award (ddr-njpa-1-178)
Caption on reverse: "Poles Decorate U.S. Flyer. Staff Sergeant Sylvester F. Dudek (right), the only enlisted man in the American forces to hold decorations from three nations, receives another citation, the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military award, from Air Vice Marshal Mateusz Izycki, Inspector General of the Polish Air Forces, for 'outstanding gallantry in action over …