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Oral history with Richard Matsunaga (ddr-csujad-29-74)
An oral interview with Richard Matsunaga, resident living in Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0184. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1428.2_T01
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Kiyoko Morey Kaneko Interview (ddr-densho-1000-225)
Nisei female. Born September 3, 1911, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father operated a successful import/export business with retail stores. Graduated from UCLA, then lived and worked in Japan for a few years. Was married and living in Hawaii in 1941. Witnessed Japanese bomber planes overhead from home in Pearl City on …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 14 (October 2, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-40)
Selected article titles: "Matsunaga Charges Racial Bigotry in Anonymous Letter Attacking Him" (p.1-2), "'No on 14' Endorsed by Lawyers, Realty Men, Doctors" (p.1), "Voteless GI Files First Suit under U.S. Rights Bill in Hawaii" (p.1), "Racialism in California" (p.2), "5th Fr. JACL Organized in Pacific Northwest" (p.4).
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Grace Tanabe (ddr-csujad-11-176)
A photograph of Grace Tanabe taken in Hawaii. Addressed to "Tazuko" [Tazu Kawamoto]. From page 63 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_63_001
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 57 (May 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-146)
Selected article titles: "Casualties Told"; "Monterey Action Hit"; "Golden State Perturbed"; "Demand Protection"; "Information Session"; "Sgt. Kuroki in Hawaii"; "Philadelphia Steering Committee Holds Forum"; "Service to be Held for Late Pfc. Masami Inatsu"; "Post-war Future Eyed"; "California 'Friendly Centers' Opened by Provisional Conference of Church"; "Delegates' Meat Problem is Solved"; "Condemned Vandals."
Narrator Eric K. Yamamoto
Sansei male. Born 1952 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Attended law school at UC Berkeley, California and became involved with the Asian Law Caucus. After graduating, returned to Hawaii. In the 1980s, left job in Hawaii and moved to the Bay Area to become a member of the pro bono legal team for Korematsu v. United States, a …
Narrator Richard Onishi
Nisei male. Born October 15, 1931, in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. Moved to San Jose, California, from Hawaii in 1936. Grew up in San Jose's Japantown before the onset of World War II. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned with family to San Jose, after the war, and helped …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 2 (January 8, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-2)
Selected article titles: "Prop. 14 Upheld in First Test at Orange County" (p.1), "President Johnson Outlines His Thoughts of Great Society" (p.1-2), "California Braceros No More-Growers Uncertain about Future" (p.1), "San Francisco Main Port for Issei Emigres" (p.3), "Preparation Needed to Cope with Japanese Visitors to Hawaii" (p.3).
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13 Hawaii Nisei women assume duties in Japan (ddr-csujad-49-179)
Newspaper article titled, "13 Hawaii Nisei Women Assume Duties in Japan." An item from: pages 94-95 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_061_02
Narrator June M. Hoshida Honma
Nisei female. Born June 23, 1936, in Hilo, Hawaii. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, father was picked up by the FBI and detained at Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. The rest of the family was removed to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, to be reunited with him. After Jerome closed, transferred to …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 21 (June 2, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-22)
Selected article titles: "Employment Outlook Improves For Japanese Americans in Hawaii as Result of War" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldier Rescued After Six Months as War Prisoner" (p. 1), "California Assembly Passes Bill to Lower Issei Licenses" (p. 2), "Assembly Acts to Repeal Ban Against Chinese, Mongolians" (p. 3), "Survivor of A-Bomb Attack Tells of War Experiences" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 15 (October 11, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-41)
Select article titles: "U.S. Supreme Court Reconvenes, JACL Interested in Three Cases" (p. 1); "40,000 Filipinos in California prospering; race problems minimized" (p. 1); "Percentage of Nisei Marrying Into Other Racial Groups Increasing Over Past Decade in Hawaii" (p. 2); "Army installation named for Nisei hero" (p. 7); "Apathy Toward Sacrifices of Nisei GIs Hit" (p. …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4335 (July 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-49)
Selected article titles: "Niseigram"; "California Group Will Form to Combat Racial Prejudice"; "Midwest Bussei to Hold Social"; "Hawaii Born Nisei Dies in Plunge"; "22 Wyoming Nisei Get Draft Sentences"; "WRA Hits Tenney on Nisei Charges"; "Only 100 Japanese in Detroit Attend Church"; "100 Leave Tule Lake for Alien Camp"; "Nisei Appointed to Staff of Chicago WLB."
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Post-exclusion bulletin, no. 2 (January 2, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1682)
Bulletin covering issues related to "resettlement" including dates, status of visitors, unattached minors, travel assistance, housing requirements, travel permits for Hawaii and Alaska, and leave clearance. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1684
Narrator Sarah Sato
Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was …
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Japanese American chaplain (ddr-densho-114-109)
Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss. Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii, and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …
Narrator Edward K. Honda
Sansei male. Born July 7, 1945, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Parents were from Hawaii, but father was picked up by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and mother went to rejoin him on the mainland. After leaving camp, lived briefly in New York City before returning to Hawaii, where parents separated. …
Narrator Irene Najima
Nisei female. Born August 9, 1927, in Petaluma, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Following World War II, established career as a teacher in Hawaii and California.
Narrator James A. Nakano
Nisei male. Born November 12, 1933, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, and was nine years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Father was arrested by the FBI, and family went to the concentration camp at Jerome, Arkansas, to reunite with him. Transferred to Tule Lake, California, following the so-called "loyalty questionnaire." After the war, …
Narrator Jeff Furumura
Sansei male. Born November 23, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, father was in a tuberculosis sanitarium, then was taken to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and mother was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Parents met in Chicago, Illinois, after leaving the camps. …
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Ryo Imamura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-27)
Sansei male, born April 28, 1944, in the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. His father was the late Rev. Kanmo Imamura, a former Bishop of Hawaii and a minister for the Hawaii Kyodan and the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA). His mother Jane Imamura composed many of the children's gathas sung in the Dharma Schools. Both …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 25 (June 24, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-25)
Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Rules Coast Curfew Legal" (p. 1), "Dies Investigators 'Amazed' by Crowded Conditions at Poston" (p. 1), "California Republicans Urge Firmer Control of Evacuees" (p. 2), "Minidoka Canal Claims Life of Boy Evacuee" (p. 3), "Japanese Problem In Hawaii Exaggerated, Says Honolulu Mayor" (p. 7), "Spanish Consul To Investigate Alien Treatment" (p. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 25 (June 30, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-26)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Nisei Leaders Helped Formulate Plans for Wartime Activity, Says 442nd Chaplain" (p. 1), "California Newspaper Covers 'Six Years Overdue' Story of Nisei Soldiers in Combat" (p. 2), "Federal Appeals Court Upholds Treason Conviction, Sentence of Death Given to Kawakita" (p. 3), "Rule Evacuee May Receive Compensation for Insurance" (p. 3), "Nisei Organizations …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 46, No. 26 (June 27, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-26)
Select article titles: "Non-restricted housing key to end race bias" (p. 1); "Canadians of Asian descent in joint bid on immigration bias" (p. 2); "Two Nisei graduated this year from West Point, from Hawaii & California" (p. 4)
Starting in No. 13, the volume number in the header changes from 46 to 26. This printing error …
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Anti-Japanese Feeling Briaks [Breaks] out in Hawaii (ddr-csujad-19-89)
An issue of a newspaper, "The Christian Science monitor," vol. 35, no. 225 (August 29, 1943) describes the upsurge of anti-Japanese sentiment, and discusses rising racism and criticism towards Japanese people in Hawaii. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-31_07