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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 56 (ddr-densho-1000-92-56)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 56 (ddr-densho-1000-92-56)
Returning home, unable to locate parents because Poston concentration camp had closed

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-92-41)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-92-41)
Dealing with a difficult superior, an officer shoots at his own man

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-92-43)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-92-43)
Hearing about Hawaiian Nisei soldiers' visit to the incarceration campsfrom the mainland

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-92-12)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-92-12)
Returning to the U.S., catching the last ship allowed in from Japan

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-92-45)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-92-45)
Liberating the town of Bruyeres, Japanese American officers are mistaken for Chinese

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-92-26)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-92-26)
Forging passes to leave the base for New Orleans to buy "sashimi"

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Masao Koga, Ichimaru and others posing with Ingram Stainback (ddr-njpa-4-525)
img Masao Koga, Ichimaru and others posing with Ingram Stainback (ddr-njpa-4-525)
Caption on reverse: "JAPAN MUSICAL STARS MEET GOVERNOR: Pictured here is the group of Japanese musicians, led by famed composer and guitarist Masao Koga, who were received by Governor Ingram M. Stainback in Iolani Palace yesterday afternoon. The governor has just been presented with a doll. Left to right: Itsuo Tokunaga, one of the promoters of …
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 22 (December 1, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-48)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 22 (December 1, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-48)
Selected article titles: "Trailer Homes for Returning Evacuees" (p. 1), "Carusi Denies Bias on Nisei Travel Between U.S., Hawaii" (p. 1), "Reporter Unable to Discover Evidence of Any Nisei Part In Japanese Raid on Hawaii" (p. 2), "Gen. MacArthur Will Accept Repatriates from U.S., Says Justice Department Official" (p. 2), "First Tule Lake Group Deported on …
Wade Warren Thayer speaking at Boy Scout event (ddr-njpa-2-956)
img Wade Warren Thayer speaking at Boy Scout event (ddr-njpa-2-956)
Caption on reverse: "KAMAAINA SCOUTER, NEW EAGLES SHARE HONORS: Wade Warren Thayer, a veteran of 40 years in the Boy Scout movement in Hawaii, is shown addressing the second annual Eagle Scout recognition dinner of the Honolulu Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel ballroom last night, when he and 31 Oahu Eagle …
Larry
vh Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-199)
Nisei male. Born November 7, 1920, in Mountain View, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where parents ran a sugar cane plantation. Was working hauling lumber when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Was not dismissed from work like other Japanese Americans, and was required to clean up the aftermath of the bombing. Volunteered for …
Jeff Furumura Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-533)
vh Jeff Furumura Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-533)
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. …
Jeff Furumura Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-539)
vh Jeff Furumura Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-539)
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. …

Narrator Grace Sugita Hawley

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 …
Daniel Inouye Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-28-3)
vh Daniel Inouye Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-28-3)
Mother's loss of citizenship

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview …

Daniel Inouye Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-28-20)
vh Daniel Inouye Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-28-20)
Being injured in battle

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview …

Daniel Inouye Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-28-15)
vh Daniel Inouye Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-28-15)
Receiving a battlefield commission

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview …

Daniel Inouye Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-28-2)
vh Daniel Inouye Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-28-2)
Memories of fellow serviceman Shiro Kashino

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the typical …

Daniel Inouye Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-28-14)
vh Daniel Inouye Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-28-14)
Dealing with first casualty, the company commander

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the …

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-92-17)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-92-17)
Life in Poston concentration camp: people were "fainting like flies" from the heat

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-92-22)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-92-22)
Attending a meeting to decide how to answer the so-called "loyalty questions"

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-92-20)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-92-20)
Working as a warehouse foreman, accused of selling goods on the black-market

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-92-3)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-92-3)
Expectations of life in Japan: "Nobody there is gonna say, 'You look different'"

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 54 (ddr-densho-1000-92-54)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 54 (ddr-densho-1000-92-54)
Author Solly Ganor recalls being liberated by the 552nd Field Artillery Battalion soldier

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-111-10)
vh Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-111-10)
First impressions of Hawaii and San Francisco: relief at being allowed to use chopsticks (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

Narrator Sadaichi Kubota

Nisei male. Born March, 1921 in Hilo, Hawaii. Was a lieutenant in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Instrumental in clearing the court-martial conviction of Shiro Kashino, a member of his unit.
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