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img Funeral service for Pfc. Jack Arakawa (ddr-njpa-5-54)

Caption on reverse: "Italian war brides attend GI's funeral: Memorial services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the McCully Higashi Hongwanji for Pfc. Jack C. Arakawa, 29, a veteran of the 442nd combat team, who was killed in action near Taejon, Korea, on July 16. Pictured above is the widow, Mrs. Lia Arakawa (second from …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 7 (February 16, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-7)

Selected article titles: "President Truman Pays High Tribute to Nisei Soldiers" (p. 1), "Barbed Refuses Nisei GI, Army Captain Apologizes" (p. 1), "Men of 442nd in Hawaii Form Veterans Group" (p. 1), "JACL to Hold National Meet in Denver to Discuss Post-War Problems of Nisei" (p. 1), "Eight Thousand Repatriated Through Port of Seattle" (p. 1), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 11 (September 20, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-38)

Selected article titles: "U.S., France to Honor 442nd Combat Team. National JACL Will Present Plaque to Bruyeres Recalling Rescue of 'Lost Battalion'" (p. 1), "Supreme Court Test Looms in Constitutional Validity of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "Tax Certificates No Longer Required of Japanese Aliens For Hawaii, Mainland Travel" (p. 2), "JACL-ADC May Participate In …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 5 (February 3, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-5)

Selected article titles: "Defense Department Assures Full Report on Casualties of Soldiers from Hawaii Area" (p. 1), "Min Yasui Visits Nisei Groups in Plains Area" (p. 1), "Emergency May Force Denver to Suspend Slum Clearance" (p. 1), "JACL ADC Asks Early Action to Speed Approval of Stays of Deportation for Alien Group" (p. 3), "Japanese American …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 4 (January 27, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-4)

Selected article titles: "Consider Job Opportunities On Mainland for Qualified, Unemployed Hawaiian Nisei" (p. 1), "Two California Senate Bills Will Restore Lands, Licenses Seized by State During War" (p. 1), "34 Defendants Win Acquittal in Contempt Case" (p. 1), "Restore Citizenship to Nisei Who Voted in Japan Election" (p. 2), "Nisei GI at Occupation Job" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 3 (January 22, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-3)

Selected article titles: "Federal Appeals Court Sets Hearing on Case Affecting 5,000 Tule Lake Renunciants" (p. 1), "Reveal Attempt to Destroy Utah Mountain Memorial Ill-Fated Japanese Aviator" (p. 1), "Army Order Bars Marriages Between GIs, Japanese Girls" (p. 1), "U.S. Supreme Court Considers Validity of Hawaii Wartime Law on Language Schools" (p. 2), "Report Problems Affecting …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 19 (May 13, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-19)

Selected article titles: "Bowling Congress Drops Ban Against Non-Whites. Great Majority of Delegates at Columbus Convention Favor Opening Membership to All" (p. 1), "House Passes Bill Awarding Damages for Death of Youth in War Relocation Center" (p. 1), "Masaoka Asks Statehood for Hawaii as Recognition for Wartime Loyalty, Allegiance" (p. 2), "Supreme Court May Be Asked …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 10 (March 11, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-10)

Selected article titles: "University of Washington Will Begin Study of Nisei, Issei" (p. 1), "Masaoka Brothers Test Case Will Challenge Legality of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "Wartime Loyalty of Hawaii Nisei Hailed as House Vote Favors Statehood Proposal" (p. 1), "Japanese American Evacuees Report Decrease in Racial Bias in Sacramento Valley" (p. 2), "JACL …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 6 (Febuary 10, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-6)

Selected article titles: "1st veep Tom Yego dies of heart attack at home" (p. 1), "Eisenhower Urges Congress to Increase Immigration to U.S." (p. 1), "JACL disappointed in Eisenhower's immigration plan" (p. 1), " "Interracial marriage case resubmitted to Supreme Court" (p. 1), "U.S. judge rules on legality of Japanese courts to try G.I.s" (p. 2), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 17 (October 23, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-43)

Selected article titles: "20 tons of relief clothing crated in L.A. for Nagoya" (p. 1), "U.S. Civil Rights Commission starts 3rd year program" (p. 1), "Sansei school safety patrol officer acts quickly to save life of another" (p. 1), "Temporary farm workers return to Japan, very little said favorably of program" (p. 3), "African official hails …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 8 (August 21, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-34)

Selected article titles: "Administration bias against Japan protested by JACL" (p. 1), "Ike to proclaim Hawaii as 50th state today" (p. 1), "D.C. chapter organizes special anti-discrimination committee" (p. 1), "Traditional Japanese dances add color to Detroit-Windsor friendship festival" (p. 4), "24 laws dealing with race, religious discrimination passed by 14 states this year--best performance in …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 7 (August 16, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-33)

Selected article titles: "Meet the Miss National Jr. JACL Aspirants" (p. 1), "Adults and Youth to clash" (p. 1), "Study of subcultural factors in aging among Nikkei starts Sept." (p. 2), "JACL urged to push Detention Camp repeal" (p. 3), "JACL included in San Jose citizens community improvement committee" (p. 3), "Imbibing and ghost stories are …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 12 (March 27, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-12)

Selected article titles: "JACL brands Japanese American students smart, affluent a myth" (p. 1), "Asian Americans protest attitude of Area Crusade" (p. 1), "Title II repeal hearings open: Goldberg calls it unconstitutional" (p. 1), "Asians picket Seattle NVC fete at Elks Club. Quiet Demonstration Against 'White Only' Elk Policy, Patronage" (p. 3), "Brazilian Nisei among 5 …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,269, Vol. 97, No. 25 (December 23-30, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-50)

Selected article titles: "Special Holiday Issue" (p. 1), "Japanese-Language Press of Hawaii, What Now?" (p. 25), "Rekindling the Issei Dream" (p. 43), "Roy Ito writing history of Canadian Nikkei in war" (p. 106). The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to better foster communications between …

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doc Headquarters of Hawaiian Department (ddr-csujad-24-107)

Written by . What appears to be an official document, addressed to the adjutant general of the War Department by O. H. McDole, Lt. Col., Assistant Adjutant General, about deporting people in Hawaii of Japanese descent to Japan. The document mentions Kenzi Kimura, Torataro Onoda, Ryoichi Tanaka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4301 (April 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-14)

Selected article titles: "Interracial Tolerance Aided by Bataan Hero and Two Nisei"; "The San Francisco Chronicle: What is America Like?"; "Army Officials Investigate Fire"; "The Anti-Nisei Dynamite Case. Alien Land Act Issue Injected in Arson Trial"; "Probe Goes On in Alien Ownership of Placer Land"; "Commander of Legion Post Quits Over Nisei Vet Issue"; "Kings County …

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img Joseph V. Hodgson, Robert Shivers and Ingram Stainback, flag hanging in background (ddr-njpa-2-1142)

Caption on reverse: "DISCUSS LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK: The fight against fifth columnists and subversive elements in Hawaii was opened this morning at a conference of federal, territorial and county law enforcement officials. Leaders of this conference, which discussed details of law enforcement work in connection with national preparedness, are shown in the above photo. They are, …

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doc Post-exclusion bulletin, no. 4 (January 13, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1684)

Bulletin covering issues related to "resettlement" including eastern and southern restrictions, visitor policy, students on indefinite leave, contraband, status of discharged soldiers and patrolled aliens, welfare assistance to aliens, travel grants for Hawaii, applications for travel assistance, progress of relocation, relocation of unattached children, property transportation assistance, See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …

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vh Aiko Tengan Tokunaga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-293)

Nisei female. Born September 8, 1943, in Naha, Okinawa, to a Nisei mother born in Hawaii and father from mainland Japan. Father was killed during World War II while serving in Okinawa in Japan's medical corps. Aiko barely survived infancy due to the devastation in Okinawa during the war. Moved to Los Angeles at the age …

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Narrator Elsa Kudo

Sansei female. Born September 29, 1936, in Canete, Peru. Grew up in Peru where parents ran a successful store. During World War II, father was arrested by the FBI and removed from the family. Elsa and her mother and siblings were deported from Peru and taken by ship to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, and …

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doc Article regarding Hidemi Kon and Hideo Kobayashi (ddr-njpa-4-534)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Touring the West After Coronation. Hidemi Kon and Hideo Kobayashi. Mr. Hidemi Kon, who is famous for his book "A Night in Hawaii," came to Honolulu last night with his best friend, the critic Hideo Kobayashi. They were on their way back from a tour of the West. Talk Between Kon and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 21 (May 25, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-21)

Selected article titles: "Major JACL Legislative Aim Met as Bill on Use of Mongolian Labor Signed" (p. 1), "Judge Goodman Suggests JACL Change Name by Dropping 'Japanese'" (p. 1), "Claims Bill Consideration in Senate Held Up" (p. 1), "Milwaukee Sansei named to student goodwill study tour" (p. 1), "Hawaii land return bill on President's desk; to …

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vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview (ddr-densho-1000-316)

Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …

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Canneries Shanghai 200 Japs! Steal Japanese Coolies From Railway. Cannery Bosses at Tacoma Make Away With Nearly Half a Shipment of Four Hundred Men From Hawaii. (July 29, 1905) (ddr-densho-56-56)

doc Canneries Shanghai 200 Japs! Steal Japanese Coolies From Railway. Cannery Bosses at Tacoma Make Away With Nearly Half a Shipment of Four Hundred Men From Hawaii. (July 29, 1905) (ddr-densho-56-56)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 29, 1905, pp. 1, 2

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doc Article about Sueko Asuka (ddr-njpa-5-21)

Translation of article: "Ms. Asuka of Japanese dancing returned via the Ryu-ta-maru ship. Ms. Asuka, who lives on Hall Street 1237 in Honolulu, is a professor of Japanese dance as well as sewing. She was visiting Japan for a year to improve her skills. She returned to Hawaii yesterday, the 26th, on the Ryu-ta-maru. Today, the …

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