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 …
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 …
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), …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Photograph of the wedding party at Sam Sakamoto and Hanaye (Fujiwara) Sakamoto's wedding. The photograph was taken by Frank C. Hirahara. To view more photographs of the Sakamoto wedding and other photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara please visit the Japanese American Museum of Oregon's Frank C. Hirahara Collection.
Heart Mountain photographs concentrating on Kimi Kuwahara …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Recounting the fight that led to the erroneous court-martial of Shiro Kashino
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on …
Cleaning up the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, seeing the "puffs of smoke"
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on …
Initial decision to attempt to clear the erroneous court-martial conviction of Shiro Kashino
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate …
Taking on leadership of the squad: gaining the acceptance of unit
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on the …
Early attempts at clearing the erroneous court-martial conviction of Shiro Kashino
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on the …
Brother living in Japan: the possibility of "shooting at each other, brother to brother"
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to …
Receiving help in clearing the erroneous court-martial conviction of Shiro Kashino
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on the …
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic. Debbie McQuilken, one of the …
