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Narrator Bill Thompson

Nisei male of Japanese and Scottish descent. Born in Hilo, Hawaii, 1924. Volunteered and served in the all Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Headquarter's Company, Second Battalion's Anti-tank Platoon. Returned to Hawaii following the war where he attended the University of Hawaii, and later worked for the municipal government. Active in the 442nd Veterans Club …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/91/
Hawaii GOP chairman and Leonard W. Hall at Republican Party campaign event (ddr-njpa-2-1039)
img Hawaii GOP chairman and Leonard W. Hall at Republican Party campaign event (ddr-njpa-2-1039)
Caption on reverse: "ISLE GOP HEAD IN WASHINGTON: Arthur D. Woolaway, right, Republican Party chairman, is pictured with National GOP Chairman Leonard W. Hall at a Republican campaign school... last week in Washington, D.C. Woolaway attended the Was... meeting of Republican strategy leaders in order ... integrate 1956 campaign plans of Hawaii Republicans with ... party's …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-1039/
December 7, 1941 An Eyewitness to the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (ddr-densho-1024-51)
av December 7, 1941 An Eyewitness to the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (ddr-densho-1024-51)
See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-51.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-51/
Hibari Misora posing with her mother, Haruhisa Kawada and a Nichibei Kinema agent (ddr-njpa-4-970)
img Hibari Misora posing with her mother, Haruhisa Kawada and a Nichibei Kinema agent (ddr-njpa-4-970)
Caption on reverse: "FAREWELL TO HAWAII: Hibari Misora and Haruhisa Kawada are pictured on the roof of The Hawaii Times yesterday afternoon as they waved farewell after a fabulously successful personal appearance tour of the islands. Left to right: Muneo Kimura of Nichibei Kinema Co. of Los Angeles which is sponsoring the stars' American tour; Mrs. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-970/
Organizers of an Oahu AJA baseball league posing with trophies (ddr-njpa-2-779)
img Organizers of an Oahu AJA baseball league posing with trophies (ddr-njpa-2-779)
Caption on front: "LEEWARD OAHU AJA JUNIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE OPENS: Participating in the Dec. 15 opening ceremony of the 1957-58 tourney of The Hawaii Times-sponsored 7-team Leeward Oahu AJA Junior Baseball League at Ewa's Tenney field were, left to right--League founder Manager Ichiro Konno of The Hawaii Times' Waipahu branch, League president Tsuneo Watanabe, Manager James …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-779/
Testimony of Iwao Kosaka (ddr-densho-67-144)
doc Testimony of Iwao Kosaka (ddr-densho-67-144)
Written testimony of Iwao Kosaka, born in Honolulu Hawaii. Spent most of childhood in Japan, incarcerated in Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "The Hawaiian Experience." Personal information excised by Densho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-144/
Senator Daniel Inouye, reunion of Nisei veterans (ddr-densho-14-3)
img Senator Daniel Inouye, reunion of Nisei veterans (ddr-densho-14-3)
Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii speaks at the unveiling of the Brothers in Valor memorial monument, which honors Nisei soldiers.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-14-3/
Group of young men on Berkeley campus (ddr-densho-341-54)
img Group of young men on Berkeley campus (ddr-densho-341-54)
Caption: Left to right, Geo. Hara, Sac'to Bunky Uesato, Hawaii Joe Omachi, Loomis Harry Iwamoto June Ajari, Danville Bill Furuta.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-54/
View from Northshore of Oahu (ddr-densho-363-147)
img View from Northshore of Oahu (ddr-densho-363-147)
Pat Kuroda attended the 442nd Regimental Combat Team 10th Anniversary Reunion in Hawaii from July 27th to July 31st, 1953.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-147/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 8 (August 24, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-34)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 8 (August 24, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-34)
Selected article titles: "War Department Authorizes Retention of 442nd Colors By Territory of Hawaii" (p. 1), "Topaz Center Will Provide Veterans Homes" (p. 1), "Hawaii Sugar Workers Seek Better Conditions" (p. 2), "Seek Probation For Evacuees in Draft Cases" (p. 2), "Five Nisei, Stranded by War in Japan, Return to U.S." (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-18-34/
Letter from Terry Shimabukuro to Mr. & Mrs. Y. Ishida (ddr-densho-535-417)
doc Letter from Terry Shimabukuro to Mr. & Mrs. Y. Ishida (ddr-densho-535-417)
Telling them he and Tad became friends while serving overseas and he intended to visit them on when he returned, but the army decided to ship the Hawaiian 442nd soldiers directly back to Hawaii, so will be unable to visit; asks that they forward any mail that came to their address to Hawaii.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-535-417/
The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 55 (July 9, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-222)
doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 55 (July 9, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-222)
"Hawaii Governor Promises to Do What He Can to Push ENI Bill" (p. 1), "Claims Office Due to Open" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-222/
Article regarding Masahide Kanayama's arrival in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-4-622)
doc Article regarding Masahide Kanayama's arrival in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-4-622)
Article title [translation]: "New Japanese Consul-General Arrives"; Photo caption: "The photo is Mr. Kanayama, new Japanese consul-general, in Hawaii."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-622/
Article about Bunji Dono (ddr-njpa-5-475)
doc Article about Bunji Dono (ddr-njpa-5-475)
Translation of article: Mr. Bunji Dono of Hawaii was reunited with his uncle for the first time in forty-nine years.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-475/
Envelope of Shoho Fujiie photographs (ddr-njpa-5-1094)
doc Envelope of Shoho Fujiie photographs (ddr-njpa-5-1094)
Caption on front [translation]: "Teacher at a women's school in Hawaii, former principal of Waimanalo school. Graduated from Kyoto Kumagaya University."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-1094/
Article about Lawrence Goto (ddr-njpa-5-1141)
doc Article about Lawrence Goto (ddr-njpa-5-1141)
Translation of article: Lawrence Goto, appointed city and district accountant, was born January 21, 1905. He is from Makauel, Kauai, Hawaii.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-1141/
Article about Zuigi Ashikaga (ddr-njpa-5-313)
doc Article about Zuigi Ashikaga (ddr-njpa-5-313)
Translation of article: The new president of the Hongwanji Hawaii branch temple, Zuigi Ashikawa, arrived from Japan on the Taiyo-maru.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-313/

Narrator Genro Kashiwa

Nisei male. Born April 27, 1923, in Waialua, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where father was a Buddhist priest. During World War II, served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in France and Italy. After the war, went to law school and eventually returned to Hawaii.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/644/
Hayato Ikeda posing with Chamber of Commerce president, Japanese dignitary, and his secretary (ddr-njpa-4-152)
img Hayato Ikeda posing with Chamber of Commerce president, Japanese dignitary, and his secretary (ddr-njpa-4-152)
Caption on reverse: "JAPANESE FINANCE MINISTER HERE: Hayato Ikeda (third from left), head of the finance department of the Japanese government, arrived by Pan American at 7 a.m. today enroute to Washington to study economic conditions. He is on a three-week tour and while in Washington he will mainly meet with Secretary of the Treasury John …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-152/
Frank Takizo Matsumoto and another Diet member receiving leis (ddr-njpa-4-839)
img Frank Takizo Matsumoto and another Diet member receiving leis (ddr-njpa-4-839)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-839/
Photograph and article regarding Kosho Otani (ddr-njpa-4-1918)
doc Photograph and article regarding Kosho Otani (ddr-njpa-4-1918)
Article title [translation]: "Higashi Honganji Abbot Otani. Party held to see off Otani. Several hundred people, including supervisors of other sects."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1918/
Kosho Otani and Hawaiian Buddhist leaders (ddr-njpa-4-1919)
img Kosho Otani and Hawaiian Buddhist leaders (ddr-njpa-4-1919)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1919/
Gilbert Bowles receiving a lei from the Japanese Consul General's wife (ddr-njpa-2-85)
img Gilbert Bowles receiving a lei from the Japanese Consul General's wife (ddr-njpa-2-85)
Caption on reverse: "A LEI FOR DR. BOWLES: Mrs. Hisaji Hattori, wife of the Japanese Consul General, presents a lei to Dr. Gilbert Bowles at a dinner honoring him on his 89th birthday. Among the 500 persons who attended the banquet were (left to right) Miss Virginia Bowles, granddaughter of Dr. Bowles; Mrs. Herbert Bowles, Dr. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-85/
Duke Kahanamoku and other city officials posing with leis (ddr-njpa-2-492)
img Duke Kahanamoku and other city officials posing with leis (ddr-njpa-2-492)
Caption on reverse: "FOUR ELECTIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS INSTALLED: Above are the four elective city-county department heads who were installed into office Tuesday noon. They are, left to right: Leon K. Sterling, clerk; Leonard K. Fong, auditor; Duke P. Kahanamoku, sheriff, and William Chung-Hoon, treasurer.--(Hawaii Times photo)."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-492/
Two directors of the Department of Public Welfare, Samuel Wilder King and Neal Blaisdell (ddr-njpa-2-742)
img Two directors of the Department of Public Welfare, Samuel Wilder King and Neal Blaisdell (ddr-njpa-2-742)
Caption on reverse: "NEW T.H. WELFARE DIRECTOR TAKES OFFICE: Mary Noonan is is [sic] being congratulated by Governor Samuel Wilder King and two of her predecessors, Mayor Neal S. Blaisdell and George H. McLane, shortly after being sworn in this morning as director of the department of public welfare. Left to right are: Gov. King, McLane, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-742/
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