Selected article titles: "Charge California officials slow to aid refugee" (p. 1), "Two Seattle Nisei buyers refused homes" (p. 1), "Alien Japanese population in Hawaii dwindling -- by death or naturalization" (p. 3).
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Has Too Many AJA Teachers and Administrators, Committee Concludes" (p. 1), "Anti-Asian Violence" (p. 6), "Nikkei Parenting" (pp. 6-7), and "U.S./Japan Relations" (pp. 7-8).
Selected article titles: "Gowen to Depart with Party Soon for Orient Tour" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Sunken Forest is Found in Hawaii, Reports Inspector" (p. 4)
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 …
The collection consists of three yearbooks, two for Kenneth Yamamoto from Gila River both from his senior year and as a faculty member the following year, and for Masako Kawaguchi from Heart Mountain. The additional 57 photos represent the Yamamoto family's life in Hawaii, including photos of Hilo Boarding School, the family's house and miscellaneous views …
Nisei female. Born March 25, 1928, in Hilo, Hawaii. Grew up in Hilo, where father worked for a Japanese-language newspaper. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested and detained at the Kilauea Military Camp and Sand Island internment camp. After the war, attended the University of Hawaii, then returned to Hilo in 1950.
Relations between Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii and the mainland
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 individual's …
Development of Nisei values in prewar Hawaii, Japanese language school
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 individual's …
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 individual's military service during …
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 individual's military service during …
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military service during …
The call for volunteers in Hawaii: joining the U.S. Army
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military …
Family background, growing up in Hilo, Hawaii: "Heaven on earth"
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military …
Honoring the Varsity Victory Volunteers, Japanese American ROTC students in Hawaii
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's …
Memories of growing up on Molokai, Hawaii: attending school, participating in sports
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews. Beverly Kashino, one of the interviewers, is Shiro …
Selected article titles: "Race Issue in Hawaii Politics Raised in Rule" (p.1-2), History Project: Historical Documents Being Donated" (p.1), "17 Organizations to Honor Issei Elders at Huge Joint Dinner" (p.1), "1945-VE DAY-1965" (p.2), "Strawberry Grower Plows Under One Acre in Protest against Government Failure to Secure Field Labor" (p.3), "Public Schools Have until 1967 to Desegregate" …
Original caption: Japanese-American Chaplain. This newly-commissioned U.S. Army Chaplain is Lieut. Hiro Higuchi, a native of Hawaii, of Japanese parentage. He is now in training at Harvard, and is the second chaplain of Japanese ancestry to receive a commission in the U.S. Army Chaplains Corps. Higuchi is 36, married, and has a seven year old son. …
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, …
After moving several times before settling in Hawaii, much of their files and belongings have been stored or mislaid, asks that Oliver Stone request copy of claim material from Office of Alien Property
Article titles: "From the Director," "From the Archive: From Island to Mainland: Detainees of Hawaii," "Densho News: Calls for National Interviewee Nominations," "Densho Presents in Denver and Salt Lake City," "Densho Staff Blog."
"Japanese Medical Profs Study Hiroshima's "Victim No. 1" (p. 1), "Foreign Language School Act of '43 in Hawaii Ruled Unconstitutional" (p. 1) "Oyama Sees Peril of Comeback Try by Wartime Heads" (p. 4).
Original caption: Burma. Left, Tec Sgt. Herbert Miyasaki, Paauild, Hawaii, right, Tec Sgt. Akiji Yoshimira, Colusa, Cal., American-Japanese interpreter with Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Infantry troops in Northern Burma. 1 May 1944.
