1984 items
1984 items
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The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 83 (November 11, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-70)
"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).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 11 (September 9, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-35)
Selected article titles: "60,000 Witness L.A.'s Nisei Week Parade" (p.1-2), "Hawaii Leaders Stay Cool to Japanese Investment" (p.1, 3), "OWI's Parachute News Found" (p.3), "Bilingual Education" (p.4).
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Nisei interpreters with "Merrill's Marauders" (ddr-densho-114-5)
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.
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-92-13)
Family's reaction upon returning to the U.S.
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-92-21)
Going from student to teacher at school
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Pacific Citizen Christmas 1945 Issue Section III (ddr-densho-121-7)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Will Never Be Quite the Same Again. A Sociologist's View of the Island Situation" (p. 1), "The AJA's in Hawaii Unions" (p. 1), "An Anthropologist Speaks on Prejudice and the Nisei" (p. 2), "Mineo Katagiri: The Situation in the Hawaiian Islands. A Report to Continental America" (p. 2), "Toshio Mori: Time Out …
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Kazue Murakami Tanimoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-285)
Nisei female. Born January 28, 1919, in Hilo, Hawaii. Grew up in Hilo before moving to Japan in 1934. Attended school in Japan, returning to Hilo before the outbreak of World War II. During the war, father was arrested and removed to the Kilauea Military Camp and Sand Island internment camps, Hawaii. During father's absence, took …
Narrator Richard Onishi
Nisei male. Born October 15, 1931, in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. Moved to San Jose, California, from Hawaii in 1936. Grew up in San Jose's Japantown before the onset of World War II. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned with family to San Jose, after the war, and helped …
Narrator Toshio Moritsugu
Nisei male. Born April 2, 1925, in Heeia, Hawaii. Grew up in a village called Fish Camp, where father was a fisherman. Witnessed Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Father was picked up and detained by the FBI at the Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. After the war, earned a PhD in chemistry …
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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 …
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Ingram Stainback and others at a luncheon (ddr-njpa-2-1196)
Caption on reverse: "NATIONAL EMPLOY PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK OPENS: The National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week officially opened yesterday with a luncheon at the Armed Forces YMCA, where 100 people interested in the rehabilitation of veterans and non-veterans heard qualified speakers stress the theme 'hire the handicapped. It's good business.' Above, left to right, were the …
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Governor Samuel Wilder King and others listening to a speech (ddr-njpa-2-255)
Caption on reverse: "FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF WALTER-MCCARRAN ACT NOTED: The first anniversary of the Walter-McCarran Act, which eliminated all racial barriers to naturalization in the United States for the first time, was celebrated at a dinner sponsored by the Naturalization Encouragement Association of Honolulu last night at the Waikiki Lau Yee Chai. Frank J. Drees, director …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No.4 (July 22, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-30)
Select article titles: "Gov. Rosellini backs repeal of alien land law" (p.1); "Party Loyalty prevailed, but Hawaii was very close to having two Nisei at Capitol, as senator and House representative" (p.8)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 1 (January 1-8, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-1)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii installs its Nisei It. Governor" (p. 1), "Slight against Nikkei at JACS press conference on United Way apologized" (p. 1), "Little Tokyo's community ills aired, newsmen show surprise" (p. 3).
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National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-200)
In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. Games like this one were played at the Seattle University Gymnasium.
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National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-195)
In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. Games like this one were played at the Seattle University Gymnasium.
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National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-9)
In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. Games like this one were played at the Seattle University Gymnasium.
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Denson Tribune Vol. II No. 13 (February 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-144-142)
Selected article titles: "Information Forms Sent Relocatees" (p. 1), "Hawaii Nisei Help Rebuild Fortification of Islands" (p. 1), "90 Deemed 'Acceptable' for Service" (p. 1), "Give Them a Voice in USA Governance" (p. 2).
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Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 25 (January 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-26)
Selected article titles: "Beet Farmers Cooperative" (p. 1), "Military Affairs Committee: Senators Ask Army to Take Over WRA Centers" (p. 1), "Halt Salt Lake, Denver Leaves" (p. 4), "Hawaii Sends More Evacuees" (p. 4).
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Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 99 (October 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-211)
Selected article titles: "Jerome to be Prisoner Camp" (p. 1), "Must Respect Traffic Rules" (p. 4), "To Forbid Postwar Land Sale to Nisei" (p. 4), "Announce New Procedure for Return to Hawaii" (p. 5).
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Archival footage of World War II (ddr-ajah-6-325)
Selected footage from the National Archives of the World War II Japanese American incarceration. Hawaii statehood and the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Wak Domoto (ddr-densho-356-599)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Wakako Domoto. Wak writes about the start of her sea voyage back to the United States from Japan and her plans for the stopover in Hawaii.
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Richard Kosaki Interview (ddr-janm-13-1)
Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in …
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Daniel Inouye Interview (ddr-densho-1000-28)
Nisei male. Born September 7, 1924, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Served in the all-volunteer, all-Nisei, 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, lost his right arm in action and earned the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war, became an attorney, then a six-term senator for Hawaii. Sat on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Committee on …
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-92-44)
Single-handedly capturing a group of German officers
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.