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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-92-24)

Called up for military duty at seventeen years old

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-92-7)

Political climate in Japan shortly before World War II

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-92-4)

Taking care of people within the community, kenjinkai associations

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-92-10)

Deciding to return to the U.S. as war approaches

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-92-16)

Learning to cook in the Salinas Assembly Center, California

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-92-37)

Memories of a fellow soldier's stint in the stockade

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh George S. Matsui Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1008-2-11)

Stopover in Hawaii on the trip to Europe

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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Narrator Edward K. Honda

Sansei male. Born July 7, 1945, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Parents were from Hawaii, but father was picked up by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and mother went to rejoin him on the mainland. After leaving camp, lived briefly in New York City before returning to Hawaii, where parents separated. …

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doc Testimony of Lawrence D. Kumabe (ddr-densho-67-146)

Written testimony of Lawrence D. Kumabe of 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.

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doc Testimony of Patsy Saiki (ddr-densho-67-141)

Written testimony of Patsy Saiki of Honolulu, 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.

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doc Article about Gentaro Arita (ddr-njpa-5-239)

Translation of article: Gentaro Arita, leader of 2600-nen Houskuku Kanko Dan, and Tokujiro Matsuda returned to Hawaii on January 31st. Mr. Ichiro Sato of the Matsuga Hotel took them to visit the head office today.

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img National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-230)

In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. In this photo Seattle Mayor William F. Devin talks with the Honolulu team.

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 74 (March 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-318)

Selected article titles: "Terminate Furloughs for Farm Employment" (p. 1), "War Relocation Authority Issues Grants to Hawaii" (p. 1), "Sixty-Five Per Cent Will Welcome Nisei" (p. 1), "Oakland Japanese Get Threats by Telephone" (p. 1).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 69 (September 5, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-429)

Selected article titles: "Army Cancels Orders for Individual Exclusion" (p. 1), "The Final Issue" (p. 2), "Army Decides Hawaii Return" (p. 3), "Mike Masaoka Gets Army Award" (p. 4), "McWilliams: Government vs. West Hoodlums" (p. 5).

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av Interview with Kiyofumi Kojima, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1696)

Interview conducted in Japanese, ends at 11:05. Rest of tape is Kojima reading a poem he wrote while a prisoner of war in Hawaii. Original title: 211, II JA #35, Kiyofumi Kojima, Feb. 1, 1986

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img Nobusuke Kishi's family being welcomed by Japanese Chamber of Commerce members (ddr-njpa-4-424)

Caption on reverse: "MEMBERS OF KISHI FAMILY HONORED: Members of Ex-Premier of Japan Nobusuke Kishi's family were honored last night at a dinner at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce building. Kishi's eldest son, Nobukazu, extreme left, the ex-premier's wife Yoshiko, and the eldest daughter, Mrs. Yoko Abe, are shown chatting with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Honda. …

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img Immigration and Naturalization Service administrators posing with Wilfred Tsukiyama, Neal Blaisdell and Oren E. Long. (ddr-njpa-2-423)

Caption on reverse: "HONORED GUESTS AT DINNER MEETING: Pictured above are some of the honored guests at last night's 4th Annual New Year dinner meeting of the Citizen's Study Club of Oahu at the Nuuanu YMCA's Atherton auditorium, left to right, William A. Hogan, Hawaii director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and Hawaii's Federal …

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-92-1)

Father immigrates to start anew and avoid Japan's civil strife

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 47 (ddr-densho-1000-92-47)

Finding a common language, communicating in Japanese with Brazilian officers

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 65 (ddr-densho-1000-92-65)

The challenge of finding resources for Japanese American community projects

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-92-40)

Having the ability to make independent decisions during dangerous situations

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 63 (ddr-densho-1000-92-63)

The importance of honoring the World War II veterans' story

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-92-9)

The army's use of Nisei interpreters early in the war

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 25 (June 19, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-25)

Selected article titles: "FHA, VA assisted tract housing target of Calif. civil rights bill" (p. 1), "Arizona Sansei competes in nat'l finals of spelling bee, misses at 30th round" (p. 1), "100th Infantry Battalion reorganized as battle group, retaining same numerals" (p. 1), "Integration of Pacific Coast Japanese Methodists with regional groups planned" (p. 6), "Idaho, …

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img 442nd Regimental Combat Team training (ddr-densho-114-108)

Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss.; Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …

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