2011 items
2011 items
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 102, No. 10 (March 14, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-10)
Selected article titles: "Sanctuary for Marcos in Hawaii Debated" (pp. 1, 5), "Camps Recalled, Vets Praised at Feb. 19 Program" (p. 2), "By the Board: Still Top Priority" (p. 4), and "'JA Journey' a Bad Trip" (p. 5).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 116, No. 4 (January 29, 1993) (ddr-pc-65-4)
Select article titles: "Hawaii politician set to apologize to Inouye over harassment claims" (p. 1); "Can't suspend me for racial remarks, says Marge Schott" (p. 1); "JACL co-sponsors forum, film on race relations for children" (p. 1).
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National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-232)
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 one of the teams watches a game at the Seattle University Gymnasium.
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Nisei soldiers moving towards battle (ddr-densho-114-81)
Original caption: Orciano Area, Italy. 2nd Lt. Masanao Otake of Lahaina, Maui (Hawaii), who was commissioned in Battle, leads his platoon from the town of Orciano into an attack pressing toward Leghorn. U.S. Fifth Army. 15 July 1944.
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Denson Communique No. 36 (February 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-36)
Selected article titles: "Signup Starts in Center. Registration of All Evacuees Over 17 Gets Underway Today" (p. 1), "Text of Army Representatives' Message to Center Residents" (p. 2), "Japanese American Battalion from Hawaii Commended for Spirit" (p. 5).
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Silver Beaver Award winners (ddr-njpa-2-23)
Caption on newspaper clipping: "SILVER BEAVERS: Morley Theaker congratulates Silver Beaver Award winners. They are: left to right, Paul K. Lau, Wallace Chee Yau Chow, Riley H. Allen, and George K. Matsumoto. -- (Hawaii Times photo by Seiki Kamimura)."
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View of pools from temple (ddr-densho-363-101)
A temple of The Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints located on the northeast shore of O'ahu. Pat Kuroda attended the 442nd Regimental Combat Team 10th Anniversary Reunion in Hawaii from July 27th to July 31st, 1953.
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Archival footage of World War II (ddr-ajah-6-319)
Selected footage from the National Archives of the World War II Japanese American incarceration and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Footage of 442nd soldiers returning home to Hawaii. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-92-28)
Nisei soldiers befriend black soldiers and break segregation rules
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 19 (ddr-densho-1000-92-19)
An accident while working in the camp mess hall
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Henry Bruno Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-105)
Nisei male. Born 1923 on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service shortly after graduating from High School. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit in a mortar platoon during World War II. (The 442 was an entirely Asian American segregated fighting unit.) After the war, he lived on the U.S. mainland for many …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 6 (February 11, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-6)
Selected article titles: "President Roosevelt Endorses Army's Action Reopening War Services for Nisei" (p. 1), "Hawaii Fills Quota for Army's Nisei Combat Team; Volunteers Jam Territory's Draft Offices" (p. 1), "British Columbia Seeks to Prevent Nisei Education" (p. 1), "Wirin Will Be JACL Counsel In Court Tests" (p. 1), "Wakayama Case Will Be Test Of Army's …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 37 No. 4 (July 24, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-30)
Selected article titles: "Fear across-the-board cut in senate action on claims pay bill" (p. 1), "Hawaii exends hospitality to 50 mainlanders at 442nd reunion" (p. 1), "CL urges equal pay scale for Hawaii civil service employees" (p. 2), "Anonymous letter objects to Chinese Nisei home plans" (p. 4), "Four key policies affecting Japanese Americans new basis" …
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442nd Regimental Combat Team training (ddr-densho-114-115)
Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 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 …
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Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion (ddr-densho-114-134)
Original caption: Oahu, T.H. These members of the 100th Infantry Bn., composed entirely of Hawaiian AJA's, are entertained by Pfc. Marty Rakitt, 534 S. 16th St., Newark, N.J., on the steps of the 147th General Hospital, Honolulu, T.H. The men in the front row are, l. to r., Pvt. Gerico Hashimoto, Lihue, Kauai; Pfc. Mamoru Takabayashi, …
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John H. Wilson and wife posing with others next to Nu'uanu Pali Road plaque (ddr-njpa-2-902)
Caption on reverse: "GOLDEN JUBILEE OF PALI ROAD NOTED: A bronze plaque honoring Mayor John H. Wilson and the late Louis M. Whitehouse, engineers in charge of the construction of the Nuuanu Pali Road, which was completed 50 years ago, was unveiled yesterday in ceremonies sponsored by the Engineering Association of Hawaii. Shown above, left to …
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Charles Crane buying a ticket to the Pineapple Bowl game (ddr-njpa-2-202)
Caption on reverse: "FIRST PINEAPPLE BOWL TICKETS: Pretty Loretta Aiona, University of Hawaii co-ed, sells the first pair of tickets to the Pineapple Bowl Game to Mayor Charles S. Crane, quarterback and captain of the Honolulu Athletic club which played the territory's first intersectional game back in 1895. Mayor Crane thus becomes Honolulu's No. 1 football …
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Atherton Richards and agriculture conference panel leaders (ddr-njpa-2-1095)
Caption on reverse: "CONFERENCE PANEL LEADERS: Some solutions to the numerous problems concerned with increasing production and marketing of island produce were evolved in panel discussions during the three-day territorial fruit and vegetable industry conference which concludes today on the university campus. Panel speakers pictured, left to right, seated are H. Atherton Richards, Bishop Estate trustee; …