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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 53 (ddr-densho-1000-92-53)
vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 53 (ddr-densho-1000-92-53)
Israel honors the 552nd Field Artillery Battalion who helped to liberate death camp survivors

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-92-53/

Narrator Howard H. Furumoto

Nisei male. Grew up in Hilo, Hawaii. Was a veterinary student at Kansas State University when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service, and served in Burma with the Merrill's Marauders.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/830/

Narrator Kenji Goto

Kibei male. Grew up in Kona, Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the Military Intelligence and was an instructor at the language school in Camp Savage, heading the Oral Language Division.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/831/
Naniwabushi artists and others at a dinner party (ddr-njpa-4-2469)
img Naniwabushi artists and others at a dinner party (ddr-njpa-4-2469)
Caption on reverse: "YONEWAKA GROUP AT KANRAKU PARTY: Yonewaka Susuki, renowned Japanese naniwabushi artist, and his troupe were honored at a dinner at Kanraku tea house Saturday night. Left to right: Masayoshi Toguchi, a personal friend of the naniwabushi artist who invited the group here; Yonewaka Susuki, his wife (professionally Nobuko Fujita), Yoneyakko Susuki, Kikuwaka Susuki, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-2469/
John H. Wilson speaking at 49th State Fair opening ceremonies (ddr-njpa-2-906)
img John H. Wilson speaking at 49th State Fair opening ceremonies (ddr-njpa-2-906)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-906/

Narrator Larry "Shorty" Kazumura

Nisei male. Born November 7, 1920, in Mountain View, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where parents ran a sugar cane plantation. Was working hauling lumber when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Was not dismissed from work like other Japanese Americans, and was required to clean up the aftermath of the bombing. Volunteered for …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/242/

Narrator Jeff Furumura

Sansei male. Born November 23, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, father was in a tuberculosis sanitarium, then was taken to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and mother was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Parents met in Chicago, Illinois, after leaving the camps. …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1021/
The Northwest Times Vol. 4 No. 94 (November 25, 1950) (ddr-densho-229-256)
doc The Northwest Times Vol. 4 No. 94 (November 25, 1950) (ddr-densho-229-256)
"One Out of Every Three Doesn't Believe in God, Japanese University Student Poll Discloses" (p. 1), "New U.S. Law Affects Issei" (p. 1), "Tacoma Buddhists to Note 30th Year of Their Church" (p. 1), "Walter Bill, Hawaii Statehood Head ADC Agenda; Congress Meets Monday" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-256/
Takiko Mizunoe and Shirley Temple posing with others (ddr-njpa-4-742)
img Takiko Mizunoe and Shirley Temple posing with others (ddr-njpa-4-742)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Takiko meets Shirley Temple. May 30, 1939. When Takiko Mizunoe made a port call at Hawaii she met Shirley Temple in Lanikai, a suburb of Honolulu. Shown in the photo taken May 19th, from left, Miss Kai, Temple, Mizunoe, and Mr. Murayama."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-742/
Roy Y. Uto and Harold M. Date (ddr-njpa-5-435)
doc Roy Y. Uto and Harold M. Date (ddr-njpa-5-435)
Caption on newspaper clipping: "Outgoing and Incoming YBA Head: Harold M. Date (right) is shown accepting the gavel from Roy Y. Uto as the new president of the Honolulu YBA at the association's 59th annual meeting last night at the Waikiki Lau Yee Chai. -- (Hawaii Times photo)"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-435/
Roy Y. Uto and Harold M. Date (ddr-njpa-5-434)
img Roy Y. Uto and Harold M. Date (ddr-njpa-5-434)
Caption on reverse: "Outgoing and Incoming YBA Head: Harold M. Date (right) is shown accepting the gavel from Roy Y. Uto as the new president of the Honolulu YBA at the association's 59th annual meeting last night at the Waikiki Lau Yee Chai. -- (Hawaii Times photo)"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-434/
Madge Goto standing next to a piano (ddr-njpa-5-1147)
img Madge Goto standing next to a piano (ddr-njpa-5-1147)
Caption on reverse: "After the concert: Miss Madge Goto posed for this photo in front of the piano after her successful recital at Mabel Smyth auditorium last night. The leis were presented to her at the end of the reciptal.--(Hawaii Times photo by Don Nagano)"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-1147/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 12 (September 28, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-39)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 12 (September 28, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-39)
Selected article titles: "Government Conducts Survey of Readjustment Problems of Japanese American Group" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans Reenter Hawaii Political Campaigns. Run for Territorial Offices For First Time Since 1942 Mass Withdrawal from Politics" (p. 1), "Evacuation Held Responsible for Unsettled Civil Liberties Issues" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-18-39/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 38 No. 23 (June 4, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-23)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 38 No. 23 (June 4, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-23)
Selected article titles: "Federal judge rules loss of citizenship status unconstitutional" (p. 1), "Increasingly mixed-up racial breakdown of Hawaii births solved -- Territory Health Dept. decides to stop such statistics" (p. 3), "Midwest District Council proposes own plan to incorporate Issei division in national JACL" (p. 4).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-26-23/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 23 (June 10, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-23)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 23 (June 10, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-23)
Select article titles: "EDC asks $15,000 budget to boost civil rights aims" (p. 1); "Extensive celebration of 100th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Hawaii planned for 1968 by Islanders" (p. 1); "Nisei Republican views the Negro" (p. 3); "Another Nisei GI Killed in Vietnam" (p. 6).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-38-23/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 41 No. 7 (August 12, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-32)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 41 No. 7 (August 12, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-32)
Selected article titles: "House passes Hawaii land return bill, aids non-profit Japanese organizations" (p. 1), "Anti-oriental discriminatory clause in Reclamation Act deleted in House action" (p. 1), "Past decade of Japan's democratization surveyed; importation of American customs many, but labor movement rise significant" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-27-32/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 8 (February 22, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-8)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 8 (February 22, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-8)
Selected article titles: "Detailed Paper Work Keeps History Project Staff Busy" (pp. 1-2), "Ineffective Oral Communication Viewed as 'Achilles Heel' For Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Tokyo Topics: Japanese in Hawaii Celebration" (p. 2), and "By the Board: Civil Rights in the State of Washington" (p. 4).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-8/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 21 (May 30, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-21)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 21 (May 30, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-21)
Indochina refugees issue. Selected article titles: "Nikkei and U.S. Foreign Policy" (p. 1), "20,000 Parade in N.Y. Chinatown for Civil Rights" (pp. 1-2), "Asian Americans Mistaken for Illegal Aliens Working in Hawaii Tourist Trade" (p. 1), and "After Camp Pendleton: California Must Do More" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-21/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 21 (November 22, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-46)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 21 (November 22, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-46)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Politics: Was There Distrust of Nikkei?' (p. 1), "Oil Crisis Exposes Japan's Weakness as Economic Force" (pp. 1, 3), "JACL--National Board: Nat'l Faces Year-End Cash Flow Ebb" (pp. 1-2), and "JACL--Sansei Study Tour: Hiroshima: The Turning Point" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-46/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 16 (April 27, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-16)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 16 (April 27, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-16)
Select article titles: "Memorial Service for Matsunaga: Thousands Pay Final Respects at State Capitol, Church in Hawaii"(p.1); "Youth Convicted for Terrorizing Black Students at Bus Stop"(p.1); "JA Vets Attempt to Quell Memorial Controversy"(p.3); "Waking Up to Our Own Racism"(p.5).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-62-16/
Nisei soldiers eating (ddr-densho-114-44)
img Nisei soldiers eating (ddr-densho-114-44)
Original caption: North Africa Theater. Japanese soldiers in the U.S. Army, are eating chow in the field, using a pan for a stove, L to R: Capt. Victor J. Bonin, Lowell, Mass., and Hilo, Hawaii; Pfc. Morio Kidani, Honolulu; and Pfc. Yasuo Takenouchi, Kapaa, Kauai. 1943.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-44/
Two Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-38)
img Two Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-38)
Original caption: Pfc Robert N. Maeda, left, Waipahu, Oahu, Hawaii, munches a candy bar as he waits with Pfc Lawson I. Sakai, of Grand Junction, Colo., for transportation to a new bivouac area in France. 10/14/44. 2nd Bn., 442nd Combat Team, Chambois Sector. France.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-38/
Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 20 (ddr-densho-156-284)
doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 20 (ddr-densho-156-284)
Article titles: "Kansas to Use Japanese Labor to Harvest Beet Crop"; "Rumor Regarding Pay of Japanese Quelled"; "Dempsey Answers Japanese Colonization 'Insinuations'"; "Living Conditions at Projects"; "Evacuation of Coast Japanese Completed..."; "Harvesting Progressing: Crop Saved"; "Hawaii to Evacuate Some Japs"; "...Three More Bay Area Suspects Ousted..."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-284/
Passport no. 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1844)
doc Passport no. 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1844)
Passport belonging to Mr. McClaren (McLaren) for a cruise to Hawaii aboard the S.S. Aloha. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1847
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1844/
Passport no. 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1845)
doc Passport no. 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1845)
Passport belonging to Mrs. McClaren (McLaren) for a cruise to Hawaii aboard the S.S. Aloha. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1848
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1845/
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