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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 6 (February 11, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-6)

Selected article titles: "Two Courses of Action Open to Proponents of Resolution For Issei Naturalization Rights" (p. 1), "Japanese Plan Consulates in United States" (p. 1), "Hawaii Governor Plans Action To Support Issei Citizenship" (p. 1), "Attorney General Recommends Suspension of Deportation in Cases of 50 Japanese Aliens" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 8 (February 26, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-8)

Selected article titles: "Rules Committee Approves Judd Naturalization Bill. Measure to Open Citizenship For Issei May Be Sent to Floor of House for Action March 1" (p. 1), "Twelve Japanese American Representatives Serve in Two Houses of Hawaii Legislature" (p. 1), "Justice Department Advises Care in Filing Claims Forms" (p. 1).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 26 (July 1, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-26)

Selected article titles: "Report Tom Okino May Be First Japanese American to Become Circuit Justice in Hawaii" (p. 1), "Senate Judiciary Committee Reports Out Bill to Admit Japan Brides of U.S. Soldiers" (p. 2), "California Supreme Court Sets October Hearing on Issue of Alien Land Act, U.N. Charter" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 14 (October 3, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-40)

Selected article titles: "New 'look' for PC in Los Angeles with new staff and board in charge" (p. 1), "Many P.C. readers respond" (p. 2), "JACL continuance necessary: Masaoka" (p. 4), "NCWC immigration director defends Walter-McCarran Act at Seattle confab" (p. 5), "Nisei voting bloc in Hawaii unknown" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 20 (May 15, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-20)

Selected article titles: "Stigma of proscribed Japanese organizations seed for suspicion" (p. 1), "Sociological study of Santa Clara Valley Japanese to be made" (p. 1), "Canada may relax strict immigration policy against Japanese Canadians" (p. 2), "Hawaii Nisei 'imported' to meet labor shortage on no. Calif. berry farms" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 16 (October 16, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-41)

Selected article titles: "Hawaii will elect Nisei lt. governor" (p. 1), "Positive action brewing from continuous Asian actor picket" (p. 1), Seattle City Council votes 5-4 approving Nihonmachi housing" (p. 1), "Union protests firing at Sony distributors" (p. 3), "Asian American biographical data shows up wide career achievements" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 10 (March 6, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-10)

Selected article titles: "High School to Show Success of Its Nihongo Class" (p.1, 4), "Historic Debate in Senate on Civil Rights Bill Looming" (p.1-2), "PSW Chapters Hear Health Plan Details" (p.1), "AJA Veterans Told Place Needed to Keep Migration Record of Issei to Hawaii" (p.1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 5 (February 7, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-5)

Selected article titles: "Hiring Ban on Illegal Aliens: Proposal Gets Top Priority in House Judiciary Committee, Vows Rodino" (p. 1), "Interracial Marriages Among Nikkei Rising" (p. 1), "Japanese Studies at Primary Levels Proves Popular in S.F. (p. 3), and "$1-Billion Hawaii Native Claims Settlement Bill Re-Introduced" (p. 6).

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img Nisei soldier writing a letter (ddr-densho-114-39)

Original caption: Pfc. Larry Imamura, of Kehaha, Kauai, Hawaii, a Japanese-American with the 442nd Combat Team of the 100th Infantry Bn., in bivouac in the Charmois area of France, writes a letter before meeting the Germans on the front lines for the first time. U.S. Seventh Army. 10/22/44.

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img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-49)

Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. At a forward Command Post, Pfc. Bob T. Nakamura of Oahu, Hawaii, 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, makes sure that he will not loose his laundry by hanging it on a jeep. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944. [The correct spelling of the location is Castellina.]

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img Nisei soldier in battle (ddr-densho-114-55)

Original caption: Near Montenerro, Italy. Kookuro Moriguchi, an American of Japanese descent, 100th Inf. Bn., Honolulu, Hawaii, fires his M-1 into hills reported active with German snipers. The mortar bursts appear on the hill skyline in the distance. 7 August 1944. [The correct spelling of the location is Montenero.]

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img Nisei soldiers in meal line (ddr-densho-114-41)

Original caption: Charmois Area, France. Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, in bivouac prepare to go into the front lines for their first contact with the Germans in France. Prc. Yoshimaeo Kawaguchi, Mountain View, Hawaii goes through the chow line. Seventh Army. 12 Oct 1944.

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIII No. 27 (July 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-655)

Selected article titles: "Poston Closes by December 1. Central Utah, Minidoka, November 1; Heart Mountain, Gila, November 15; Manzanar, December 1; Rohwer Dec. 15" (p. 1), "10 Returned to Hawaii" (p. 2), "Judge Says Issei Have No Right to Lease" (p. 2), "Evacuee Makes Cockroach Powder in New Orleans" (p. 4).

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doc Memo from A.M. Tollefson, Colonel, CMP, Director, Prisoner of War Operations Division to CG US Army Forces, October 23, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-231)

Memorandum of understanding from A. M. Tollefson to CG US Army Forces regarding relocation of enemy aliens to Hawaii. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0233

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av Interview with Mary M. Hirai (tape 1, side 1) (ddr-ajah-3-352)

Mary M. Hirai was born on November 19, 1900. She left Japan as a baby and moved to Hawaii with her parents, then they went to San Jose, California, when Mrs. Hirai was aged five. Her father worked in a cannery and her grandmother cooked in Toyokan, a Japanese hotel.

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av Interview with Mary M. Hirai (tape 1, side 2) (ddr-ajah-3-353)

Mary M. Hirai was born on November 19, 1900. She left Japan as a baby and moved to Hawaii with her parents, then they went to San Jose, California, when Mrs. Hirai was aged five. Her father worked in a cannery and her grandmother cooked in Toyokan, a Japanese hotel.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 13 (March 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-62)

Selected article titles: "Spain Quits as Protecting Power: Vice Consul of Spain Leaves Center After Receiving Order" (p. 1), "Nisei Inducted into U.S. Army Now Total 17,600" (p. 1), "9 Sentenced on Charges of Violating Regulations" (pp. 1-2), and "Procedure Given for Those Planning Return to Hawaii" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-62/

vh George Yamada Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-187-21)

First encounters with Japanese Americans from Hawaii

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

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Narrator Ramsay Yosuke Mori

Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …

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vh Ryo Imamura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-27)

Sansei male, born April 28, 1944, in the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. His father was the late Rev. Kanmo Imamura, a former Bishop of Hawaii and a minister for the Hawaii Kyodan and the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA). His mother Jane Imamura composed many of the children's gathas sung in the Dharma Schools. Both …

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img President Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (ddr-densho-10-6)

Onlookers watch as President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Left to right: Senator Spark Matsunaga (Hawaii), Representative Norman Mineta (California), Representative Patsy Saiki (Hawaii), Senator Pete Wilson (California), Representative. Don Young (Alaska), Representative Robert Matsui (California), Representative Bill Lowery (California), and Harry Kajihara, President, National JACL. The man in the back is …

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img Basic training (ddr-densho-114-178)

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 a 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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img Farrant L. Turner speaking at 49th State Fair opening ceremonies (ddr-njpa-2-986)

Caption on reverse: "DIGNITARIES ATTEND 49TH STATE FAIR OPENING: Military and civilian dignitaries attended the opening ceremonies of the sixth 49th State Fair last night at Sand Island. Standing before the mike is Secretary of Hawaii Farrant L. Turner, who was one of the principal speakers, representing Gov. Samuel Wilder King. Others, left to right, are: …

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img George C. Marshall and Katherine Boyce Tupper Marshall arriving in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-975)

Caption on reverse: "Marshalls greeted by local Red Cross workers: Gen. George C. Marshall, president of the American Red Cross and a director of the Pan American World Airways, and Mrs. Marshall (shown with leis) were greeted by local Red Cross workers upon their arrival Tuesday from Los Angeles with top PAA executives for a four-day …

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vh Amy Tsugawa Interview (ddr-one-7-30)

Nisei female. Born and raised in Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI. The rest of the family was removed to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, to be reunited with father. After leaving camp, moved with family to Japan before eventually returning to …

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