1984 items
1984 items
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Toshio Moritsugu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-318)
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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Fred Matsumura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-46)
Nisei male, born April 14, 1923, on the Island of Molokai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit as a Sergeant and Assistant Squad Leader. Later, he and three others in his unit had their rank reduced to Private after being court-martialed for alleged involvement …
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Heart Mountain Coordinator's Bulletin No. 10 (January 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-555)
Selected article titles: "Eastern and Southern Restrictions" (p. 1), "Further Clarification of Policy on Visit" (p. 1), "Status of Discharged Soldiers and Paroled Aliens" (p. 2), "Proper Use of Depot Passes" (p. 2), "Revision of Regulations on Contraband" (p. 2), "Welfare Assistance to Aliens" (p. 2), "Travel Grants for Hawaii" (p. 2).
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Article about Kazuhisa Abe (ddr-njpa-5-120)
Translation of article: Kazuhisa Abe is appointed as Kohala District Judge. He graduated from the Hilo branch of the University of Michigan. He was appointed by Judge James L. Coke, Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. Mr. Abe is the third Japanese American judge after Mr. Okino Tomekichi and Mr. Monde Tamao.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 38 No. 4 (January 22, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-4)
Selected article titles: "Senate committee joins Hawaii Alaska statehood bills together" (p. 1), "Runaway bus careens down main street for three miles, Nisei driver at wheel" (p. 1), "First Nisei appointed to work in congressional capacity, Indiana-born woman secretary to Rep. O'Hara of Illinois" (p. 3), "Citizenship for U.S. Indians" (p. 8).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 46, No. 17 (April 25, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-17)
Select article titles: "Sansei slain, innocent victim of teenage gang skirmish" (p.1); "ADC booster in Hawaii helps 1,200 Issei achieve U.S. citizenship" (p.8) Starting in No. 13, the volume number in the header changes from 46 to 26. This printing error is not corrected for the rest of the volume.
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 68, No. 15 (April 11, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-15)
Select article titles: "Hayakawa to address PSW" (p. 1); "Inouye Calls for Red China Sit In United Nations" (p.2); "UCLA Japanese History Project Studying Feasibility of Ethnic Study in Hawaii" (p. 2); "Jerry Enomoto: Telling Like It Is to the Youth" (p.3); "Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project Underway, Survey Starts" (p.3).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 40 No. 19 (May 13, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-19)
Selected article titles: "JACL to press efforts for Hawaii statehood" (p. 1), "Publishing company reports book maligning Issei, Nisei out of print" (p. 1), "Opinion rendered on Utah marriage law for white & part-Japanese couple" (p. 3), "Japan interest in refugee relief, orphan adoption high, Ishimaru reports to San Francisco Committee" (p. 5).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 20 (November 13, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-46)
Selected article titles: "Prop. 14 Adopted by 2-Million Margin, Tops LBJ Victory" (p.1), "Other States with Fair Housing Law in Line for Prop. 14-Type Action" (p.1), "Sansei Problems Topic for Survey" (p.1), "Election Implications" (p.2), "Johnson Chalks Up Largest Vote Total Ever in Hawaii Elections" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 14 (October 2, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-40)
Selected article titles: "Matsunaga Charges Racial Bigotry in Anonymous Letter Attacking Him" (p.1-2), "'No on 14' Endorsed by Lawyers, Realty Men, Doctors" (p.1), "Voteless GI Files First Suit under U.S. Rights Bill in Hawaii" (p.1), "Racialism in California" (p.2), "5th Fr. JACL Organized in Pacific Northwest" (p.4).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 18 (October 29, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-44)
Selected article titles: "Draft Dodgers" (p.1), "Yen Claimants Pushing Appeal" (p.1), "Yen Claimants Pushing Appeal" (p.1), "Kamehameha Schools Violate State FEP Laws" (p.1), "Cult Bent on World Domination in Hawaii" (p.1, 5), "Against the KKK in Bogalusa" (p.3), "History Project Issei Interview Wrap-Up Urged" (p.5).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 25 (June 22, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-25)
Selected article titles: "New York's Japanese American Groups Support 'History Project' Fund Campaign"(p.1), "New Walter Bill to Extend Stay of Deportation Dates" (p.1), "Nisei Complacency Rapped in Editorial" (p.1), "London Times Article on Various Ethnic Groups in Hawaii Misses Main Point: Census Bureau Practice of Racial Classes" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 2 (January 12, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-2)
Selected article titles: "Japanese Leaders More Concerned Over Shabby U.S. Treatment of Japan Trade" (p.1), "Seattle City Council Turns Down Proposal to Prohibit Housing Ban" (p.1), "Nisei in Hawaii Losing Political Grip, Says Inouye" (p.1), "After Pearl Harbor" (p.2), "Li'l Tokyo Issei Cited for Goodwill Push" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 14 (October 6, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-40)
Selected article titles: "Fair Housing Law Ruled Invalid" (p. 1), "Japan Movie Studio to Film Struggles of Issei Immigrants on Hawaii Plantations" (p. 1), "Step-Up of Minority Hiring in Industry Viewed as Answer to Soviet Propaganda" (p. 2), and "U.S.-Japan Forging Stronger Links in Joint Economic, Cultural Affairs" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 09, (March 9, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-9)
Select article titles: "Plaque Text of Manzanar Camp Tentatively OK" (p.1); "Progressive Westside JACL Board Action Viewed as Mass Resignation" (p.1); "Nisei Views on Career Education" (p.1); "Fukai Spearheads Anti-Drug Program for County Youth" (p.3); "Heart Disease Research of Japanese in Calif., Hawaii, Honshu Reviewed" (p.6).
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 57 (May 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-146)
Selected article titles: "Casualties Told"; "Monterey Action Hit"; "Golden State Perturbed"; "Demand Protection"; "Information Session"; "Sgt. Kuroki in Hawaii"; "Philadelphia Steering Committee Holds Forum"; "Service to be Held for Late Pfc. Masami Inatsu"; "Post-war Future Eyed"; "California 'Friendly Centers' Opened by Provisional Conference of Church"; "Delegates' Meat Problem is Solved"; "Condemned Vandals."
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Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 51 (March 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-52)
Selected article titles: "Social Security May be Had" (p. 1), "40 Per Cent in Hawaii Volunteer for Army" (p. 1), "Air Mail May be Rationed" (p. 2), "Map of Arizona Showing the New Exclusion Line" (p. 5), "Topaz Volunteers Draw Up Credo of Loyalty" (p. 5), "Mass Deportation is Unamerican" (p. 7).
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Lillian Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-224)
Nisei/Sansei female. Born December 14, 1928, in Stockton, California. Father was Issei and mother was Nisei, born in Hawaii. Grew up in Santa Monica, California. During World War II, moved with family to Colorado to avoid mass removal. Remained in Denver, later operating a grocery store and greenhouse business with husband.
Narrator Maynard Horiuchi
Female. Born August 8, 1925, in Vallejo, California. Due to father's career as a prominent Navy admiral, moved frequently while growing up, living in Hawaii, Cuba, California, China and Japan. Worked as an editor for the military in Washington, D.C., and Japan. While in Japan, met future husband, Lucius Horiuchi.
Narrator Catherine Embree Harris
White female. Born October 30, 1919. Grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, before World War II. After college, took a job with the Office of Indian Affairs, and went to work at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After the war, continued to work for the War Relocation Authority and then other agencies.
Narrator Ehren Watada
Male of Japanese and Chinese American descent. Born 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Graduated from Hawaii Pacific University in 2003, and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Received his officer's commission, and served in Korea in 2004 and 2005. While stationed in Fort Lewis, Washington, in 2006, asked for permission to resign his commission based on his understanding …
Narrator Masamizu Kitajima
Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. …
Narrator Lillian Sato
Nisei/Sansei female. Born December 14, 1928, in Stockton, California. Father was Issei and mother was Nisei, born in Hawaii. Grew up in Santa Monica, California. During World War II, moved with family to Colorado to avoid mass removal. Remained in Denver, later operating a grocery store and greenhouse business with husband.
Narrator Shizue Irei
Issei female. Born November 28, 1932, in Okinawa, Japan. Grew up in Japan where parents ran a farm. During World War II, when the Allied forces landed in Okinawa, fled home village with a large group and hid in the jungle. After the war, returned home, married, and eventually moved to Hawaii.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 7 (August 17, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-33)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Regiment Deactivated After Ceremonies in Hawaii" (p. 1), "Two-Thirds of U.S. Citizens Believe False Reports of Espionage by U.S. Japanese" (p. 1), "Disciples of Christ Demand Legisltation to Repay Evacuees" (p. 3), "Japanese Canadians Deported Under Government Program" (p. 8), "Racial Housing Bans Will Be Studied in L.A." (p. 8).