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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-310)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance in front of a small audience inside Norse Hall. Obon dancers from left to right: Shig Yuzuriha, Shig Oka, and Hiro Okayama. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the …

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img Thirteen adults and children around campfire on Okamura farm (ddr-densho-458-31)

Nine boys sitting behind a campfire, while four girls are standing behind them on Okamura Farm. Ladies left to right: Nobuko Okabayashi (nee-Okamura), Hiroko Okamura, Aiko, Mrs. Sawamura. Boys front left to right: Sakaye Okamura, Minoru Okamura, Kei Nakano, Shin Sawamura, Hiro Tsukushi, Tad Sawamura, and Hid (Hideyoshi Kashima). Boys back: Tomomi Yamada and Naomi Higaki

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img Group of children in field having a picnic (ddr-densho-458-29)

At Okamura farm with a table having a picnic. Men left to right: Minoru Okamura, Shin Sawamura, Sakaye Okamura, Tad Sawamura, Kei Nakano, Tomomi Yamada, unidentified man holding bag above his head, Hiro Tsukushi, Naomi Higaki, and Hideyoshi Kashima. Women left to right: Unidentified woman, Hiroko Okamura, Nobuko Okabayashi (nee Okamura, Aiko Higaki and Mrs. Sawamura …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-300)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers practicing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. From left to right male Obon dancers: Hiro Okayama, Mr. Tsujimura, Kenneth Yasutome, Yonezo Fujii, and unidentified. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by …

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 6 (ddr-one-7-75-6)

Daily life in camp

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 1 (ddr-one-7-75-1)

Family background

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-75-5)

First impressions of the Portland Assembly Center

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 11 (ddr-one-7-75-11)

Reflections

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-75-3)

Attending elementary school

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 4 (ddr-one-7-75-4)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor and preparing for mass removal

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-75-9)

Meeting future husband and getting married

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 2 (ddr-one-7-75-2)

Description of growing up on family's farm

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-75-8)

Adjusting to school after returning home

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-75-10)

Raising a family

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vh Hiro Heidi Inahara Interview Segment 7 (ddr-one-7-75-7)

Leaving camp and returning home

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-311)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance in front of a small audience inside Norse Hall. Obon dancers from left to right: Shig Yuzuriha, Shig Oka, Hiro Okayama, unidentified, and Arthur Ojiro “Art” Sasaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist …

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Narrator Hiro Heidi Inahara

Nisei female. Born February 2, 1928, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in the Portland area, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned with family to Portland.

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-318)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Obon dancers from left to right: Shig Yuzuriha, Hiro Okayama, Yonezo Fujii, and Tom Shigeo Tamiyasu. First seated women in the audience on far left is Sakae (Fujii) Ando. Obon is an annual event hosted by the …

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doc Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 1 of 4. (ddr-one-5-169)

Photocopy of a declassified file on Keizaburo Koyama by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The document speaks on Koyama's hearing at Fort Missoula, Montana and being found to be an enemy alien. The decision was based largely on Koyama having a subscription to the magazine put out by the Sokoku Kai. The panel felt that his …

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img Japanese American chaplain (ddr-densho-114-57)

Original caption: Japanese-American Chaplain. This newly-commissioned U.S. Army Chaplain is Lieut. Hiro Higuchi, a native of Hawaii, of Japanese parentage. He is now in training at Harvard, and is the second chaplain of Japanese ancestry to receive a commission in the U.S. Army Chaplains Corps. Higuchi is 36, married, and has a seven year old son. …

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img Issei minister with white colleagues (ddr-densho-151-163)

Original caption: Hayward, California. Members of clergy and Salvation Army bid farewell to evacuee minister, Reverend Sui Hiro, of the San Lorenzo Holiness Church, as he and his small son prepare to board evacuation bus. On his right is the Reverend John Charles Derfelt, Baptist minister, and on his left is the Reverend W. V. Immel, …

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doc San Francisco Nisei Majors Bowling Association Special Bonus awards (ddr-densho-422-506)

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doc Letter from incarcerees requesting release of prisoners, April 17, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-14)

Letter from incarcerees requesting the release of 21 inmates from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. Names: Kazama, Masami; Shimada, Shunichi; Harauchi, Akio; Kusuda, Masanao; Gushiken, Yoshitsune; Gushiken, Yoshio; Matsumoto, Mitsuru; Matsumoto, Tsuneto; Masuoka, Hiro; Tarumoto, Sadaichi; Obara, Wataru; Shimamura, Hiroichi; Fujii, Yoshio; Aoki, Jin; Kurashige, Kenichi; Okata, Masanao; Nakahara, Tokushige; Morikawa, Masao; Morikawa, Shigeto; …

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vh Bob Suzuki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-452)

Nisei-han male. Born January 2, 1936, in Portland, Oregon, where father worked for the railroad. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family moved to a small community outside of Spokane, Washington, to farm. Went to UC Berkeley and Caltech, then taught at …

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img Green Lake Judo Team (ddr-densho-136-37)

Green Lake Dojo was established in 1932. Classes, such as this one, were held twice a week at the Community Hall in North Seattle. The mass removal of Japanese Americans from Seattle forced Green Lake Dojo to close in 1942. Fourth row (L to R): Mr. Nakawatase, Mr. Tanagi, Mr. Kumasaka, Mr. Uchida, Mr. Hiyama, Mr. …

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