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doc Ninth Grade Report Card (ddr-densho-474-147)

Starr Urakawa's ninth grade report card from Hunt High School.

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img Lester Ichiro Hashiguchi standing in snow at Minidoka (ddr-densho-474-203)

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doc Tenth Grade Report Card (ddr-densho-474-148)

Starr Urakawa's ninth grade report card from Hunt High School.

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doc Citizen's Indefinite Leave Card (ddr-densho-104-9)

Indefinite Leave Card for Junelow Kurose

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img Nisei serviceman with wife and daughter (ddr-densho-37-751)

Original WRA caption: T/4 Taniguchi visits his wife and daughter at the Minidoka Relocation Center before returning to his unit in the Pacific. Taniguchi volunteered for the Army in 1942 when he and his family were at Tule Lake before it became a segregation center. He served in the China-Burma-India theatre and served on load to …

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img Japanese Americans clearing sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-703)

Original WRA caption: A farm rake pulled by a Fordon-Ferguson tractor gathers up sagebrush previously bladed off by a road patrol.

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img Japanese Americans gathering and burning sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-722)

Original WRA caption: Children of the Stafford Elementary School picking up sagebrush and piling and burning in one of the farm fields near the school cleared out of raw sagebrush. Children planted and took care of vegetable crops in this area.

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img Japanese American clearing land (ddr-densho-37-706)

Original WRA caption: An evacuee drives a heavy tractor pulling a triangle of heavy railroad irons breaking off sagebrush. This is one of the methods of clearing off land of the sagebrush adjacent to the Minidoka Relocation Center.

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img Honor Roll billboard (ddr-densho-37-736)

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img Farm workers' mess hall (ddr-densho-37-731)

Original WRA caption: Shown is the farm mess hall where the farmers had their meals for a short time. Built sometime in 1944 it is acclaimed by many to be the most cleanest and having the prettiest surroundings.

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img Family on barracks steps (ddr-densho-37-661)

Original WRA caption: Mack Kaneko and family

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img Japanese Americans arriving by train (ddr-densho-37-824)

Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A train bringing approximately six hundred evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington. Buses, used to transport these people to the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center, are waiting at the siding.

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img Camp beauty shop (ddr-densho-37-16)

Original WRA caption: High school girls working part time in [the] beauty shop, which is operated by the Minidoka Consumers Cooperative.

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img Flag dedication (ddr-densho-37-682)

Original WRA caption: Dedication of the project flag and flagpole in the administration area. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho and by civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho.

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img Christmas decoration contest (ddr-densho-37-15)

Original WRA caption: Dining hall 32 won fourth place with its beautiful centerpiece complete with life-size Santa Claus in the Christmas dining hall decorations contest.

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img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-58)

Original WRA caption: A Minidoka Relocation Center evacuee and an evacuee being transferred to the Tule Lake Center grasp hands in a final farewell as the train carrying 254 evacuees to the Tule Lake Center prepares to leave.

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img Preinduction physical (ddr-densho-37-1)

Original WRA caption: Pre-induction physical. The Minidoka incarceration camp produced more Japanese American military volunteers than any other camp.

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img Queen of Hunt High School (ddr-densho-37-4)

Original WRA caption: Queen of Hunt High School May Day Festival being crowned by Richard A. Pomeroy, Supt. of Education, is shown with her attendants. The court was chosen by popular vote in a contest sponsored by the student body. Left to right: Pri[n]ce Victor Fujioka, Princess Dorothy Sugawara, Mr. Pomeroy, Queen Betty Aoki, Princess Sue …

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img Nisei military volunteers (ddr-densho-37-328)

Original WRA caption: Shown here are the four Sakura brothers who have volunteered for service in the combat team in the United States Army, which is composed of Americans of Japanese ancestry. These four brothers are fulfilling a vow made to their father, who died 20 years ago, to live and die for the United States, …

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img Sugar beet topping crew (ddr-densho-37-725)

Original WRA caption: All girl crew of sugar beet toppers working for Berlin Fought near Burley, Idaho. The girls cooked their own meals.

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img Partitioned recreation hall (ddr-densho-37-59)

Original WRA caption: Recreation hall partitioned with wall board to make bedrooms for Tule Lake transferees due to the shortage of regular housing space.

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img Camp band performance (ddr-densho-37-681)

Original WRA caption: Norakuro band. This is called a harmonica band although harmonicas are augmented by an equal number of other instruments. The organization including the name is patterned after Borrah Minnevitch's Harmonica Rascals. The band plays for center dances and is very popular. They play both American and Japanese music, often putting Japanese lyrics to …

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