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Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-350-18)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-350-18)
Returning to Ketchikan

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to …

Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-350-20)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-350-20)
Serving in the military

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …

Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-350-5)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-350-5)
Attending Japanese language school

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …

Card from George Naohara to Mitsuko Naohara, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-406)
doc Card from George Naohara to Mitsuko Naohara, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-406)
Idaho card sets, "Beautiful Idaho: the gem state," mailed from George Nobuo Naohara while he was working in the U. S. Farm Labor Camp, Rupert, Idaho. The sets were sent to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara who was incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 32. See this object in …
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-30)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-30)
Excerpt: "Last week was the first of harvest vacation and a welcome quiet spell." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-47)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-47)
Excerpt: "Jerry has officially received his unsatisfactory rating and will appeal within 15 days." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-4)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-4)
Excerpt: "First, thank you for the many packages. The hangers and lamp came Saturday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
Miki Miyasako (ddr-densho-201-855)
img Miki Miyasako (ddr-densho-201-855)
Caption in album: "Cascade Idaho / Brother Matsu worked here before Army got him. 1944 & 1945 / Miki Miyasako, 'sister' Ume Sakagami."
img "R.T.C. 208 Co. B, 2nd Platoon, Camp Blanding Florida, Aug. - Dec. 1943" (ddr-densho-201-404)
Caption on reverse: "1st Row: George Tanagi Seattle, John Tanaka - Idaho Falls, Joe Ono - , Nobu Sakaguchi - , Satoru Sakuma, Mt. Vernon, Wash., Tamio Sakata, Roy Ono - Los Angles [sic], Mits Sakurada - Blackfoot Idaho, Ted Tadehara. 2nd Row: Emo Suzuki, Frank Shiota, Roy Ono, Ishida, Ernist [sic] Seko, Shiozaki - Idaho …
George Naohara and Keny Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-23)
img George Naohara and Keny Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-23)
Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara standing in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: We started thinning sugar beets. What we are holding are buckets and water. [In Japanese]. The same image without captions is found in item: csudh_nao_0032. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), …
Photograph of furlough workers leaving for the beet fields of Montana and Idaho (ddr-csujad-47-11)
img Photograph of furlough workers leaving for the beet fields of Montana and Idaho (ddr-csujad-47-11)
Photograph of furlough workers getting ready to leave for the beet fields of Montana and Idaho. A large truck with a tarp secured over the contents is on the left. The Manzanar Police Department and other administrative buildings in the background with the Sierra Nevada. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
Photograph of furlough workers leaving for the beet fields of Montana and Idaho (ddr-csujad-47-9)
img Photograph of furlough workers leaving for the beet fields of Montana and Idaho (ddr-csujad-47-9)
Photograph of furlough workers leaving for the beet fields of Montana and Idaho, after lifting of the WDC prohibitions, many left by truck carrying their household goods with them. A sagebrush dominates the foreground of the photograph. In the distance, people are standing next to two buses, the camp entrance, administraiton buildings and the Sierra Nevada …
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-76)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-76)
Excerpt: "We're on the last three months! And this one is flashing along unbelievable fast!" Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-51)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-51)
Excerpt: "Monday evening Miss Tate and I went for a walk down to the canal..." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
Men, women, and children outside a house (ddr-densho-201-320)
img Men, women, and children outside a house (ddr-densho-201-320)
Men, women, and children outside a house. Caption on front: "Emmett Idaho June, 1944. Thomas, Chester Fukuhara, Mrs. Hikida, me, Pearl."
The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 58 (August 15, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-45)
doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 58 (August 15, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-45)
"Civic Unity Group Airs Dramas on Bias Issues Over KJR" (p. 1), "Asks For Bids on Hunt, Idaho, Buildings" (p. 1)
Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 237 (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-456)
doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 237 (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-456)
Selected article titles: "75 Workers Wanted for Potato Harvesting in Idaho" (p. 1), "Fire Prevention Posters to be Distributed" (p. 1).
Photo of Paul and Kenji Ima in flannel shirts (ddr-densho-483-415)
img Photo of Paul and Kenji Ima in flannel shirts (ddr-densho-483-415)
Black and white photo of two boys wearing flannel shirts. Caption on album page: "Hunt Idaho January 1945" written in pencil
Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-350-6)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-350-6)
The shadier side of Ketchikan: Creek Street

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho …

Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-350-1)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-350-1)
Father's family background: immigration to Alaska

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before …

Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-350-19)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-350-19)
Reestablishing business after the war

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually …

Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-350-9)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-350-9)
Hearing about gambling in the canneries

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before …

Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-350-8)
vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-350-8)
Meeting Japanese Americans from Seattle in the canneries

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in …

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