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Interview with Chris Ishii, part 1 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1555)
Ishii discusses producing propaganda leaflets with the OWI and serving in the China-Burma-India theater. Video starts at 0:44. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II NY, #39, 6-85, Ishii. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1556/
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Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 107 (April 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-263)
Selected article titles: "2000 May Come Here from Jerome" (p. 1), "Relocation: Pullman Reservations Taken" (p. 1), "Armstrong: Opposes Law to Bar Nisei Doctor" (p. 2), "Editorial: For Fair Play" (p. 2), "WRA to Reopen Leupp in May" (p. 3), "Nisei in India-Burma Front with US Air Commandos" (p. 3), "Army Explains Nisei Standing" (p. 3).
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Stafford Cripps smoking a pipe (ddr-njpa-1-1092)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "From Shanghai. 2. Former Labour Party leader Sir Stafford Cripps has been on an important observation tour, visiting various locations including the Near East, India, Hong Kong, Chongqing, and Moscow. He arrived in Shanghai on the 12th and will likely soon head to Tokyo. Photograph: Cripps in Shanghai. [Stamped] March 14, 1940."
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Four men looking at map (ddr-ajah-2-822)
Caption: Military intelligence Service (MIS) veterans are seen after returning from the China-Burma-India (CBI) theatre, with Col. Kai Rasmussen, the man who was the commandant of the MIS at Camp Savage, Minnesota. The boys are on their way to Fort Benning, Georgie. photo Fort Snelling, January 1945. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-731 with additional notes
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Kosetsu Nosu and his wife being welcomed at Tokyo Station (ddr-njpa-4-1523)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The artist Nosu returned with great success. (Tokyo) November 30, 1936. The artist Nosu finished a historical wall fresco at the [?] Temple of Sarnath in far away and very hot India. He worked on that for about seven years and [?]. He returned on the [?]. The photo is the arrival …
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Hiro Nishimura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-237)
Nisei male. Born August 8, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, and was attending the University of Washington when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Drafted into the military a few months after the bombing, and then transferred to the Military Intelligence Service. Served as a linguist in Burma and India during …
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Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 60 (ddr-densho-1000-153-60)
Landing in India, receiving combat training
Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as such.
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Jose Naza (ddr-njpa-1-987)
Caption on reverse: "U.N. President-Jose Naza of Chile, president of the General Assembly of the United Nations, who arrived via Pan American Airways last night from San Francisco, departs via PAA tonight enroute to Tokyo and a scheduled audience with Emperor Hirohito, Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyame and other top government leaders. Later he will fly to …
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Interview with John Fujii, part 2 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1692)
Fujii discusses being suspected as a Japanese spy while working for a newspaper, serving Japan and being interned in India during the war, his sympathy for Japan during the war, his brother's service in the US army, and his brother's attitude toward Japan. Video starts at 0:25. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 5 (August 7, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-30)
Selected article titles: "California Chinese Americans Ask Fair Play for U.S. Nisei" (p. 1), "Leupp Not Prison Or Concentration Camp, Says Best" (p. 1), "Plan Exchange of U.S., Japan Nationals Soon. Repatriation Ship Will Take 1500 Persons To Porguguese India" (p. 1), "Evacuee Property Problems Considered by Dillon Myer During Los Angeles Visit" (p. 2), "Evacuees …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 8 (August 24, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-34)
Selected article titles: "Legislative Progress to Tax-Exempt Claims Seen, Committee Oks King Bill" (p.1), "House Approves WW2 Claims Bill" (p.1), "Nihonmachi Project Diagrams Presented" (p.1), "'Are You Really an America!' Badgers Nisei Students with UCLA's Project India" (p.1), "Internal Revenue Service Slashes Open a Wound" (p.2), "Pearl Harbor Spy Story Interest Revived by German Window's Suit …
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Rohwer Outpost Vol. II No. 38 (May 12, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-60)
Selected article titles: "Christian Confab. Dr. E. Stanley Jones from India Heads Mission Team" (p. 1), "Warning! Insecticide is Poisonous" (p. 1), "State Library Commission Puts Rohwer on Loan List" (p. 1), "Malaria Fever Control Labor" (p. 2), "Families Leave for New Center" (p. 2), "Camp Shelby Offers Various Employment for 500 Nisei" (p. 3), "Block …
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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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Joseph Stilwell and George C. Campbell at breakfast (ddr-njpa-1-1816)
Caption on reverse: "4/8/44. U.S. Gen. Stilwell has hurried meal on Burma front. Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell (right), Commander in Chief of U.S. forces in China, Burma and India, interrupts breakfast to issue orders, somewhere on the Northern Burma front. At left is Major George C. Campbell of the U.S. Army. American and Chinese troops …
Narrator Pramila Jayapal
Born September 21, 1965 in Madras, India. Attended the Jakarta International School in Indonesia before moving to the United States to attend college at Georgetown University. Worked as an investment banker in New York City as well as in the management development program for Physio-Control. Currently, Pramila is the founder and Executive Director of Hate Free …
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Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 79 (ddr-densho-1000-153-79)
An incident involving a threat of court-martial in New Delhi, India
Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as …
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1593)
This tape exclusively features Ken Akune, who discusses a confrontation he had with a racist sergeant, the propaganda he helped create in China/Burma/India, and the relationship between US soldiers and Japanese prisoners of war. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 79, II LA #20, 7-24-85, Ken …
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Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 13 (August 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-89)
Selected article titles: "Inspection of Vehicles at Motor Pool is Essential" (p. 1), "Notice! Repatriates' Families" (p. 1), "Resettlement in New York" (p. 3), "Exchange of Nationals to Take Place in India" (p. 3), "First Court Case Settled" (p. 3), "Blocks Sanitation to be Cared for by New Set-up" (p. 3), "Public Invited to View Red …
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1591)
Ken Akune discusses his time at Amache, his decision to join the military from camp, his time at Camp Savage, his basic training with the 442nd, community objection to his volunteering, and his time in the China-Burma-India theater. Video starts at 0:27. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 77, II …
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Roy Takai Interview (ddr-densho-1004-5)
Nisei male. Born October 3, 1918, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, was drafted out of the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Served with the Military Intelligence service as a translator and interpreter in India, Burma and Japan.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park …
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Gandhi visiting Rome (ddr-njpa-1-454)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "January 4, 1932. 'Holy Hero' Gandhi Visits Rome. (Rome) Rengo. It has already been reported in this company's foreign cables on the 2nd that, after meeting failure at the Anglo-Indian Round-Table Conference recently held in the British capital of London and returning home, the Indian holy hero Gandhi and the Indian National …
Narrator Hideo Hoshide
Nisei male. Born September 25, 1917, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma except for living in Japan for several years at age four. Attended the University of Washington in Seattle, majoring in Political Science, Far Eastern Studies, with a minor in journalism. Prior to World War II, worked as sports editor for community newspaper, The …
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Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1007-10)
Nisei male. Born March 12, 1915, in Pauuilo, Hawaii. Joined the army in December 1940 and was assigned to the 100th Infantry Battalion. Transferred to the Military Intelligence Service in 1942, and was asked to help select a group of volunteer linguists to serve with Merrill's Marauders in India and Burma. Herbert was a skilled interrogator …
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Pramila Jayapal Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-161)
Born September 21, 1965 in Madras, India. Attended the Jakarta International School in Indonesia before moving to the United States to attend college at Georgetown University. Worked as an investment banker in New York City as well as in the management development program for Physio-Control.
Currently, Pramila is the founder and Executive Director of Hate Free …
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Pramila Jayapal Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-156)
Born September 21, 1965 in Madras, India. Attended the Jakarta International School in Indonesia before moving to the United States to attend college at Georgetown University. Worked as an investment banker in New York City as well as in the management development program for Physio-Control.
Currently, Pramila is the founder and Executive Director of Hate Free …