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Nisei technicians working on calculations (ddr-densho-114-98)
Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. In the Fire Direction Center of the 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, Lt. George S. Meany, Greenwich, Conn., Left, works with his Japanese American crew. In the center is T/Sgt. Shuichi, Sakamoto, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, calculating vertical control and S/Sgt. Yuki Ahaki, Modesto Calif., at the horizontal control, …
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Nisei sniper (ddr-densho-114-46)
Original caption: Castrellina Area, Italy. Pfc. Genkichi Akamine, Honolulu, T. H., a sniper with the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Div., is a typical American of Japanese descent. A native of Hawaii, he has three years service in the U.S. Army, and has fought through the entire Italian Campaign, just ending 16 days of hill fighting in …
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Pacific Citizen Christmas 1945 Issue (ddr-densho-121-5)
Selected article titles: "WRA Will Assist Returned Evacuees to Find Permanent Location on Pacific Coast" (p. 3), "Judge Grants New Hearing to Renunciant" (p. 3), "442nd Infantry Still on Duty in Many Sections of Italy" (p. 3), "Placer Supervisors Will Grant Aid to Returned Evacuees" (p. 3), "Three Arrested in Murder of Nisei Veteran" (p. 3), …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 68 (June 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-3)
Selected article titles: "Fighter Knew Why He Was Fighting"; "Phi Beta Kappa Girl Can't Get in School"; "On the Other Hand"; "Fund to be Sent to Prisoners"; "Favor Holding Island Defense"; "WAC Lieutenant to Speak Thursday Night"; "Speaking for Selves"; "Brave Sergeant Dies in Action"; "Chicago Paper Comments on Defeat of Congressman"; "Judge Sets July 10 …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 79 (July 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-168)
Selected article titles: "Reconsideration Asked of Myer"; "Property issue Before Kilgore Senate Group"; "Carnival Dance Slated"; "Legislature Fails to Adopt Commission"; "Committee May Try on Voluntary Basis"; "Compliment Girls"; "100th Infantrymen Flown Back by ATC Planes to Florida Airbase from Italy"; "Teamster Would Hire Nisei War Veterans"; "400 at Inaugural Ball"; "Reason for Double Joy"; "Say …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4308 (May 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-21)
Selected article titles: "Oregon's Alien Land Law 'Of Doubtful Constitutionality' Says WRA Solicitor"; "Next of Kin of War Heroes Warned Against Fraudulent Schemers"; "7 Bay Region Nisei Recent Casualties in Northern Italy"; "The Voice of Youth"; "Placer Nisei Plans to Appeal Draft Status"; "Hero of a Horatio Alger Story Laid in Chicago"; "Nisei Employees Cited for …
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Weekly Press Review No. 39 (ddr-densho-156-352)
Original summary excerpt: The past week saw the development of only a few new stories of interest to WRA; clippings were considerably less than usual. The progress of the Nisei soldiers in Italy continued to draw favorable comment, both in news columns and on editorial pages. Several papers carried an INS release on the use of …
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Members of the Lytton Commission (ddr-njpa-1-1211)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Their Majesties Dine With China Commission of Enquiry －At Homeiden in the Imperial Palace - Lord Lytton (Britain), General Claudel (France), General McCoy (US), Dr. Schnee (Germany), Count Aldrovandi (Italy), and Secretary-General Ark [?] of the League of Nations China Commission of Enquiry which is currently in Japan were received by His …
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The bride and groom (ddr-njpa-1-42)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Music [illegible] Wedding. The Imperial Household Ministry's Musical Section [illegible] Mr. Comelie [?]. (Tokyo) February 13, 1934. Ethiopian bride [illegible] wedding march is being cheerfully played [illegible] Mr. Etano Comelie [?] (41), who has [illegible] the Imperial Household Ministry's Musical Section's [illegible] since [illegible] as the conductor of the Italy Cappi [?] …
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Ivanoe Bonomi and Count Carlo Sforza (ddr-njpa-1-1871)
Caption on reverse: "Members of new Italian government confer in Rome. Ivanoe Bonomi (left), Premier of the newly formed Italian Government, and Count Carlo Sforza, Minister without portfolio, confer in liberated Rome during the first meeting of the Cabinet. Count Sforza, who returned to his homeland from America as Allied armies drove the Germans from southern …
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Mexico's military leaders during World War II (ddr-njpa-1-45)
Caption on the reverse: "Mexico Unanimously Votes War Against Germany, Italy, Japan: Another whole-hearted supporter of President Camacho is his predecessor, former President Lazaro Cardenas, to whom is attributed much of Mexico's modern progress. General Cardenas, center, now commander-in-chief of Pacific Coast defenses in cooperation with the U.S., is walking with his chief aides, Commodore R. …
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-240)
Nisei male. Born October 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Renton, Washington, where father operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Briefly transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army and served in Italy as a replacement …
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Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto II (ddr-densho-1000-248)
Nisei male. Born October 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Renton, Washington, where father operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Briefly transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army and served in Italy as a replacement …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 7 (April 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-134)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Unit Rejoins Fifth Army; Takes Mt. Belvedere in Italy" (p. 1), "Campaign Held to Keep Nisei Away" (p. 1), "Evacuees Must Apply For Ration Books" (p. 1), "Roosevelt Succumbs Thursday" (p. 1), "University Students Cause Confusion at Anti-Japanese Meet; Say Nazism At Work" (p. 1), "Myer Writes of Spain-Japan Break" (p. 1), …
Narrator John Kanda
Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. Following Executive Order 9066, family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, then to Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered as a replacement for the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and trained …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 5 (February 5, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-6)
Selected article titles: "Fifty-Nine Members of Nisei Unit Awarded Purple Heart For Wounds in Italy Campaign" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadians Refuse To Accept Japan Foodstuffs In Protest Against Fascism" (p. 1), "Gen. Emmons Warns Against Retaliation" (p. 1), "Railroad Offers Settlement To Evacuees in Accident Suit" (p. 1), "Hawaii's Japanese Americans Major Factor in Rebuilding Territory's …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 19 (May 11, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-19)
Selected article titles: "Seventh Citation Given Nisei Combat Unit. Japanese American Regiment Honored for Role in Opening Final Offensive in Italy" (p. 1), "California Supreme Court Will Hear Oyama Test Case On Alien Land Act June 10" (p. 1), "Returned Evacuee Files Suit To Test Alien Fishing Ban" (p. 1), "MIS Language School Will Be Moved …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 24 (June 15, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-24)
Selected article titles: "442nd to Be Deactivated on Return to U.S. Japanese American Regiment Parades for Last Time in Italy as Sailing Date Nears" (p. 1), "California Court Declares Anti-Alien Fishing Law Invalid. Los Angeles Justice Rules Ban on Japanese Fishermen Violates U.S. Constitution" (p. 1), "California Supreme Court Will Rule on Alien Land Act" (p. …
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Weekly Press Review No. 61 (ddr-densho-156-366)
Original summary excerpts: News reports of the military service of nisei, which have constituted an ever expanding section of the Review since the War Department's announcement in January of the induction of Japanese-Americans, has become the largest source of WRA news this week. Although there were scattered favorable reports on the good records of members of …
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Memorial Tech. Sgt. George Z. Akiyama Company F, 442nd R. C. T. (ddr-csujad-55-79)
Funeral program for Technical Sergeant George Z. Akiyama, Company F, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, who was killed in action on July 3, 1944 in Castellino, Italy. Funeral service was organized by Nisei post 8985, V. F. W. and held at the Buddhist church in Sacramento, California. Program includes names of participants and schedule of church and …
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Genro Kashiwa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-395)
Nisei male. Born April 27, 1923, in Waialua, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where father was a Buddhist priest. During World War II, served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in France and Italy. After the war, went to law school and eventually returned to Hawaii.
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Lawson I. Sakai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-472)
Nisei male. Born October 27, 1923, in Montebello, California. Grew up in Montebello, where father and other family members ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, family moved to Colorado to avoid mass removal. In 1943, volunteered for the army and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, fighting in campaigns in Italy and France. …
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-199)
Nisei male. Born November 7, 1920, in Mountain View, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where parents ran a sugar cane plantation. Was working hauling lumber when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Was not dismissed from work like other Japanese Americans, and was required to clean up the aftermath of the bombing. Volunteered for …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 26 (December 24-31, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-51)
Special holiday issue. Selected article titles: "Preserving Our Japanese American History: Visual Communications' Photographic Archives" (pp. 14-15), "'Offensive Stupidity' and the Struggle of Abe Tokunosuke" (pp. 31, 43, 68, 70, 76-77), "1982: The Year in Review" (pp. 52-63, 69, 78-79), and "After the Rescue of the 'Lost Battalion': 'Gothic Line' Breakthrough by 100/442 Spells End to …
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Japanese American pointing at Honor Roll sign (ddr-densho-37-748)
Original WRA caption: Fumi Onodera, 20, proudly points at the names of her 3 brothers, Kid, 26; Kaun, 24; and Satoru, 22, on the Honor Roll of Japanese-Americans serving in the U. S. Army from the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The 3 brothers are training in a combat team at Camp Shelby, Mississippi with other …