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img 442nd Regimental Combat Team training (ddr-densho-114-113)

Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss., Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii, and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …

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av Alice Uyeda Interview (ddr-densho-400-23)

Alice Uyeda was born on February 19, 1920, in Baldwin Park, California. Alice was the youngest of three children to Buhei and Sawaye Ito. Her father was a truck farmer in Baldwin Park. On December 7, 1941, when World War II broke out, Alice was working in Glendale, California. She and her family went to Utah …

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doc Letter from Grace Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-13)

Letter describes Little Tokyo as a "ghost town", with the majority of stores closed, and the produce houses either closed or sold. She is the only one in the immediate family that is still working, and describes current evacuation news of friends. Also mentions that Emmy was marrying Ken Ito on Saturday. Expressed sadness of the …

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img Staff photo in front of potted plant (ddr-densho-506-68)

A staff group photo which includes Susan Mochizuki.

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doc Kikawa photograph album (ddr-densho-542-35)

A photograph album featuring photograph from the Kikawas life in California.

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doc Five Japanese in Sebastopol (ddr-csujad-22-1)

Essay written in December 1975 for Dr. Hector Lee's American Folklore class. Researcher interviewed five Japanese Americans: Mr. Kiyoshi Akutagawa, born in 1898; Mr. Hiroshi Taniguchi, born in 1898; Mr. Kichizo Morita, born in 1902; Mr. Y. Ito, born in 1905 and Mr. George Okamoto, born in 1919. This object does not include the paper in …

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Seattle Japanese Indicted as Arms Plotters. Exporters and Agents Are Accused by U.S. Jury. Information Charges Conspiracy to Ship Military Equipment to Japan; Failure to Register Is Cited. (January 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-584)

doc Seattle Japanese Indicted as Arms Plotters. Exporters and Agents Are Accused by U.S. Jury. Information Charges Conspiracy to Ship Military Equipment to Japan; Failure to Register Is Cited. (January 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-584)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 28, 1942, p. 1

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vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-63)

This interview was conducted with sisters Masako and Ayako Murakami, who were coproprietors of the Higo Variety Store in Seattle's International District. Both sisters were incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Both resettled in Seattle, Washington, after the war

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doc Reveille Volume 1, Number 2 (ddr-densho-390-134)

The second issue of the Reveille includes articles about upcoming events, information on Amache Senior High, a short story, hopeful predictions for the new year, a cartoon, and more.

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img Green Lake championship baseball team (ddr-densho-136-36)

This Green Lake Baseball Team beat White River 19-18 to win the 1934 Fourth of July Baseball Tournament. Back row (L to R): Mr. Kanno, Grandpa Mochizuki, Mr. Hayashi, Mr. Kawachi, Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Ito, Mr. Fukano, Mr. Yamada, Sumio Mochizuki (utility), Naoshi Kumagai (outfield), Mr. Y. Kumasaka, Mr. Tada, Mr. Tanagi, Mr. S. Kumasaka, Mr. …

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img General Franco and Ambassador de Vigo receiving gifts from the Japanese-German-Italian Friendship Society (ddr-njpa-1-428)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "First Anniversary of Recognition of Franco's Government. Directors Ito and Masakuni of the Japanese-German-Italian Friendship Society wished to give gifts to General Franco and Ambassador de Vigo to commemorate the one year anniversary of the empire recognizing the Franco regime in Spain as a friendly anti-communist nation, so visited the Spanish legation …

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doc Amache High School Onlooker yearbook (ddr-densho-390-150)

The 1944 edition of the Amache High School yearbook, Onlooker, belonging to Walter Matsuoka. Walter is included in the freshman class portraits. The yearbook includes several handwritten messages and signatures.

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img Wide photo of Densho Opening Gala Stage with entire staff (ddr-densho-506-52)

A wide shot picture of the entire Densho staff on stage during the Densho Opening Gala.

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doc Bowen to Hear Jap Demurrers (February 11, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-620)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 11, 1942, p. 15

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img Santa Fe, New Mexico [internees] (ddr-csujad-56-323)

Internees in work clothes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Included is a typed list of names and hometowns: Kakigi (Sebastopol); Okamura, Sueichi (San Francisco); Matsumoto (Petaluma); Yokoyama, Rokuzaemon (Sebastopol); Sugioka (Petaluma); Yoshizawa, Seizo (Petaluma); Ito, Hichijiro (Sebastopol); Iba; Kimura (Santa Rosa); Kobuke (Sebastopol); Akutagawa, Kiyoshi (Sebastopol); Kai (Santa Rosa); Nagase (Santa Rosa); Udo, Tsunejiro (San Francisco). …

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doc Memo from Co-ordinating Committee to W. [Willard E.] Schmidt, [1944] (ddr-csujad-2-98)

List of names, addresses, family numbers, and start dates of active fielders (in subject line, the job title is spelled "fiedlers" but is elsewhere spelled correctly); start dates of the 32 fielders range from January 13, 1944 to February 4, 1944. Names: Hamada, Isao; Nakanishi, Yoichi; Iwohara, Tsugio; Okamoto, Chiyoko; Keiunji, Masaru; Sakai, Masayoshi; Oda, Yoshitsugu; …

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img Three girls in their quarters at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-9)

Three young women in barracks at Manzanar. One sits at a desk, writing in a notebook. The other two look on, one with her hands on the back of the woman at the desk, the other bends at the waist to wash her hands in a white bowl. Caption on back of photograph reads, "Japanese Girls …

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doc Amache YWCA Advisory Board Meeting Minutes (ddr-densho-356-831)

Minutes from the Amache YWCA's Advisory Board Meeting on June 26, 1943. This meeting covered reports on Hospitality House activities, conferences, harvest camp, carnival, and financials. It also covered business on staff, membership forms, blue star mothers, selection of chairman and officers, and the next meeting date.

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doc Reveille Volume 1, Number 4 (ddr-densho-390-136)

A partial copy of the fourth issue of the Reveille. Pages one and two include articles about upcoming events, poetry, a cartoon, a salute to Miles Hamada, and more.

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