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doc Travel orders for group assignment to the U.S. Strategic Bombing survey in Japan (ddr-densho-563-37)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-563-37/

doc Shiro Tokuno notes on the role of MIS in the occupation of Japan (ddr-densho-1007-1109)

Photocopy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1109/

img Honolulu Chamber of Commerce president, predecessor and his wife, and Honolulu postmaster (ddr-njpa-2-1049)

Caption on reverse: "BACK FROM JAPAN VISIT: Four Honolulans returned from a two-week visit to Japan as guests of Japan Air Lines aboard JAL's 'City of Tokyo' Saturday night. Left to right, they were: Porter Dickinson, immediate past president of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Dickinson; Richard H. Wheeler, president of the Honolulu Chamber, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-1049/

vh Toyoko Okumura Interview (ddr-janm-13-6)

Nisei female. Born October 14, 1916, in Gardena, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. In response to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake segregation center with family, and expatriated to Japan. Worked in Japan for the U.S. government and …

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-45)

Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …

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img Japanese glassworker cools down a cocktail glass with a fan (ddr-densho-299-67)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2057. 23 April 49 / Manufacturing glassware in Japan / After twisting, a Japanese worker at / the Hoya Glass Factory, Tokyo, Japan, / fans the stem of a cocktail glass to / cool it to prevent it from losing its / shape. / Photographer - Girard / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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img American soldiers leaving dinner party (ddr-densho-397-175)

The caption in the photo album reads "Dr. Cotner, Mr. Utsunomiya, Driver look on after Col Allen + Capt Cross enter '42 Plymouth in front of Mitsukoshi". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-175/

img Buildings in Tokyo (ddr-densho-397-99)

The caption in the photo album reads "Rt to left: Tokyo Kaikan, Meiji Bldg, Kishimoto Bldg, NYK (reflected on moat) taken fr[om] Hibiya Nov. '46". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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doc Document with photo of Alameda Kono Allstars and clippings (ddr-ajah-5-50)

Documents related to the 1931 Tour of Japan by the baseball team. Caption below photo: Kono allstars, run by Hikotaro "Harry" Kono (center of second row in suit). Front row kneeling second from left, with bill turned up is Osky Kono, his son. Photo by Oita Newspaper company, Japan

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vh Minoru Yamaguchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-127)

Nisei male. Born 1940 in Spreckels, California. Soon after Minoru was born, father decided to move the family to Japan. Lived in Japan during World War II, returning to the U.S. in the 1960s. Went to school in Chicago for a time before eventually settling in Southern California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-127/

img Bertha Starkey sitting on a log (ddr-densho-336-57)

The 1946 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.\nCaption on front: "Bertha Starkey: From Cleveland, Ohio. She was a missionary to Japan before WWII, then came to Reedley, CA. During the war, she lived in Poston with the internees. After the war she returned to Japan. (Per Ron Koda)."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-336-57/

vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-453-3)

Learning classical Japanese dance at a young age from a famous teacher from Japan

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vh Florence Ohmura Dobashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-434-2)

Father's early life in the U.S.: having a son in Japan he didn't know

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-434-2/

vh Hiroko Nakashima Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-69-11)

Working with other students in a factory in Japan to help the war effort

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-164-34)

Observing changes in the pro-Japan organizations during the institution of the renunciation program

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-164-34/

vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-164-42)

Arrival in Japan: confronted with poverty and despair: "it was a dismal, dismal situation"

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-243-11)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while living in Japan: "I felt terrible"

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vh Hideo Hoshide Interview II Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-185-28)

Informing younger sisters by letter of devastation in Japan, warning them not to come

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vh Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-148-42)

Attending Doshisha University in Japan after the war; dealing with the scarcity of food

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-148-42/

vh Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-148-30)

Leaving for Japan on the SS Gripsholm, part of the U.S. government-sponsored "exchange"

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vh Lillian Nakano Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-254-4)

Traveling to Japan just before World War II to study Japanese music and dance

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vh Shigeko Sese Uno Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-98-10)

Returning home to help run the dairy as father returns to Japan to die

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vh Shigeko Sese Uno Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-98-4)

A family separated, mother and brothers leave for Japan, and a half sister arrives

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vh Junko Mizuta Interview Segment 1 (ddr-chi-1-6-1)

Family background, going to live in Japan for a few years as a child

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 67 (August 11, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-133)

"Bowed Coolie Weeps Unashamedly As Gen. Eichelberger Leaves Japan" (pg. 1), "Yank Veteran to Marry Nisei Girl" (pg. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-133/

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