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doc Topaz Times Vol. V No. 8 (October 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-227)

Selected article titles: "302 Hearings Completed; 41 Favorable" (p. 1), "Teia Maru Reaches Marmagoa with 1500 Persons Aboard" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Here to Meet Evacuee Heads Tomorrow Afternoon" (p. 1), "Prison Camps: Japan Employs Geneva Rules" (p. 1), "Committee Surveys West Coast Sentiment Toward Japanese" (p. 3).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIV No. 9 (September 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-667)

Selected article titles: "Six More Mess Halls Slated to Close. No More 2 Weeks' Notice in Units II and III" (p. 1), "Redeployment of 442nd to Japan Unconfirmed" (p. 1), "Pregnant Women Should Go Out Before 7th Month" (p. 2), "Residents' Cooperation in Box Shortage Asked" (p. 4).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XV No. 4 (August 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-390)

Selected article titles: "Segregation Datas Being Distributed" (p. 1), "Facilities at Tule Similar to Poston" (p. 1), "Army Pictures Being Posted" (p. 1), "Segregants of Undetermined Status Being Interviewed" (p. 1), "Message from Japan Received by Local R.C." (p. 1), "Health Exams Urged Children of Segregants" (p. 2).

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img Norakuro Harmonica Band (ddr-densho-39-45)

The Norakuro Harmonica Band played instruments in addition to the harmonica. At camp dances the group performed both American and Japanese music as well as American music with Japanese lyrics. Many of its members were Kibei, Nisei who were born in the United States but educated in Japan.

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Wak Domoto (ddr-densho-356-581)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Wakako Domoto. Wak writes her journey to California during which she learned a lot of news about individuals they knew in Japan and Nisei who served in the war, she also details how she spent Easter with their sister Tokuko Kishi.

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img Wang Jingwei broadcasting (ddr-njpa-1-1093)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Nanjing). Chairman Wang Jingwei offered his heartfelt congratulations to his ally Japan on the 2600th anniversary of Imperial rule in a broadcast from the Nanjing radio station at 7:40 p.m. on the 15th. Photograph: Chairman Wang making the broadcast. [Stamped] November 18, 1940."

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vh Walter Tanaka Interview (ddr-densho-1004-6)

Nisei male. Born February 19, 1918, in Watsonville, California. Drafted into the military before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service and interrogated Japanese POWs in Australia during the war. After the war, served as a linguist and interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation.

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img Two women sitting by fountain (ddr-ajah-6-843)

Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki (left) and friend Hanae Nakayama, Alameda, CA., circa late 1940s-1950s. Friends since they were young children, in 1912 both were sent back to Japan as children aboard the same chip. They later returned to Alameda, but probably not at the same time.

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doc Memo from W.W. Woodbury, American Vice Consul, to Masako Adachi, September 21, 1951 (ddr-csujad-55-2250)

Memorandum of understanding from W.W. Woodbury to Masako Adachi regarding her application for permit for exit from Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2353

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doc Letter from Juji Hada to Mrs. Margaret Gunderson, May 25, 1946 (ddr-csujad-55-249)

Correspondence from Juji Hada to Margaret Gunderson regarding an explosion that occurred on May 20, 1946 in Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0251

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doc Letter from Akio Adachi to American President Lines, October 5, 1951 (ddr-csujad-55-2247)

Correspondence from Akio Adachi to American President Lines regarding Masako Adachi's travel from Japan to the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2350

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doc Letter from Kiyoshi Adachi to Mrs. Margaret Gunderson, June 29, 1946 (ddr-csujad-55-251)

Correspondence from Kiyoshi [?] Adachi to Margaret Gunderson describing the wartime environment and daily life in Osaka, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0253

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doc Orders from Headquarters 24th Infantry Division, Office of Commanding General to Masako Adachi, August 9, 1947 (ddr-csujad-55-2235)

Orders for Masako Adachi to report to the American Consul in Kyoto, Japan. Includes departure and arrival stamp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2338

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doc Orders from Headquarters 24th Infantry Division, Office of Commanding General, to Masako Adachi, August 9, 1947 (ddr-csujad-55-2236)

Orders for Masako Adachi to report to the American Consul in Kyoto, Japan. Includes travel approved stamp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2339

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doc Notice and general instructions to Japanese seeking repatriation (ddr-csujad-55-873)

Instructions regarding requests by Japanese citizens for repatriation to Japan. Covers procedures, forms, and requirements for requests. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0875

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Newsletter, October 1961 (ddr-sjacl-1-51)

Bulletin covering the following topics: Seattle JACL, $5/plate 11/8 (Arctic Club) testimonial dinner for Sen Warren Magnuson. Maggie led the fight to restore $12,000,000 for evacuation claims, got Washington Congressional to endorse repeal of Alien Land Law, helped JA?s trapped in Japan, fought Hollywood derogatory depictions.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XIV, No. 4, April 1977 (ddr-sjacl-1-200)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Follow up Nisei Retirement Workshop on April 28th; Summary of Installation Banquet and Gordon Hirabayashi?s remarks; Keiro update; JCCC committee votes unanimously to go alone in progress without Betsuin, doomed\n ?self-Destruct? proposal; Seattle JACL Japan Tour for 1978, three week tour.

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vh Frank Isamu Kikuchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-5)

Nisei male. Born 1925, and during childhood lived in various places in the Midwest, Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California. Was a high school student when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and after camp returned to Los Angeles.

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vh Kenji Ogawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-170)

Sansei male. Born April 16, 1942, in Manzanar, California. In 1943, parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and were transferred to the Tule Lake segregation center, California. Moved with family to Japan, and returned to the United States in the 1950s to attend high school.

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img Panorama of two baseballs teams on field (ddr-ajah-5-88)

Caption below photo: 1928 Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team vs. Keio University of Tokyo, Japan. Alameda, CA. L to R of the men in suit and tie: Ryosaku Akagi: President of the Alameda Japanese Association and then Hikotaro "Harry" Kono, ATK President. Includes handwritten note describing the photo

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Narrator Kimi Ogami

Shin-Issei female. Born January 4, 1928, in Fukuoka, Japan. Lived in Japan during World War II. Met husband in Japan, married, and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s.

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img Bokoku homon kinen [Memory of visiting home country] (ddr-csujad-25-128)

An album titled as Bokoku homon kinen [Memory of visiting home country] containing mainly photographs taken during Kamie Taenaka's trip to Japan. Kamie Taenaka participates in the Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party tour in 1955, which is arranged by Koyasan Los Angeles Branch and conducted by Nihon Kotsu Kosha, a Japanese tourist agency. She also …

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doc Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. Okine, March 26, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-191)

A letter from Makoto Okine to his father, Seiichi Okine. He writes from Italy where he is stationed as a Nisei solder. The letter is mailed via New York by the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, he explains how Seiichi would receive 25.00 dollars of the military family allowance monthly. The government deducts 25.00 …

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img Propaganda letter about Greater East Asia Suicide Troops (ddr-densho-381-118)

Caption: Up to the present, the military leaders of Japan have reverantly remarked that the Greater East Asia Suicide (Shock) Troops were composed of hand picked men and their objective was to replinish the damages inflicted on Japan and eventually expel the Allied Forces from the Pacific. You have been coaxed along with the impression that …

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img Signed note from Helen Keller (ddr-njpa-1-764)

Caption on front: "We differ, blind and seeing, not so much in the number of sense we have as in the way we meet limitations with lifted head and smiling face. Sincerely, Helen Keller." Caption on reverse [translation]: Helen Keller Finally Comes to Japan - Introducing the 'Talking Book' - (Tokyo) April 2, 1937. Helen Keller, …

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