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doc Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry, Form DSS 304A (ddr-csujad-55-184)

Questionnaire distributed to male U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry over the age of 17, commonly known as the, "loyalty questionnaire." Individuals were required to supply information regarding place of birth; date of birth; places of residence; height; weight; hair color; eye color; voter status (when and where he first registered); if married, his wife's ancestry; the …

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doc Memo from Lt. Hall to John McCloy (ddr-densho-67-53)

Memo from Lt. Hall to John McCloy on possible consequences of evacuating and repatriating Hawaiian Japanese. Namely that they will either come into contact with enemy spies on the mainland or they will go back to Japan with crucial information. Suggests waiting four months before evacuating and repatriating and after that confining them to "concentration camps." …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 90 (October 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-86)

Selected article titles: "Harvest Festival is Saturday" (p. 1), "Cafe International: Cabaret Premiere Tonight" (p. 1), "Concessions, Parade, Side Shows Slated" (p. 1), "Scouts, Reserves to Have Xmas Toy Drive" (p. 1), "Two Colonists Violate Law" (p. 1), "False Fire Alarm Ringing is Dangerous" (p. 1), "Helen Topping: 'Cooperative Development in Japan' is Lecture Topic" (p. …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 2 (March 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-183)

Selected article titles: "Senator Chandler May Visit Colony: Military Affairs Special Committee Make Inquiries" (p. 1), "Repatriation Open Beginning Thursday" (p. 1), "Project Cleanup Drive to Get Underway Soon" (p. 1), "Doughnut Sale Drive" (p. 1), "An Editorial: Now You Know, Senator" (p. 2), "Married Should Strive to Improve Their Relationship" (p. 2), "Prince Chichibu Feared …

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img Mineo Osumi and visiting Japanese Americans (ddr-njpa-4-1813)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Visit by Japanese living abroad to the Minister of the Navy. (Tokyo) 1934 April 6. Nisei from Los Angeles came to Japan to see the flowers of their homeland, which they had not seen before. They arrived on Entatsu [Tatsuta?] Maru, which arrived in the port of Yokohama on the 5th. They …

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img Olinda Saito's House (ddr-one-2-270)

Black and white photographic print of Olinda Saito’s house outside of Tokyo with seven individuals standing or seated around dining table. From left: Olinda Saito seated, Olinda’s boyfriend Raymond Funakoshi (standing), unidentified Japanese athlete (seated), unidentified woman, Olinda’s youngest sister Aki Saito (standing), Tami Okamura (seated) and Olinda Saito’s mother (seated). Olinda was a Japanese citizen …

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 1 of 26. (ddr-one-5-120)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 1 - 3 of 111. It lists an Alien Registration number of 4043236. In the form, Dr. Koyama lists his name as Koyama, Keizaburo and is from the city of Shibata in Niigata …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 18 (May 6, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-18)

Selected article titles: "Sen. Robertson 1000 Percent Wrong on Reports Regarding Repatriation, Says Hosokawa" (p. 1), "Washington Move Hints New Army Post for General DeWitt" (p. 1), "Supreme Court To Hear Test Of Evacuation" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldiers Condemn Japan Military Policy in Broadcast" (p. 1), "Native Sons Take Regan Case Challenging Nisei Citizenship Rights to …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 14 (October 7, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-41)

Selected article titles: "Cite Japanese Americans on Burma Front" (p. 1), "Official Censorship Lifted on Participation of Nisei Soldiers On Burma Front Against Japan" (p. 1), "Supreme Court to Hear Endo, Korematsu Tests on Validity of Evacuation, Detention of Nisei" (p. 2), "U of Washington Will Accept Nisei Students" (p. 2), "Myer Declares Public Opinion Change …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 1 (January 8, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-2)

Selected article titles: "Japanese American Battalion Fighting Some of Hardest Italy Battles, Says Newsman" (p. 1), "WRA Director Warns Against Wishful Thinking" (p. 1), "H.V. Kaltenborn Questions Coast Policy on Evacuation" (p. 1), "Hunt Firemen Strike Against Long Hours" (p. 2), "Twin Falls Official Denies Charges in Hearst Paper" (p. 3), "WRA to Drop Resettlement In …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 7 (August 18, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-33)

Selected article titles: "Believe V-J Will Not Affect WRA Closing Program; Quota System for Return Disclosed" (p. 1), "National VFW Sends Apology To Nisei Over Rejection. Regret Told Over 'Stupidity' Of Spokane Unit in Refusing Application of Wounded Veteran" (p. 1), "Bulletin! 442nd to Help Occupy Japan!" (p. 1), "Five Segregees Held Illegally, ACLU Charges" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 26 (June 29, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-26)

Selected article titles: "Family of Nisei Serviceman Denied Right to Occupy Home in Restricted L.A. District" (p. 1), "'Welcome Home' Fete Set For 442nd Combat Team. Men of Nisei Unit Expected to Arrive in New York July 3 On Board Wilson Victory" (p. 1), "Peruvian Residents File Suit to Prevent Deportation to Japan; 'Kidnapping' Charged" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 21 (May 25, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-21)

Selected article titles: "World War II Vets May Bolt Spokane VFW" (p. 1), "Enlistments in Army Air Corps Opened to Japanese American Group as Wartime Ban Lifted" (p. 1), "First Canadian Deportees Will Sail Next Week" (p. 1), "Court Suit Seeks to Restrain Japanese American Family From Occupying L.A. Home" (p. 3), "JACL Official Charges Water …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 10 (March 9, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-10)

Selected article titles: "JACL National Convention Urges Citizenship for Issei. Delegates Vote to Retain Headquarters in Salt Lake City; Seek Evacuation Compensation" (p. 1), "Restrictions on Hawaii, U.S. Mainland Travel Lifted for Oriental American Veterans" (p. 1), "247 Renunciants at Tule Lake Join 1000 Others in Filing Petition to Regain U.S. Rights" (p. 3), "Report Renunciant …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 19 (November 16, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-46)

Selected article titles: "Thirteen Japanese Americans Win Election to Territorial, County Offices in Hawaii" (p. 1), "Petition for Rehearing Filed In Oyama Land Law Case" (p. 1), "Report Renunciants in Texas Detention Camp Placed Under 'Relaxed Internment' Policy" (p. 2), "Home Town Barber Refuses To Cut Hair of Nisei Veteran" (p. 2), "Los Angeles Nisei Survives …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 25 (June 28, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-26)

Selected article titles: "House Group Favors Evacuee Claims Bill. Proposal Redrafted to Give Justice Department Authority In Indemnification Program" (p. 1), "House Committee Approves Bill To Stay Deportation of Aliens" (p. 1), "Utah Governor Hails Citizenship Of Nisei Residents of State" (p. 2), "House Will Vote on Citizenship for Parents of Nisei War Dead" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 1 (January 2, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-1)

Selected article titles: "Thorough revision of immigration act recommended to President" (p. 1), "Caution Issei filing for M'Carran law benefits" (p. 1), "Reconstruction of postwar Japan amazing; industry of people stands" (p. 2), "Watsonville veteran refused haircut sets to push court case" (p. 2), "Erasure of racial restrictions from nationality code would be meaningless if delayed …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 12 (March 22, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-12)

Select article titles: "Japan Actor to Visit Hollywood, Aided stranded Nisei during War" (p. 1); "Simplified form for renunciant now at I&NS" (p.1); "Purple Heart veteran steals ring; nets $10, but faces 15-yr. prison term" (p. 3); "Busy start for Monterey Peninsula CL, auxiliary and Boy Scouts calendared" (p. 5); "Permanent home for Korean tyke sought …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 46, No. 23 (June 6, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-23)

Select article titles: "U.S. policy on Japan affecting Nisei with biased undertones" (p. 1); "Sacrifice, contribution of Nisei GIs recalled at rites" (p. 1); "Eisenhower lauds theme of JACL convention" (p. 1); "Wartime anti-Nisei films shown on TV station, which had agreed otherwise last year; program director was replaced" (p. 3); "Political strategy to woo votes …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No. 1 (July 4, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-27)

Select article titles: "JACL hails Alaska statehood" (p. 1); "Youth denied dismissal plea in murder trial, to appear in L.A. court July 11" (p.1); "'Nisei Kyokai' formed for Nisei residing in Japan, group to push general welfare"(p. 3); "Bifocal contact lens designed by Nisei, successfully fitted and used by 36" (p.7); "Three opinions of Nisei concern …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 7 (August 14, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-33)

Selected article titles: "Congressman Inouye to address EDC-MDC" (p. 1), "Linda Yatabe of San Francisco named 'Miss 1960 JACL' Queen" (p. 1), "Sen. Engle remarks on reversal of anti-Nisei feelings" (p. 2), "Old American political truism works for JACLer who writes his congressman" (p. 2), "San Francisco Nipponmachi assured more police protection; businessmen complain" (p. 3), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 13 (March 29, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-13)

Selected article titles: "Role of mediator in civil rights pictured for JACL" (p. 1), "Fishing area name 'Japanese Point'" (p. 1), "Nisei a 'White' to Eyes of NAACP Man" (p. 1), "San Francisco to dedicate Japan cultural-trade center" (p. 1), "JACL Role in civil rights: interpret the problem" (p. 1), "New Nihonmachi to rise north of …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 6 (February 10, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-6)

Selected article titles: "Ben Kuroki speaker at PSWDC quarterly" (p. 1), "'On to Japan' emphasis urged by JACL committee on cultural heritage" (p. 1), "Critical issues face Interim meet" (p. 1), "Nisei GI in Vietnam up for Medal of Honor" (p. 1), "Bygone town, fort stand out for pioneer Issei Buddhist minister" (p. 2), "65 schools …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 7 (August 13, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-32)

Selected article titles: "National JACL Planning Commission: Staff reorganization eyed" (p. 1), "Japan Emperor visit to U.S. under study" (p. 1), "Anti-Nikkei Bias" (p. 1), "600 attend testimonial for 'the kid from J-Town'; wide support shown" (p. 1), "Justice Dept. view on anti-pollution informants rapped" (p. 2), "Nisei Week Queen, highlights to be introduced on KNBC …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 7 (August 17, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-33)

Selected article titles: "Congressman Cites Masaoka Letter on Restriction of Japan Imports" (p. 1), "Demo platform chairman lauds nisei loyalty" (p. 1), "Army to Curtail Japanese Language at Presidio School" (p. 1), "$187,000 for evacuation claims payment approved for 28 recipients" (p. 1), "Citizenship restoration policy for Tule Lake renunciants established" (p. 2), "College extension course …

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