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![Letter from M. Kurima to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 22, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-126)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a3/cc/a3cc898815673990492f6dc189fd9b0f.jpg)
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Letter from M.C. Morton, M.D., Director, Bluff Hospital, to Whom It May Concern, July 24, 1958 (ddr-csujad-12-19)
This letter, issued by Morton, M.C., M.D., Director, Bluff Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, explains that Tsugitada Kanamori has requested a certificate of ill health for the purpose of establishing dependency upon arrival to the Bluff Hospital in Yokohama. The letter describes his history of asthmatic attacks and the treatment for his cardiac asthma. See this object in …
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Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-226)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of Kamie Taenaka [Shibuya]. Include Haruko and Tamesaburo Taenaka. The photographs are taken around the early 1910s in Los Angeles, California. Also include Kamie Taenaka's photographs most likely taken in Japan before the marriage. See this object in the California State …
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Sgt. Uyenaka (ddr-csujad-38-493)
Photographed is Sgt. Uyenaka taking care of boots. The annotation reads: Uyenaka-kun was a good cook. He belonged to G2 24th Division but was transferred to 2nd Division because Japanese language speaking soldiers were in high demand. [In Japanese]. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the …
![Letter from M. Kurima to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 22, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-126)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8d/81/8d81ecb9c88eb4d04a5224f48521e098.jpg)
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Letter from M. Kurima to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 22, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-126)
A letter from Tadashi Mac and Fusaye Alice Kurima in Chicago, Illinois, to their relatives, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. Kurima thanks them for the Christmas gift and congratulates on their daughter, Hatsuno's marriage. He also writes about Masao Okine who sent a 5-yen bill to Kurima from Japan. See this object in the …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 100 (August 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-187)
Selected article titles: "Revise Procedure in Canadian Suit"; "On the Other Hand"; "Distinguished Service"; "Diverse Views are Held"; "Robert Sakai, Lieutenant"; "Views Divided on Governing Japan"; "Draftee Casualties Number Total of 755"; "Study Post-Camp Evacuee Problems"; "Guns, Pistols and Cameras Owned by Issei Will be Returned to Owners Soon"; "Man Disappears from Camp; Destination is Unknown"; …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4314 (May 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-28)
Selected article titles: "Evacuee Family Receives Hearty Welcome Home to Coast"; "Shots Hit Home of Returned Nisei"; "Racial Plan"; "Gila River Parents Wear 551 Service Pins"; "Native Sons Ask Army to Ban Japanese Return"; "'Nisei in the War Against Japan'"; "Nisei to Get Aid"; "Fashion Academy to Graduate 13"; "WRA Plans Drive for Hiring of Nisei"; …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 4 (ddr-densho-156-205)
Article titles: "Mobs, Intolerance, Demagogery"; "Asks U.S. Japanese Lose Citizenship"; "Foreign Born Held Loyal to America"; "East Half of County Ordered Cleared of Jobs"; "Vote Retained by Japanese"; "Exclusion Order for Japanese Here Seen Soon"; "Foundation Laid for Nearly Half Houses to be Built at Jap Camp"; "Jap Schools are Arranged"; "Official Denies Relaxation of Curfew"; …
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Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 51 (April 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-164)
Selected article titles: "Center-wide Inventory Creates Terrific Ordeal" (p. 1), "Methods to Streamline WRA Program Discussed" (p. 1), "Washington Ruling Bans All Private Center Enterprises" (p. 1), "No Apartment Switching After May 15 Ordered" (p. 1), "Tule-Bound Center Residents Interviewed" (p. 3), "Friend of Japanese Americans Arrives Here for Third Visit" (p. 4), "Paper Editorializes Conditions …
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To the descendants of George and Masako Okabe (ddr-csujad-55-2311)
Transcription of an oral history interview with George and Masako Okabe regarding their experiences during World War II. Interview covers Pearl Harbor, mass removal, daily life at Tule Lake and Grenada incarceration camps, repatriation to Japan, and return to U.S. Includes Yamazaki's report on the interview for her Sophomore World History class. See this object in …
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The Mayeda family (ddr-densho-477-244)
Back row from left to right: Jack, Ben, and Buck. Middle row left to right: Ruth (Mayeda) Kiyono, Genpei Mayeda, Kaneyo (Takabayashi) Mayeda, and Edna (Mayeda) Nakahara. Front row from left to right: Mary Mayeda and Jimmy. The caption below the photo reads "Family Friends - the Mayeda's Othello, WA. Mr. & Mrs. Mayeda from Okayama, …
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Isoshima family portrait (ddr-densho-477-507)
Photograph of the Isoshima family. Front row left to right: Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima, Kisoe Tobe, and Hiroshi Morita. Middle row, left to right: Motome Isoshima, Masae Morita, Chizu (Isoshima) Morita, and Takeo Isoshima. Alone in the back is Yukiko (Isoshima) Tobe. The caption to the side of the photo reads "Okayama, Japan Takeo's …
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Jun Kurumada Interview (ddr-densho-1013-5)
Nisei male. Born December 13, 1913, in Richfield, Utah. Grew up primarily in Ogden, Utah. Attended the University of Utah and then UC Berkeley for dental school. Established a dental practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, prior to World War II. During the war, was president of the Salt Lake City chapter of the Japanese American …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-867)
Letter from New York. Kan is now working for landscape architect Shogo Myaida's business, "the Garden Clinic." Working on a project for Japan Day, and sold a bonsai project idea to the designer, Kudzumi. Discusses the confidence required to go out seeking jobs and selling project ideas, which he observes that he seems better at than …
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Interview with Shiro Tokuno, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1782)
Tokuno discusses food distribution and hunger issues in post-war Japan, working on rice collection in Saga Prefecture, the story of a Japanese veteran who was nearly sent back home on his way to a hospital, and how the Nisei were viewed by Japanese nationals. Loni Ding can be heard asking quetsions behind the camera. Original title: …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 50 (September 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-47)
Selected article titles: "100 Women Are Definitely Needed for Project Farm" (p. 1), "Schools Face Furniture Shortage" (p. 1), "3800 to Begin School Monday" (p. 1), "Kites Taboo" (p. 1), "Many Jobs Listed by Placement" (p. 1), "Beet Workers Leave for Utah" (p. 1), "New Teachers Have Colorful Backgrounds" (p. 2), "Awards for Labor Day Exhibits …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 89 (July 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-242)
Selected article titles: "Special Shoe Stamps Good For 30 Days Only" (p. 1), "No Visiting Team Coming" (p. 1), "Residents Not to Bring Scrip Covers With Stubs" (p. 1), "Exchange of Civilians With Japan Expected" (p. 1), "Relocation Grants Will Still Be Given -- Huycke" (p. 1), "Relocation Grants Will Still Be Given -- Huycke" (p. …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 84 (October 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-334)
Selected article titles: "600 High Students Storm Project Farm" (p. 1), "Sact'to JACL Will Send $500 to Headquarters" (p. 1), "Colonists Answer Call for Labor from Oregon" (p. 1), "Procedure for Oregon Absentee Ballots Revealed" (p. 2), "Editor of 'Fellowship' Gives Encouragement to Japanese Evacuees" (p. 3), "U.S. Nisei Soldiers May Now Visit WRA Projects" (p. …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 64 (June 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-231)
Selected article titles: "Civil Service Jobs Open" (p. 1), "Fish, Poultry Ban in Effect" (p. 1), "7 Families to Go to Crystal City: Will Join Husbands in Family Internment Camp" (p. 1), "No Persons to Leave For Japan Yet, Jacoby Clarifies" (p. 1), "Dr. Marvin Opler to Head: Program For Community Study" (p. 1), "Editorial Page: …
Narrator Roy H. Matsumoto
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …
Narrator Tetsuo Nomiyama
Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, …
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George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-161)
English translation of the annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 12: [Right] Japan declared a war, and Japanese Imperial Army attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. When the war broke out, Yuta Masukawa was visiting Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. He rode on a streetcar to get to Little Tokyo and bought a record, "Shina no …
Narrator Yaeko Nakano
Sansei female. Born August 2, 1922, in Suooshima, Yamaguchi, Japan, and lived there until she was about 1 1/2 years old. Grew up in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. At Tule Lake she and her husband married, and her oldest son, Kenichi, …
Narrator Grant Hirabayashi
Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …
Narrator Mas Akiyama
Nisei male. Born May 19, 1917, in Eastport, Idaho, and spent childhood in Spokane, Washington. In 1933 traveled to Japan with family where father became ill and died. Attended school in Japan for three years and then returned to Spokane in 1936 and worked on a farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for military …
Narrator Hikaru Morohoshi
Kibei Nisei male. Born October 4, 1915, in Stockton, California. As a young child, sent to Japan to live with grandparents and attend school. Returned to California at age eighteen, and drafted into the U.S. military. Discharged from the army after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, Washington, and the Topaz concentration …