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img MP Company (ddr-csujad-38-470)

Photograph of Military Police Company. The annotation reads: MP Company was responsible to make sure the incoming G1, G2, G3, G4 group was settled into the area safely. While the G1, 2, 3, 4 interrogated the prisoners, the M.P. gave them protection. The prisoners were safely taken by them to Koji Island Camp. Title from annotation. …

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img I.P.W. Team camp (ddr-csujad-38-480)

Photographed are Interrogation of Prisoner of War Team members in a military tent. Translation of the Japanese annotation: Look this tent! How nicely it was set up! Sgt. Tamura is typing a report in the tent. Once it is done, Naohara is going to drive to G1 headquarter to submit it. The headquarter is located 3 …

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img Geo Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-460)

Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara holding a gun in a filed. The English caption reads: Geo Naohara always carried canteen filled with sterilized water, checking his gun, Next. Translation of the Japanese caption: Inspection of guns was needed (?) sometimes. I always filled a canteen with fresh water and never forgot to carry sterilizer with me. …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-43)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are three photographs and one postcard. A photograph of a Japanese man posing in front of a timber mill is included. The photograph appears to be taken in the early 1900s in Washington. Another photograph captures Japanese children, which was probably taken in …

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doc Family register certification for Tsugitada Kanamori, in Japanese (ddr-csujad-12-23)

The certified copy of Tsugitada Kanamori's family registration in Japan, issued by Ryoitsu Kikuchi, the Mayor of Miyagi Shida-gun Kashimadai. Includes information about his birth date of September 7, 1922, his birth place, the city of Port Hueneme in Oxnard just north of Los Angeles, as well as information about the marriage to his wife, Kazuko …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-57)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes a photograph of the Japanese community probably in Washington. A group of Japanese men, women, and children poses surrounding a boat with a sign, "Japan gives her Navy to the cause of Democracy." In the photograph, Japanese men wear a special event costume of an American …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-25)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes a photograph of a Japanese woman in kimono with a female child taken in front of hina ningyo, a set of ornamental dolls for Girls' Day, which appears to be taken in Japan. Also includes a photograph of a Japanese man in a suit, women in …

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doc Letter from Kiyoko Matsuura to Mizuko Noda, September 5, 1944 (ddr-csujad-10-1)

A letter from Kiyoko Matsuura, an internee in the Crystal City Internment Camp, to her sister in Lima Peru. In the letter, she includes updates on day to day life in the Crystal City camp and expresses her appreciation for the money sent by her father. Kiyoko states that she is anxiously waiting for a ship …

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img Visiting at Letterman Hospital in S.F. (ddr-csujad-38-503)

A photograph of George Nobuo Naohara and his family and relatives, including Mr. Masukawa, Mr. Yokota, Mitzi Naohara, and Lester Naohara. It was taken when his family and relatives visited George Naohara who was hospitalized in the Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco. The caption reads: Visiting at Letterman Hospital in S. F. Title from caption. …

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doc See Grim fight in the Pacific: repatriates on Gripsholm report Japanese morale high (ddr-csujad-38-407)

A newspaper clipping titled: See Grim fight in the Pacific: repatriates on Gripsholm report Japanese morale high. It was sent from Laura in Lawrence, Kansas to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. It cites comments from the American repatriates traded between the U.S. and Japan regarding the morale of the Japanese that …

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doc Letter from [Ayame] May Okine to Mr and Mrs. S. Okine, April 26, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-142)

A letter from Ayame May Okine in Chicago, Illinois, to her father-in-law, Seiichi Okine in Whittier, California. Learning about the Okine's moving from Hawthorne to Whittier, she expresses her concerns about the neighborhood in the new location, and updates on her life in Chicago and Makoto Okine in Japan. The arrival date of the letter, April …

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doc Letter from [Ayame] May Okine to Mr. Makoto Okine, October 22, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-173)

A letter from Ayame May Okine in Chicago to her brother-in-law, Makoto Okine in Whittier, California. She expresses her delight about her husband's returning home from Japan and updates on their lives including traveling to New York and visiting her sister in New Jersey. She also expresses that she is awaiting for the day when Masao …

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doc Letter from Natsue Okine to Seiichi Okine, [May?] 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-246)

A letter from Natsue Okine in Itsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She updates on her life, the barley harvest, and that she will start planting rice soon. She also shares appreciation for the gift of winter clothes from the Okines and looks forward to the winter to wear the clothes. The arrival date …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 110 (September 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-197)

Selected article titles: "Vets Present for Gift to Truman"; "On the Other Hand"; "Niseis in Japan Called 'Cute,' Uninfluential"; "'Ordained Stars' Topic for Sermon This Sunday"; "Order to Deport Certain Aliens"; "Sergeant Gosho Guest of League at Denver in N.Y."; "Seek to Extradite 'Tokyo Rose' on Treason Charge"; "10 Families Get Housing"; "Nippon Liberals 'Have Christian …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 129 (October 29, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-215)

Selected article titles: "Paris GI Paper Lauds Niseis"; "Nisei Girl Appointed to Staff at Institute"; "On the Other Hand"; "Seabrook Man Told His Son was Named for Commission"; "Idaho Camp Closes 9 Days Ahead of Schedule"; "Miyazaki, Kikunaga Troth Disclothed on October 23"; "Martial Control Ends in Islands"; "Buddhist News Bulletin"; "'Most Secret Weapon'"; "Heart Mountain …

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av An Oral History with Woodrow Odanaka (ddr-csujad-29-14)

Impressions of a Nisei concerning pre-World War II family produce business in Los Angeles, California; removal to Santa Anita Assembly Center in California, and the Granada incarceration camp in Colorado; wartime college experiences in Minnesota; and Army military intelligence duties in the Philippines and occupied Japan. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral …

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img Prime Minister Yoshida dicussing rumors of resignation with some U.S. army troops (ddr-densho-299-188)

Two captions. Bottom side caption: "17 Jan 1947 Tokyo, Japan / Shown chatting with Prime Minister Yoshida and his secretary concerning / The resignation rumors which now prevail are: Lt. Ted Akimoto, U.S. Army / Photographer (extreme right) and T/4 Robert Shintani, Interpreter, ATIS, GHQ, / Far East Command." Right hand side caption: "I was the …

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av George Joji Tenpo Interview (ddr-densho-400-22)

George Tenpo was born on May 28, 1923, in Compton, California. His parents were Hyoichi and Shizue Tenpo. His father was a farmer in Harbor City and his mother was a housewife. During World War II, George and his family were sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After the …

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img The Tobe Family and Takeo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-22)

Photograph of the Tobe family and Takeo Isoshima. Identified left to right back row: Yukiko (Isoshima) Tobe, Kisoe Tobe, and Takeo Isoshima (standing). Front row left to right: Minoru Jim Tobe and George Tobe. The caption below the photo is "The Tobe Family & Takeo (18 yr) / Kisoe / Sister Yukiko George / Minoru Jim …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-318)

Newsletter covering the following topics: 1993 President, Mako Nakagawa; 61st Installation Banquet, January 22, 1983, Butcher Restaurant (Atrium Design Center), Homer Yasui-emcee; Lake Washington JACL Dinner, January 15 at Benjamins in Bellevue, $16.00, 1983 President Ken Okuma, Keynote-Ron Mamiya; National JACL President, Floyd Shimomura, visits Seattle in December and speaks to a large throng from Seattle, …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-317)

Newsletter covering the following topics: 1993 President, Mako Nakagawa; 61st Installation Banquet, January 22, 1983, Butcher Restaurant (Atrium Design Center), Homer Yasui-emcee; Lake Washington JACL Dinner, January 15 at Benjamins in Bellevue, $16.00, 1983 President Ken Okuma, Keynote-Ron Mamiya; National JACL President, Floyd Shimomura, visits Seattle in December and speaks to a large throng from Seattle, …

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vh Sally Sudo Interview (ddr-densho-1014-13)

Nisei female. Born December 1, 1935, in Seattle, Washington. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, resettled in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Spent many years raising a family and teaching in Japan before eventually returning to Minnesota.

(This material is based upon work …

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vh Norman Mineta Interview (ddr-janm-13-3)

Nisei male. Born November 12, 1931, in San Jose, California. During World War II, removed to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, and served in the military as an intelligence officer in Japan and Korea. Served on the San Jose City Council from 1967 to 1971, and as mayor …

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vh William Marutani Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-14)

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1923, in Kent, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp to attend college in South Dakota, was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan. After …

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vh Ted Hachiya Interview (ddr-one-7-9)

Nisei male. Born June 23, 1921. Grew up in Portland, Oregon. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, received a permit to remain in Portland during mass removal to translate for father in the hospital. Rejoined family and went to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Portland.

(This material is based upon work assisted …

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