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av Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1715)

Nozawa discusses being court-martialed for refusing to serve in the military while the internment camps were operating, the long fight for honorable discharge after the fact, and his reasons for trying to hard to reverse the dishonorable discharge given to Nisei who refused to serve. Original title: 222, II JA #54, Hugh Nozawa, Sun. Feb. 2

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1715/

av Interview with Bill Dizer, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1678)

Dizer discusses the differences between Nisei and Japanese nationals, his thoughts on Japanese/Nisei "ethnocentrism", his experience with Japanese work and social life, his advice for his Japanese and American peers, and his views on racial discrimination. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 195, II JA #12, Bill Dizer, Fri. Jan. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1678/

img Mazaru Ogawa with Phi Beta Kappa key (ddr-densho-1007-487)

Negative.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-487/

av Interview with Akiko, Brian Yamakoshi, Kenny and Chizuko, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1720)

Akiko and Brian Yamakoshi discuss the differences between Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals. Chizuko discusses the unique opportunity afforded to Sansei to pursue Japanese arts and culture. Interview ends around 10:30; rest of tape is reaction shots. Original title: 227, II JA #59, Brian Yamakoshi, Fri. Feb. 7

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1720/

av Interview with Yoshio Miwa, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1668)

Miwa discusses meeting American soldiers for the first time, the start of the occupation of Japan, and the role of Nisei in the occupation. Interview conducted mostly in Japanese with the aid of an interpreter. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #2, Yoshio Miwa, Fri. Jan. 31, 1986. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1668/

img Behind the scenes shot of interview with John Fujii (ddr-densho-1007-1176)

Negative. Taken during an interview for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1176/

av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1699)

Fukuhara discusses how he approached interviewing prisoners of war, his relationship with Caucasian soldiers in the military, and the risk of being captured by the Japanese military. Video starts at 0:25. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 214, II JA #38, Harry Fukuhara, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1700/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1699/

img Loni Ding and Kiyofumi Kojima at table (ddr-densho-1007-578)

Negative.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-578/

doc Postcard to K. Domoto (ddr-densho-356-185)

Postcard addressed to K. Domoto (likely Kanetaro Domoto) from Y. Kuwi dated July 30, 1916. Postmarked 5.8.1 (Taisho 5- 1916 August, 1). Message is thanking Kanetaro Domoto for sending a photograph of the Domoto family. Tied together with objects ddr-densho-356-183 through ddr-densho-356-188.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-185/

doc Envelope and letter to T. Domoto (ddr-densho-356-201)

Envelope addressed to Miss T. Domoto (possibly Tokuko?), postmarked 5.5.19. Note in Japanese on the back of the envelope. Inside envelope was a long letter written in Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-201/

img Marines at Japanese surrender (ddr-densho-1007-112)

Caption on back

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img Hands and Phi Beta Kappa key (ddr-densho-1007-491)

Negative. Hands of Masaru Ogawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-491/

av Interview with Kiyofumi Kojima, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1695)

Interview conducted in Japanese. Original title: 210, II JA #34, Kiyofumi Kojima, Feb. 1, 1986. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1696/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1695/

av Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1712)

Ogawa discusses being the last person to surrender from his interpreter school, working with American soldiers in Japan after the war, trusting an American soldier to take his personal belongings back to Tokyo, and his thoughts on post-war Japan. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #51, Masaru Ogawa, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1712/

av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1700)

Fukuhara discusses the possibility of meeting his brother (who was in the Japanese army) on the battlefield, the mental struggles soldiers faced in Japan, and his thoughts on draft resisters. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 215, II JA #39, Harry Fukuhara, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1701/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1700/

img Mazaru Ogawa with Phi Beta Kappa key (ddr-densho-1007-485)

Negative.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-485/

av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1702)

Saiki discusses growing up in Stockton, CA, attending UC Berkeley, Pearl Harbor, the start of evacuation and negative press about Nisei during that time, graduating from Berkeley in 1942, entering Stockton Assembly Center, and the arrest and incarceration of his father. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #41, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1702/

av Interview with Sen Nishiyama, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1672)

Nishiyama discusses working with the occupation govnerment, rebuilding telecommunications infrastructure after the war, advocating against the romanization of written Japanese, the laws imposed by the occupation government, and his reaction to Pearl Harbor. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #6, Sen Nishiyama, Fri. Jan. 31, 1986. Interview continues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1672/

av Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1710)

Ogawa discusses growing up in Hollywood, spending a year in Japan as a child, his experiences with discrimination in high school, attending Japanese classes, being denied from universities for being Japanese, working in Tokyo when the war started, and convincing his parents to move back to Japan in 1941. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1710/

img John Fujii on sofa (ddr-densho-1007-1174)

Negative. Taken during an interview for The Color of Honor.

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img Ray Aka reading (ddr-densho-1007-1177)

Negative. Taken during an interview for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1177/

av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1704)

Saiki discusses being relocated to the Rohwer camp, working as editor for the Rohwer Outpost newspaper, the social stigma around his Caucasian friends visiting in camp, his friend Elizabeth Homberger (sp?) and the work she did for the Nisei during the war, the reactions to military recruiters at Rohwer, and his reasons for not volunteering for …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1704/

av Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1711)

Ogawa discusses his time in the Philippines in 1944 with the Japanese army. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #50, Masaru Ogawa, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1712/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1711/

av Interview with John Fujii, part 2 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1692)

Fujii discusses being suspected as a Japanese spy while working for a newspaper, serving Japan and being interned in India during the war, his sympathy for Japan during the war, his brother's service in the US army, and his brother's attitude toward Japan. Video starts at 0:25. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1692/

img Japanese servicepeople posing with crew of the B-17 and pilots of the P-38s, who landed in Japan a week before surrender (ddr-densho-1007-117)

Caption on back.

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