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doc Message from Ronald Ikejiri to JACL Chapter Presidents (ddr-densho-523-752)

Update on status of Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-523-752/

img Ray Kitayama at a JACL picnic (ddr-densho-433-637)

Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-1231.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-637/

img Man with watermelons (ddr-densho-433-1218)

Man poses next to a watermelon game at a JACL picnic. Written on verso: Min Yonehura, Yoshi Nishi, July 1949, Crow Canyon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1218/

doc Rutaro Fujii's certificate of recognition (ddr-densho-433-165)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-165/

img Kozu and Aiko at a JACL picnic (ddr-densho-433-1234)

Written on verso: Kozu Okada, Aiko Hironaka, JACL Picnic, July 19/49. Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-651.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1234/

img Ray Kitayama at a JACL picnic (ddr-densho-433-1231)

Written on verso: Ray Kitayama, JACL picnic, July 1949. Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-637.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1231/

img Kozu and Aiko at a JACL picnic (ddr-densho-433-651)

Identification from duplicate photograph: Kozu Okada, Aiko Hironaka. Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-1234.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-651/

doc Nisei's Devotion - Beyond the Call of Duty (ddr-densho-1007-1840)

Speech by Tom Sakamoto at the 1988 JACL Installation Dinner describing his experiences growing up in San Jose's Japantown, wartime experience and military service, and the impact of Japanese American treatment during World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1840/

vh John Kanda Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-116-7)

Recalling wartime experience as a first scout, infantry squad, in Europe, looking for mines and trip wires

This interview is part of a collaborative effort of the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-116-7/

img In front of the Capitol Building for the Japanese American Citizens League 1972 convention (ddr-densho-10-95)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-95/

doc Letter from Fumi Yaki to Japanese American Citizens League member chapters, April 3, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-5)

Letter describing Fumi Yaki's leave of position due to first mass removal in California. She states turning her work over to Miss Mary Louise K. Seo. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-5/

doc Japanese American Citizens League Northern California District Council special meeting minutes, March 10, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-25)

Japanese American Citizens League, northern California district council, special meeting minutes discussing budgets, dues, assessments, treasury announcements, and forced evacuation information. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0025

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-25/

Collection New Mexico JACL Collection (ddr-densho-1009)

This collection consists of interviews conducted by the New Mexico chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.

For more information about the chapter, please visit www.nmjacl.org.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1009/

Narrator Seichi Hayashida

Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/17/

doc The Redress Monitor (ddr-densho-381-52)

The national newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League; volume 2, number 3. Included are articles on: waiting for redress, messages from the editor and chair, fundraising information, a statement from Senator Inouye, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-52/

Narrator Andy Noguchi

Sansei male. President of the Florin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League in 1999, and one of the authors of a resolution to recognize the constitutional stand of the World War II resisters of conscience.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/167/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, December 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-377)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes report on Japanese American Citizens League conference. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0379

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-377/

doc Letter from Harry Naka to Jack Noda, March 14, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-19)

Letter from Harry Naka, president of the American Loyalty League of Livingston, California, to Jack Noda, president of the Stanislaus Merced chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, regarding the "cooperation" between both organizations during the mass removal. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0019

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-19/

img Japanese American selling possessions (ddr-densho-151-275)

Original caption: Centerville, California. Scene in the Japanese American Citizens League local office. This office is assisting the farmers of Japanese ancestry in this district to arrange their affairs for evacuation and to keep them posted on events. Harry Konda, officer of the league, is disposing of a washing machine to a local Mexican farm laborer's …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-275/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 1 (January 1-8, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-1)

Special new year edition. Selected article titles: "Unlikely Journalist Writes Book About Unlikely Liberators" (pp. 1-2), "Yasui Coram Nobis: Case Closed" (p. 1), "The Exploration of the Magic Code" (pp. 2-3, 9-10), "Saburo Okinaga: World War II and the Experiences of One Japanese American in Hawaii" (p. 10), and "The Letters of Joseph Heco" (pp. 11-12).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-1/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 11 (March 24, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-11)

Selected article titles: "Interpretation Snarls Redress Payments" (p. 1), "American War Veterans Relief Association: Anti-Redress Group's Past Called 'Murky'" (p. 1), "Calif. Senate Reviews UCB Admissions Policy Report" (pp. 1, 3), and "Asian Immigrants Among Target of Australian Violence; Inquiry Scheduled" (pp. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-11/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 3 (January 27, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-3)

Selected article titles: "Mitsue Takahashi Taking Case to the Supreme Court" (pp. 1, 3), "LEC Strategist Expresses High Hopes for More Redress Funds" (pp. 1, 3), and "From the Frying Pan: Close Encounters of an Imperial Kind" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-3/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 105, No. 12 (October 16, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-37)

Selected article titles: "On 'Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution'" (pp. 1-2), "JACL Director Responds: California Releases UCB Report" (pp. 1, 6), "Supreme Court Denies Latest Bid in Yasui Case" (pp. 1, 5), and "Editorial of the Pacific Citizen: After H.R. 442: Action Alert" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-59-37/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 19 (May 15, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-19)

Selected article titles: "Japan Names Nikkei Honorees" (p. 1), "Asian Groups Vow to Prevent Future 'Vincent Chin' Cases" (pp. 1, 8), "Government Still Denies Constitutional Violations, Author Drinnon Says" (pp. 1, 3), and "Jennings: AA Journalists Can Link Cultures" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-59-19/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 9 (March 6, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-9)

Selected article titles: "L.A. County: Commission Reports Rise in Hate Crime" (pp. 1, 3), "Chin Trial Moved to Ohio" (p. 1), "Focus on Japanese Americans: Opening Date, Ceremonies Set for Smithsonian Exhibit" (pp. 1, 4), and "Changes in JACL Personnel Manual Proposed" (pp. 1-2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-59-9/

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