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vh Shosuke Sasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-78)

Issei male. Born March 26, 1912, in Yamaguchi ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative …

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vh Roger Daniels Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1012-17-4)

The role of the Japanese American Citizens League after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, …

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img Alan Ladd, Sue Carroll [Carrol], and Bill Kato [with an injured man] (ddr-csujad-56-313)

Two injured men, including Bill Kato, play cards, while Alan Ladd and Sue Carol look on. Taken at Fitzsimmons General Hospital. Handwritten text on back of photo reads, "Taken at Fitz. Gen. on Dec. 12, 1944, including Alan Ladd, Sue Carroll and Bill Kato." The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens …

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vh Paul Tsuneishi Interview (ddr-densho-122-24)

Nisei male, born April 16, 1923. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and was drafted into the military at age eighteen. After World War II, served as a district governor for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in Southern California. In his position with the JACL, sought to reconcile the Japanese American community with the …

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av Hideo "Jibo" Satow Interview (ddr-densho-400-20)

Hideo "Jibo" Satow was born on July 23, 1914, in Inglewood, California. He was the oldest of ten children. His father, Tomijiro Satow was a flower grower in Hawthorne, California. The Satow family was imprisoned at the Santa Anita Race Track and the concentration camp at Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. After the war, Satow …

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doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 4 April, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-4)

Volume 4 divides into three sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Section 1 contains archival documents from April 1942 about the growing opposition of western officials outside of the West Coast to having Japanese Americans moved to their localities. Section 2 contains the Federal government Surveys of Public Opinion dated …

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Narrator Frank Sato

Nisei male. Born March 16, 1929, in Puyallup, Washington. Grew up in the Sumner, Washington, area, where parents had a produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, attended the University of Washington and the University of Southern California. Established …

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doc JACL letter of appreciation to Joe Hamanaka (ddr-densho-280-43)

Letter from James Matsuoka and Peter Ohtaki thanking Joe Hamanaka for his publicity and public relations work for the JACL 17th Biennial National Convention.

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img Portraits of the 1939 White River Valley Civic League officers (ddr-densho-277-88)

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img Portraits of the 1933 White River Valley Civic League officers (ddr-densho-277-84)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-869)

Letter from New York. Kan reports conversations with a client about arranging a rock garden, in which he wants it to be "200% perfect." He is planning for his trip to Taliesin to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright. Activities in New York" visit to "the Bronx park" (possibly New York Botanical Garden) and seeing shows on …

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Narrator Thomas T. Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained …

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img Santa Fe, New Mexico [internees] (ddr-csujad-56-323)

Internees in work clothes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Included is a typed list of names and hometowns: Kakigi (Sebastopol); Okamura, Sueichi (San Francisco); Matsumoto (Petaluma); Yokoyama, Rokuzaemon (Sebastopol); Sugioka (Petaluma); Yoshizawa, Seizo (Petaluma); Ito, Hichijiro (Sebastopol); Iba; Kimura (Santa Rosa); Kobuke (Sebastopol); Akutagawa, Kiyoshi (Sebastopol); Kai (Santa Rosa); Nagase (Santa Rosa); Udo, Tsunejiro (San Francisco). …

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av Alice Uyeda Interview (ddr-densho-400-23)

Alice Uyeda was born on February 19, 1920, in Baldwin Park, California. Alice was the youngest of three children to Buhei and Sawaye Ito. Her father was a truck farmer in Baldwin Park. On December 7, 1941, when World War II broke out, Alice was working in Glendale, California. She and her family went to Utah …

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av Yoshi Inose Interview (ddr-densho-400-6)

Yoshi Inose was born on September 24, 1908, in Los Angeles, California. She was one of three children, and her parents' names were Seijiro and Soko Shibuya. Her father was a lawyer and the first publisher for the Rafu Shimpo and her mother was a koto instructor. After World War II broke out, the family was …

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av Frank Endo Interview (ddr-densho-400-1)

Frank Endo was born in Wilmington, California, on April 20,1923, and grew up on Terminal Island, California. He taught gymnastics at Santa Anita, California, Race Track and at the concentration camp in Amache, Colorado, where he was imprisoned. Endo worked in Chicago during WWII and served in the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Service. He participated in …

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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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vh Jim Akutsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-2)

Nisei male. Born January 25, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted the draft, with the rationale that the U.S. government had classified him 4-C, an enemy alien, and he was therefore under no obligation to serve. Imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Vocal critic of …

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img Portraits of the 1935 White River Valley Civic League officers (ddr-densho-277-85)

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doc From the Frying Pan (ddr-densho-510-53)

Newspaper Clipping

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doc Bob Hope apologizes for term in joke (ddr-densho-510-38)

Newspaper Clipping

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doc Japanese group reacts to 'Jap' Slur (ddr-densho-510-35)

Newspaper Clipping

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vh Grant Ujifusa Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-97)

Sansei male. Born January 4, 1942, in Worland, Wyoming. Graduated from Harvard College in 1965, and went on to earn an M.A. in American History from Brandeis University and an ABT in American Civilization from Brown University. Worked for book publishers Gambit, Houghton Mifflin, Random House, Macmillan, and Reader's Digest magazine. Played an integral part in …

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av George Kobayashi Interview (ddr-densho-400-13)

George Kobayashi was born on February 20, 1924, in Torrance, California. He was one of three children, and his parents' names were Tamechi and Yuko Kobayashi. His father was a farmer in Gardena and his mother was a housewife. When the war broke out, he and his family moved to Fort Lupton, Colorado. During the war …

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av Jack Takeshi Omatsu Interview (ddr-densho-400-18)

Jack Takeshi Omatsu was born on March 8, 1929, in Torrance, California. He was raised in Torrance where his parents farmed and grew flowers. Omatsu worked on the family farm and attended local schools until his family moved to Utah to avoid imprisonment during World War II. After the war the family restarted the flower growing …

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