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vh Rin Miura Interview Segment 6 (ddr-one-7-5-6)

Attending school (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

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vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-151-2)

Memories of childhood in Lima, Peru: Spanish as a first language, attending a private Japanese school

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Narrator Steve Hiromoto

Sansei male. After World War II, attended Japanese language school at the Clarksburg Holland Gakuen.

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vh Chiyo Endo Interview Segment 4 (ddr-one-7-10-4)

Attending elementary school (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-10-4/

vh Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1006-4-7)

Attending grade school and Japanese language school

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-4-7/

vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1006-1-5)

Attending public school and Japanese language school

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-1-5/

doc Memo regarding ending public assistance grants to ministers (ddr-densho-356-918)

Memo from John J. O. Moore to caseworkers to inform them of the reason to end public assistance grants to ministers, and scrutinize visit requests and grants for unemployment due to enrollment in Japanese Language School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-918/

vh Ujinobu Niwa Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-138-7)

Excelling in Japanese language school

This interview has audio problems due to the equipment used during taping.

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vh Toru Sakahara - Kiyo Sakahara Interview II Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-77-38)

Reestablishing the Japanese language school in Seattle

This interview was conducted over two days at the Sakaharas' home.

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vh George Koshi Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1008-1-10)

Being a language instructor for the Military Intelligence Service Language School

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-243)

Nisei female. Born March 6, 1921, in Hilo, Hawaii. Grew up in Hilo, where parents were Japanese language school teachers. In 1939, moved to Japan to obtain medical treatment, and attended school there. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese military and worked as an interpreter, translating U.S. radio transmissions for General Headquarters in …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 18 (January 7, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-259)

Selected article titles: "Issue Grants, Unemployment Compensation" (p. 1), "Educational Survey Conducted by Night School" (p. 1), "Japanese Language Books Sought" (p. 1), "Laundry Service Offered Residents Here" (p. 1), "Here's How to Make Service Calls to Plumbers" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-259/

doc Booklet: Japanese Americans Play Vital Role in United States Intelligence Service in World War II (ddr-densho-1007-1841)

This booklet was written in 1946 by retired Brigadier General John Weckerling and examines the overlooked role Japanese Americans played in U.S. military intelligence during World War II. Nisei linguists and the Military Intelligence Service Language School are given particular emphasis.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1841/

vh Steve Hiromoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1010-17-1)

The history of the Clarksburg Holland Gakuen

This interview is a walking tour of the Clarksburg Japanese language school building.

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vh Steve Hiromoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1010-17-5)

The teachers residence of the Clarksburg Holland Gakuen

This interview is a walking tour of the Clarksburg Japanese language school building.

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vh Steve Hiromoto Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1010-17-4)

The stage area of the Clarksburg Holland Gakuen

This interview is a walking tour of the Clarksburg Japanese language school building.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1010-17-4/

doc Appeal to Americans of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-csujad-55-754)

Statement regarding recruitment of Nisei linguists for the Military Intelligence Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota. Provides a background on the school and appeal to prospective students. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0756

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-754/

vh Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-111-26)

Youth activities at the Temple: Sunday school and athletic meets (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-111-26/

doc Certificate (ddr-csujad-55-153)

Certificate of completion for Frank M. Iritani from the Military Intelligence Service Language School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0155

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-59)

Ted Matsushima is leaving for a Japanese language school at Camp Schelling. Tad's parents asked about the rain; Tad says "it rains so hard that even fishes have to come out or they'll drown." Parents' note on envelope back: 61 Thursday Nov. 9, 1944

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doc Marysville reunion 1991 (ddr-csujad-55-2697)

Pamphlet of "the third post-evacuation Marysville area Japanese American reunion" held September 27-29, 1991. Features the Japanese language school, Marysville Gakuen, built in 1926. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2861

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2697/

vh Steve Hiromoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1010-17-3)

Tour of the inside of the Clarksburg Holland Gakuen building

This interview is a walking tour of the Clarksburg Japanese language school building.

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vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-191-11)

Attending Japanese language school, or "tip school"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-191-11/

vh Peggy Tanemura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-85)

Ni-ten-gosei (half Nisei, half Sansei) female. Born June 3, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington; Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; and Tule Lake segregation center, California. Returned to Seattle after the war and stayed temporarily at the Seattle Japanese Language School.

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vh Louise Kashino Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-31-5)

Memories of attending Seattle's Japanese Language School

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-5/

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