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Article about Lawrence Goto (ddr-njpa-5-1141)
Translation of article: Lawrence Goto, appointed city and district accountant, was born January 21, 1905. He is from Makauel, Kauai, Hawaii.
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Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion (ddr-densho-114-134)
Original caption: Oahu, T.H. These members of the 100th Infantry Bn., composed entirely of Hawaiian AJA's, are entertained by Pfc. Marty Rakitt, 534 S. 16th St., Newark, N.J., on the steps of the 147th General Hospital, Honolulu, T.H. The men in the front row are, l. to r., Pvt. Gerico Hashimoto, Lihue, Kauai; Pfc. Mamoru Takabayashi, …
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Mitzi Isoshima with family on Hawaii vacation (ddr-densho-477-752)
Photograph of the Isoshima and Shimono families in front of a helicopter. From left to right: Donald Shimono, Elaine (Isoshima) Shimono, Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, and Maryann Shimono. The caption below the photo reads "Kauai, Hawaii vacation with Don, Elaine & Maryann Shimono" in black ink.
Narrator Ben Tamashiro
Nisei male. Born in 1917 in Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii. Grew up in Hanapepe where father worked on a plantation. Volunteered for the army prior to World War II. During the war, reenlisted and became a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion.
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Nisei soldiers eating (ddr-densho-114-44)
Original caption: North Africa Theater. Japanese soldiers in the U.S. Army, are eating chow in the field, using a pan for a stove, L to R: Capt. Victor J. Bonin, Lowell, Mass., and Hilo, Hawaii; Pfc. Morio Kidani, Honolulu; and Pfc. Yasuo Takenouchi, Kapaa, Kauai. 1943.
Narrator Henry Bruno Yamada
Nisei male. Born 1923 on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service shortly after graduating from High School. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit in a mortar platoon during World War II. (The 442 was an entirely Asian American segregated fighting unit.) After the war, he lived on the U.S. mainland for many …
Narrator Maurice H. Yamasato
Nisei male. Born June 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Parents had originally immigrated to Peru from Okinawa, Japan. During World War II, removed with family to Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After leaving Crystal City, moved to Kauai, Hawaii. Established a successful career as an architect.
Narrator Richard Onishi
Nisei male. Born October 15, 1931, in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. Moved to San Jose, California, from Hawaii in 1936. Grew up in San Jose's Japantown before the onset of World War II. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned with family to San Jose, after the war, and helped …
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Two men standing with rainbow in back (ddr-ajah-2-14)
Written on back: Island of Kauai / February '82 / Tom Matsumura (right) and Min Hara / Classmates GP 10 / Camp Savage, Minn. In1943
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Large group around airplane on tarmac (ddr-densho-466-424)
Caption below photo on album page: Kauai 1967
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Nisei soldier writing a letter (ddr-densho-114-39)
Original caption: Pfc. Larry Imamura, of Kehaha, Kauai, Hawaii, a Japanese-American with the 442nd Combat Team of the 100th Infantry Bn., in bivouac in the Charmois area of France, writes a letter before meeting the Germans on the front lines for the first time. U.S. Seventh Army. 10/22/44.
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Henry Bruno Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-105)
Nisei male. Born 1923 on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service shortly after graduating from High School. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit in a mortar platoon during World War II. (The 442 was an entirely Asian American segregated fighting unit.) After the war, he lived on the U.S. mainland for many …
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Henry Bruno Yamada Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-105-1)
Working on the cane plantations on Kauai, Hawaii
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military service during …
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Anthony Baptiste and wife leaving federal building after pre-sentence investigation (ddr-njpa-2-50)
Caption on reverse: "PRE-SENTENCE PROBE: Anthony C. Baptiste, Jr., 44-year-old "Mayor of Kauai," is shown leaving the federal building this morning with his wife after reporting to Robert W. Cassidy, probation officer, for a pre-sentence investigation. He was convicted last night by a federal court jury of willful failure to file his 1952 federal income tax …
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Esther Williams and Ben Gage with their son Benji (ddr-njpa-1-2403)
Caption on reverse: "Film star and family on the beach: Esther Williams, her husband Ben Gage and their seven-month-old son Benjie posed for this photo Thursday afternoon at their rented home at Waikiki, Miss Williams is here to star in MGM's Technicolor film, 'Pagan Love Song,' which will be shot on Kauai begining April 1 or …
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Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-287-6)
Childhood memories of Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Portraits of elderly couple (ddr-densho-107-29)
Roy Matsumoto's paternal grandparents. Roy's paternal grandfather, Wakamatsu, was the youngest son of the Matsumoto family. He married his sweetheart and came to Kauai, HI, as a government contract laborer to work in the sugar cane fields. Upon completion of the contract, he came to the mainland United States, leased land in southern California, and operated …
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Richard Onishi Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-2)
Nisei male. Born October 15, 1931, in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. Moved to San Jose, California, from Hawaii in 1936. Grew up in San Jose's Japantown before the onset of World War II. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned with family to San Jose, after the war, and helped …
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Nisei technicians working on calculations (ddr-densho-114-98)
Original caption: Castrellina Sector, Italy. In the Fire Direction Center of the 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, Lt. George S. Meany, Greenwich, Conn., Left, works with his Japanese American crew. In the center is T/Sgt. Shuichi, Sakamoto, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, calculating vertical control and S/Sgt. Yuki Ahaki, Modesto Calif., at the horizontal control, …
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Philip L. Rice being congratulated by Edward A. Towse and Ingram Stainback (ddr-njpa-2-1093)
Caption on reverse: "NEW ASSOCIATE JUSTICE: Philip L. Rice (right) was sworn in Tuesday as an associate justice of the territorial supreme court by Supreme Court Justice Edward Towse (left), with Associate Justice Ingram M. Stainback standing between them. A circuit judge on Kauai, Rice was recently appointed to the high court by President Eisenhower and …
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Ben Tamashiro Interview (ddr-densho-1007-5)
Nisei male. Born in 1917 in Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii. Grew up in Hanapepe where father worked on a plantation. Volunteered for the army prior to World War II. During the war, reenlisted and became a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the …
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Maurice H. Yamasato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-396)
Nisei male. Born June 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Parents had originally immigrated to Peru from Okinawa, Japan. During World War II, removed with family to Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After leaving Crystal City, moved to Kauai, Hawaii. Established a successful career as an architect.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant …
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Four women sitting at a table (ddr-njpa-5-81)
Caption on reverse: "Nine Isle young women to attend Asilomar confab. Nine young women are leaving Honolulu tonight at 8:30 to attend the annual Western Area Young Adult conference which will be held at Asilomar, Calif., from June 11 to 17. The theme for this year's conference is "Danger -- Women at Work." The Honolulu delegates …