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vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-155-29)

Getting remarried and forming a blended family; writing about life experiences for children

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vh George Yoshida Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-132-13)

Life in high school: working part-time at a fruit and vegetable stand

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-213-33)

Continuing work with a public project to recognize the life of Minoru Yasui

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vh Tats Kojima Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1001-10-8)

Life in camp: witnessing friction between Bainbridge Islanders and Japanese Americans from California

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Narrator Henry Shimizu

Nisei male. Born November 26, 1928, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Prince Rupert, and was removed with other Japanese Canadians to Hastings Park, Vancouver, Canada, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Moved to the New Denver incarceration camp and then resettled in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with his family. Studied and practiced medicine …

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Narrator Larry "Shorty" Kazumura

Nisei male. Born November 7, 1920, in Mountain View, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where parents ran a sugar cane plantation. Was working hauling lumber when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Was not dismissed from work like other Japanese Americans, and was required to clean up the aftermath of the bombing. Volunteered for …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 35 (August 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-143)

Selected article titles: "Dies Group Minority Lauds WRA" (p. 1), "863 Segregees Tule Lake Bound, Trains Leave September 14 & 20" (p. 1), "Editorial: Something to Dismiss and Bury" (p. 4), "Evacuee Return to Normal Life Urged in Syndicated Editorial" (p. 4), "Nisei Seeking Rehabilitation Promised Backing by CIO" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,264, Vol. 97, No. 20 (November 11, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-44)

Selected article titles: "JACL message disseminated throughout Japan by press, TV" (p. 1), "Vincent Chin killers face grand jury indictment" (p. 1), "Marutani to recount life on CWRIC" (p. 7), "Nisei-Retirement Group compiling Issei pidgin English" (p. 9), "Hiroshima Kenjin most numerous in pre-1940 Japanese emigration" (p. 12).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 70 (June 12, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-106)

Selected article titles: "Call Issued for Blood Donors" (p. 1), "Evacuees' Dietary Supply Depends on Center Crops. 'Nation Faces Critical Food Shortage' -- Utz" (p. 1), "Wage Cut Rumors Spiked by Bennett" (p. 1), "Editorial: Relocation Sins" (p. 2), "Japanese Booklets Explain Relocation" (p. 3), "Women Military Life Explained" (p. 3).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. VII No. 9 (April 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-300)

Selected article titles: "Story of Discrimination Against Relocator Told in Life Magazine" (p. 1), "Draft: Status of Men in ERC Clarified" (p. 1), "Leupp Center to Be Reopened by WRA" (p. 1), "WRA Powers Challenged in Mitsuye Endo Case" (p. 2), "Ickes Raps La Guardia, Bricker for Racialism" (p. 3).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIII No. 11 (May 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-639)

Selected article titles: "14th Naval District Will Hire Japanese American Veterans" (p. 1), "Seven Sentenced After Being Found Guilty" (p. 1), "Veterans Initiated Into Seattle Machinists Union" (p. 2), "Agencies Able to Hire Aliens are Following" (p. 2), "Minidoka Relocatee, Issei, Ends Life by Gas Poisoning in NYC" (p. 5).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 3 (January 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-601)

Selected article titles: "Pfc. Jou Okitsu Reported German Prisoner of War" (p. 1), "Men from Life Mag, Acme Pix, LA News, Visit" (p. 1), "Secretary Ickes Issues Statement to Residents" (p. 1), "Justice Dept. May Take Over Tule Lake" (p. 2), "Mad Dog Rumors Found to be Without Basis" (p. 3).

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4311 (May 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-24)

Selected article titles: "The War Warmed Over"; "Memorial Service Held for Pfc. H. Endo"; "Hood River Not Only Place"; "Closing Dates Set for Center Schools"; "Seek to Repeal California Code Permitting Segregated Schools"; "Young Issei Takes Life in New York City"; "100 Infantry to Play 2 Softball Games This Sunday."

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img Chief Justice Samuel B. Kemp taking his oath of office (ddr-njpa-2-527)

Caption on reverse: "NEW CHIEF JUSTICE SWORN IN: Judge Samuel B. Kemp who is shown taking the oath of office from Associate Justice Emil C. Peters in the territorial supreme court at 10 a.m. today Kemp succeeds Judge James L. Coke, who has retired to private life.--Nippu Jiji photo."

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doc Letter from Tetsuro Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-25)

Letter from Tets Sumida to his father describing life at Santa Anita Assembly Center from the perspective of a young school-age Nisei. He expresses his hope that there will be college-level classes during internment, but in their absence he hopes to take practical classes like typing and bookkeeping.

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doc Letter from George Hideo Nakamura to Jean (ddr-csujad-55-2367)

Correspondence from George Hideo Nakamura to Jean regarding updates on Nakamura's daily life in the armed forces and general updates. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2473

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img Nobukichi Miwa in swim trunks (ddr-densho-475-701)

Black and white photograph of Nobukichi Miwa at age 60 at the beach wearing shorts or a bathing suit, smiling and holding his hands behind his back. Written below photo on the album page is: "Life begins at '60'" in white pencil. Donor note: Nobukichi. (negative: ddr-densho-475-72)

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-220)

Envelope and letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he tells Yuriko about his transfer to Camp Savage to study Japanese and the general schedule of the language school. He inquires about her family's adjustment to life in the Assembly center and provides her with his new address.

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vh Florence Ohmura Dobashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-434-2)

Father's early life in the U.S.: having a son in Japan he didn't know

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vh Fumiko Uyeda Groves Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-10-25)

Limited contact with father, censored letters of life in Lordsburg internment camp, New Mexico

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vh Edith Watanabe Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-101-15)

Making life bearable in Tule Lake concentration camp, California: ordering goods from "Monkey Wards"

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vh Shimako "Sally" Kitano Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-54-16)

Adjusting to life after returning to Bainbridge Island; barred from joining the Girl Scouts

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vh Sarah Sato Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-81-14)

Life in Hawaii following the bombing, carrying "American" identification cards and building bomb shelters

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vh Chisao Hata Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-532-4)

Early life in Des Moines, Iowa, being called a racial slur as a child

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 17, (May 4, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-17)

Select article titles: "JACLer Enters Race for Mayor of Seattle" (p.1); "Two Retirement Credit Bills Introduced for Japanese American Evacuees" (p.1); "Bilingual Federal Court Proposed" (p.1); "Plight of Ainu in Japan Similar to American Indian Experience" (p.1); "Metropolitan L.A. Compares Life on Indian Reservation with Evacuation" (p.3).

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