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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 35 (May 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-127)

Selected article titles: "J. Edgar Hoover Says No Espionage" (p. 1), "Eastern Defense Command Opens New England Areas to Evacuees. Procedure to Acquire Positions Exactly Opposite to Chicago" (p. 1), "Fire Truck Mishap Results in Injuries to Six Firemen" (p. 1), "Public Opinion Kind in Chicago" (p. 1), "Average of Fifty Residents Leave Center Weekly" (p. …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 23 (June 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-22)

Selected article titles: "WRA Heads View Projects" (p. 1), "Establish Temporary School" (p. 1), "Mess System Reorganized" (p. 1), "Change Meal Hours" (p. 1), "Chefs, Leaders Meet" (p. 1), "No 'P's 'S' or 'U' Ratings!" (p. 1), "Editorial: Flag Day" (p. 2), "With the Doctors: Quick Thinking Saves Girl" (p. 2), "Measles? See the Doctor!" (p. …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 96 (May 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-341)

Selected article titles: "Los Angeles Files Suit for Pay for Electricity to Manzanar" (p. 1), "Apply for Duplicates of Lost Registration Cards" (p. 1), "'Moved Outers', Story of Assembly, Relocation Center Life, Available" (p. 2), "Calls Auburn Incident Rotten, Un-American" (p. 3), "Citizens' Group Attend Anti-Japanese Meet" (p. 4), "'From Camp to College' Booklet Tells Story …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4349 (August 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-61)

Selected article titles: "Five Soldiers: One Dead... One in Hospital... One on Furlough... One in College... One Working. The Short Stories of Five Southern California Nisei"; "Naval Plane Serves as Mercy Ship to Save Life of Japanese Infant"; "Preacher Offers to Scrap for Nisei"; "VFW in Michigan Wants Nisei Vets"; "'Vets Benefits' Booklet Available"; "Federal Grand …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4312 (May 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-25)

Selected article titles: "Relocation for Parolees Speeded Up"; "Nisei Wife Refuses to Drop Citizenship, Sues for Divorce"; "Refuse to Work With U.S. Japanese"; "Schools Censor Pages on Japan"; "Delay of Evacuees' Return Urged"; "Memorial Service to be Held for Pfc. Frank Kanda"; "Japanese-German Marriage Headed Toward Court"; "'The Democratic Way of Life for All'"; "WRA Ask …

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doc MISLS album 1946 (ddr-csujad-1-208)

An album of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. It depicts the operation, training, life, and activities at the schools of Presidio San Francisco and Savage and Fort Snelling Minnesota, and also includes the description of the oversee campaign in the Pacific where MIS solders served. The names of MISLS graduates from three schools are listed. …

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doc Drawing of the latrines at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-19)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "These two buildings are the latrines. There were so many people in ration to the facilities that we often was obliged to try and reach another area's latrine 'in time.' The one to the left is the women's and that to the right is the men's. The women, being women put …

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doc Topaz times (September 17, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1296)

News bulletin published at the Topaz incarceration camp covering administrative announcements, orders, events, vital statistics, news from other camps, and other necessary information concerning daily life in the camps. Current issue includes a message from the Project Director, information about Topaz, a list of administrative staff, lumber, schools, facilities, and a map of the incarceration camp. …

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doc Evacuation of the Japanese from the west coast during World War II: A social injustice or a justifiable wartime precaution? (ddr-csujad-55-2038)

Essay written for an English class covering Japanese immigration to the west coast, occupations of Japanese immigrants, discrimination, culture and customs, education, reaction to Pearl Harbor among the Japanese community, "evacuation," life in incarceration camps, Nisei in the armed forces, leaving camp, laws, and the settlement of Nisei in the Midwest and east coast. See this …

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doc Short story: "Heavy fog rolled in from the Pacific" (ddr-densho-468-75)

Assignment for English 211, Section II. Part 1 ("Hope") is set in 1941 and follows a Japanese American who moved to Yokohama in 1939 and returned to the US disillusioned two years later. The main character, Johnny Obata, then faces anti-Japanese racism and unemployment. Part two ("Faith") follows Johnny's experiences following Pearl Harbor. In Part 3 …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 22 (December 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-113)

Selected article titles: "'All Well' Says Telegram From LA" (p. 1), "Merit Board Reports on Work Performance" (p. 1), "Relocation Council Moves Headquarters" (p. 1), "Cal. Students in Fund Drive" (p. 1), "The Makings of Beau Brummel, A La Clothes" (p. 1), "WSSF Aims to Aid Needy Nisei Students, Secretary Loh Says" (p. 1), "Americanism is …

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vh Kats Kunitsugu Interview (ddr-densho-122-16)

Nisei female, born in 1925. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the …

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Kan Domoto (ddr-densho-356-404)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her brother Kaneji "Kan" Domoto in which he wishes Yuri a happy birthday, inquires about their sister Wakako, and details his life in New Rochelle in hopes of getting his two sisters to move there. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413. For the correspondence to Kaneji …

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Collection Kiuchi Collection (ddr-densho-77)

The Kiuchi collection consists of personal photographs from the family of George Kiuchi. The three photos document life in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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vh Clifford Uyeda Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-122-19-6)

Leaving the West Coast in the 1930s, hearing about the World War II draft resisters later in life

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this …

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-92-17)

Life in Poston concentration camp: people were "fainting like flies" from the heat

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-92-3)

Expectations of life in Japan: "Nobody there is gonna say, 'You look different'"

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Frank S. Fujii Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-8-37)

Influence of incarceration experience on life choices

This interview was conducted over two days due to electrical problems. The majority of the interview was completed on the second day, September 5.

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Collection Kazuyoshi Kawata Collection (ddr-densho-496)

Written accounts from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his life as a Japanese American, his experience in internment, and his experience serving in World War II.

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Collection Meriko Maida Collection (ddr-densho-494)

A memorial website to Meriko Maida's life. Includes biographical essays and photographs from Meriko's life. Meriko was born in Richmond, California to Torayoshi (Muraki) Maida and Kane Maida in 1920. She grew up in Richmond, traveling to Japan in 1937 to receive additional education. She returned to California in 1939. She and her family were incarcerated …

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Collection Kyota Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-278)

The Kyota Watanabe Collection consists of one photograph album, photographic prints, and documents related to the Watanabe family's life in Seattle, Washington and in Japan.

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Narrator Frank Abe

Sansei male. Born 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio. During World War II, father was incarcerated the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentratin camp, Wyoming. Mother came to the United States from Japan in 1950. Frank grew up in Cleveland, where his parents owned a boarding house. Earned a B.A. in theater directing from the …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 25 (November 19, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-24)

Selected article titles: "Legality of Military Curfew Order on U.S. Nisei Citizens Questioned by Federal Judge" (p. 1), "Democracy in Action: JACL Leaders Discuss Problems" (p. 1), "Yasui Prefers Soldier's Death To Life in Relocation Center" (p. 1), "Challenging Discrimination Will Help Win War, Declares Wirin" (p. 2), "U.S. Nisei Battalion Trains For War Combat Duty …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 17 (April 27, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-17)

Selected article titles: "Three Issei, Fathers of GIs, File Suit for Citizenship. Federal Court Action Taken By Japanese Aliens to Test Rights to Naturalization" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Center Will Be Transferred To Reclamation Use" (p. 1), "Validity of U.S. Citizenship Renunciations in WRA Camps Will Be Challenged by ACLU" (p. 2), "Shelter Assured All Evacuees …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 10 (March 9, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-10)

Selected article titles: "JACL National Convention Urges Citizenship for Issei. Delegates Vote to Retain Headquarters in Salt Lake City; Seek Evacuation Compensation" (p. 1), "Restrictions on Hawaii, U.S. Mainland Travel Lifted for Oriental American Veterans" (p. 1), "247 Renunciants at Tule Lake Join 1000 Others in Filing Petition to Regain U.S. Rights" (p. 3), "Report Renunciant …

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