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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 17 (ddr-densho-156-219)

Article titles: "Loyal American-Born Japanese Helped to Trap Trouble Makers"; "It's News to Me"; "Chinook Area Hopes to Import More Japs"; "Nelson Named Sacaton School Superintendent"; "Life Goes on as Usual in Relocation Camp"; "Laborers Needed to Complete Japanese Relocation Project Near Eden"; "Dr. Neher to be Head Physician at Jap Camp"; "Worth Keeping in Mind"; …

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img Thomas Edison and Mina Miller sitting in a garden (ddr-njpa-1-236)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Edison Said to Have Been Briefly Seriously Ill. (New York) Rengo. The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who invented and discovered most of the necessities of our modern cultural life and has made the greatest human contribution to so-called material civilization, had been seriously ill for some time but has now reported …

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doc Letter from Ai Jin Tsai to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-312)

Family is safe. Tsai family moved to country Mar-Aug 1945. Ai-gi's clinic slightly damaged. Ai-Le in Hong Kong safe but was captured by Japanese; later released. Ai-jin learned about Ai Chih Tsai's life from G. Kerr. Ai-jin wants to start a business and wants Ai Chih to find a contact in America for Ai-jin to be …

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-19)

Tad had a chemical warfare class and got to smell some gases: "boy, it sure stinks!" The soldiers also learned how to use their gas masks. Tad mentions that they all did a trial in a gas chamber where they had to put their masks on the second they detected gas in the room: "I never …

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vh Andy Noguchi Interview (ddr-densho-122-27)

Sansei male. President of the Florin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League in 1999, and one of the authors of a resolution to recognize the constitutional stand of the World War II resisters of conscience.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World …

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vh Fred Okrand Interview (ddr-densho-122-15)

White male. Born 1918. Former longtime legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Was an advocate for civil rights throughout his career, and worked on behalf of Japanese Americans during the World War II incarceration.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, …

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doc Photograph album (ddr-densho-316-1)

A family photograph album documenting the Sakahara and Tanaka families' pre-World War II life on Vashon Island and other areas of Washington State. Dan Sakahara was a councilman, block leader, chairman of the red cross, treasurer of the PTA, and temporary chairman of the PTA at the Tule Lake Concentration Camp. He was also president of …

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av Two Lives: The Sadaichi Kubota Story (ddr-densho-1024-122)

Two Nisei soldiers join the 442 and are assigned to the same squad in I Company, 3rd Battalion at Camp Shelby. They fight through Italy and France. Two weeks before the end of the war with Germany, one is killed by a sniper. Sixty years later, the survivor returns to Italy to pay his respects to …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 17 (August 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-12)

Selected article titles: "Education Subject of Third Forum" (p. 1), "Coals Stoves Promised" (p. 1), "Oratorical Contests Announced" (p. 1), "Voters May Cast Absentee Ballots" (p. 1), "Recreation Staff Reorganizes" (p. 1), "Star-dusting with Jobo Nakamura" (p. 2), "More Services Listed for City" (p. 2), "Band Needs More Members" (p. 2), "Comics, 'Life,' Top Sales" (p. …

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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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Collection Guyo Tajiri Collection (ddr-densho-338)

The Guyo Tajiri Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, and documents chronicling the life of Tsuguyo "Guyo" Marion Okagaki Tajiri and her husband Larry Tajiri. Photographs cover Guyo Tajiri's life and family from infancy through adulthood. The letters and documents highlight Guyo and Larry Tajiri's work running the Pacific Citizen from 1942 to 1952, Guyo's help in …

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Collection Suzuki Family Collection (ddr-densho-243)

The Suzuki Family Collection contains photographs from Warren Suzuki. They cover life at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho during the war and a pilgrimage back in later years.

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vh Nobu Suzuki Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-87-1)

Life in Minidoka concentration camp: medical facilities and services

References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.

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vh Frank S. Fujii Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-8-23)

Conflict within camp; life after Tule Lake becomes a "segregation center"

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 Kamekichi Joseph Tokita and Haruko Ann (Suzuki) Tokita Family Collection (ddr-densho-538)

Biography documenting the life of Haruko Ann (Suzuki) Tokita from her birth to her death. The biography primarily focuses on her time as a wife, mother, and widow.

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Collection Shimada Family Collection (ddr-densho-255)

The Shimada Family Collection consists of journals written by Taji Shimada from 1924 through 1971 and a number of photographs recording life as a farming family in Utah.

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Collection Min & Uhachi Tamesa Collection (ddr-densho-333)

The Min & Uhachi Tamesa Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, documents, and ephemera related to the lives of Uhachi Tamesa and his son Min Tamesa. Much of the collection documents Min's life as a draft resister, his imprisonment at Leavenworth Penitentiary, and Uhachi's support of his son during that period. Also, found in the collection are …

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Collection Densho Visual History Collection (ddr-densho-1000)

This collection consists of a diverse set of interviews conducted by Densho starting in 1996. The interviews focus on many aspects of Japanese American history, from early U.S. immigration to present-day issues. The collection also includes interviews with non-Japanese American individuals who have in some way been involved in or impacted by the Japanese American experience. …

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Collection Co-op News (Topaz) Collection (ddr-densho-288)

Collection of newspapers published by the co-op at the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. The newspapers discuss co-op administration and concerns, as well as everyday life.

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vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-190-48)

Looking back on life experiences

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.

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vh Kazue Yamamoto Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-197-14)

Family's adjustment to postwar life

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.

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img The Admiral and the Kumanos (ddr-densho-252-13)

(Left to right) Chisato Taniguchi Kumano, Yasamaru Taniguchi, and Takaji Kumano. Caption on Post-it: "Yasamaru Taniguchi (youngest bro of Gotsuke), Chisato T. Kumano, Takaji Kumano, in USA - invited here after WWII. Poem on reverse - see translation." Poem translation by Harry Nomura : "Feel blessed that we are still alive to see and talk on …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 9 (July 30, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-12)

Selected article titles: "Citizens May Leave Relocation Centers Under New Program. Procedure Set Up by WRA Which Will Permit Departure to Jobs Outside Defense Command" (p. 1), Arguments Continued in Korematsu Case" (p. 1), "Warren Enters Endo Case as 'Friend of Court'" (p. 2), "Severe Storm Lashes Poston As Roofs Torn Off Barracks" (p. 3), "Sixty-Nine …

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