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img Kohei Murakoso and his fiancee (ddr-njpa-4-1155)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Athlete Murakoso, who runs alone, is getting married. The bride is Yasuko Kamibayashi. (Kobe) December 20, 1939. The world famous long distance runner Murakoso is getting married. He did his best living by himself, believing "a life is also run alone," until he was 25 years old, but he found a new …

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doc Community Analysis Notes, no. 1, January 15, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-84)

Titled as: From a Nisei who said "No." Account by an unnamed Community Analyst at Manzanar of the "life experience and viewpoints" influencing a young man's "No" response to the Army registration form's Question 28. The account stems from the analyst's notes, reproduced verbatim, from an exchange between the young man and the Hearing Board authorized …

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av An Oral History with Lillie Y. McCabe, Part II (ddr-csujad-29-17)

An oral history with Lillie Y. McCabe, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center and the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The interview covers the Anglo reverends and ministers who helped her while she was incarcerated at Amache, how …

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 12, No. 572 (January 1, 1939) (ddr-densho-96-607)

Selected article titles: "Five Main Pillars Guide Democracy" (p. 1), "Stabilization Nears in Orient Opinion of Dr. Herbert H. Gowen " (p. 2), "Place to Launch Peace is in Home Says Mrs. Powell" (p. 3), "Resolve" (p. 4), "New Years' in Japan" (p. 5), "Young Must Help Keep Friendship" (p. 6); All Second Generation Invited to …

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vh Harry Ueno Interview (ddr-densho-1002-7)

Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. …

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vh Dave Kawamoto Interview (ddr-densho-122-9)

Nisei male. Born December 16, 1916, in Cupertino, California. Attended San Jose State College, where he was an NCAA wrestling champion. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, tried to enlist in the U.S. Air Corps, but was refused on account of his Japanese ancestry. Was one semester short of earning a business degree when he …

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Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album (ddr-csujad-11)

The Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album contains one album of mostly photographs compiled by Tazuko "Tazu" Kawamoto that document various people, events, and activities throughout 1939-1943. Included are photographs, flyers, invitations, and business cards relating to Tazu Kawamoto’s personal life, with a focus on events during the World’s Fair on San Francisco’s Treasure Island in 1939. This …

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Collection Eiichi Yamashita Collection (ddr-densho-296)

The Eiichi Yamashita Collection contains photographs documenting Eiichi Yamashita and his family's life in the Pacific Northwest and their work as oyster farmers. Eiichi Yamashita participated in two visual history interviews with Densho in 2014. The can be found at the following links: Eiichi Yamashita Interview I: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-423-1/ Eiichi Yamashita Interview II: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-424-1/

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Collection Bainbridge Island Review Collection (ddr-densho-68)

This collection consists of selected articles from the Bainbridge Island Review, a community paper from Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, the Bainbridge Island Review was the sole newspaper on the West Coast to continuously speak out against the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, primarily through the editorials of Walt Woodward, editor from …

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Collection Joseph Ishikawa Collection (ddr-densho-468)

The Joseph Ishikawa collection, c.1942-2012, consists of the personal papers of Joseph Bunichi Ishikawa. Contained are unfinished drafts of stories and poems, correspondence, photograph albums, newspaper clippings, essays, diary entries, and other documents pertaining to Ishikawa’s life before, during, and after World War II. Also included are correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Ishikawa’s work on …

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Collection Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection (ddr-densho-1002)

The Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection consists of interviews conducted for filmmaker Emiko Omori's documentary Rabbit in the Moon, which aired on PBS in 1999. The film explores the conflict surrounding the resisters of conscience movement in the World War II concentration camps, as well as the divisiveness of the postwar Japanese American communities. The interviews …

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vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part II (ddr-csujad-29-60)

An oral history with Sumiye Takeno, a current resident of Denver, Colorado. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Takeno's incarceration and resettlement experience during World War II. Specifically, the interview covers her childhood in Florin, California, …

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vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part I (ddr-csujad-29-59)

An oral history with Sumiye Takeno, a current resident of Denver, Colorado. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Takeno's incarceration and resettlement experience during World War II. Specifically, the interview covers her childhood in Florin, California, …

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vh Chiye Tomihiro Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-93-2)

Life at the Portland Assembly Center: the shame of being visited by former schoolmates

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, …

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vh Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-428-11)

Daily life in the country jail

This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …

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