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vh Alan Nishio Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-450-12)

Taking a faculty position at California State University, Long Beach

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vh Lillian Sato Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-224-18)

Moving to Long Beach, California, until brother was killed in the service

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img Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-236)

Hisa Nimura and friends on trip to Long Beach, California. Written on back of photograph "Long Beach Sept 7, 1947"

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img Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-240)

Friends of Hisa Nimura while on a trip to Long Beach, California. Written on back of photograph "Long Beach Sept 7, 1947"

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img Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-238)

A friend of Hisa Nimura poses while on a trip to Long Beach, California. Written on back of photograph "Long Beach Sept. 7, 1947"

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img Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-239)

Friends of Hisa Nimrua pose by their car while on a trip to Long Beach, California. Written on back of photograph "Long Beach Sept. 7, 1947"

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img Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-235)

Hisa Nimura and friend pose in their car while on a trip to Long Beach, California. Written on back of photograph "Long Beach Sept 7, '47".

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img Umeyo Sakagami and Shigeko Kawashima at Long Beach (ddr-densho-328-437)

Caption in album: "My Summer Vacation (1949) Los Angeles, California / Long Beach, California."

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av From Citizen to suspect: Long Beach and Terminal Island stories (ddr-csujad-51-1)

A discussion panel recorded at the Historical Society of Long Beach gallery during the "Long Beach Remembers Pearl Harbor" exhibition. Panel members included Joe Ozaki and Naomi Hirahara with moderator Karen Harper. Guests told their stories of life in Long Beach and Terminal Island before, during, and after World War II. The Speaker Series was a …

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img Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-256)

Friends of Hisa Nimura caught in a candid moment while on a trip to Long Beach, California.

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img Aerial view of naval drydocks (ddr-csujad-43-258)

Aerial photograph number 5838 of Terminal Island, San Pedro and Long Beach. Note on the back side reads: Naval Drydocks, Terminal Island, San Pedro, California. Long Beach Entrance Channel, Retractable Pontoon Bridge, looking east toward Long Beach. Contract Noy-8012. Aerial. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_063_001

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av Oral history recording with Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto (ddr-csujad-53-1)

An oral history recording with Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto, daughters of Frank and Hisa Ishii. Frank Ishii was the first president of the Japanese American Citizens League in Long Beach. The family was first "evacuated"; from Long Beach to Santa Anita race track assembly center, then incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. …

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Narrator Helen Mori

Nisei female. Born November 11, 1933, in Long Beach, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Los Angeles area.

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vh Yuriko Hohri Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-353-3)

Born in Long Beach, California

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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vh Helen Mori Interview (ddr-manz-1-92)

Nisei female. Born November 11, 1933, in Long Beach, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Los Angeles area.

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img Frank and Hisa Ishii on their wedding day (ddr-csujad-50-1)

Frank Toru Ishii and Hisa Fujii, on their wedding day in Long Beach, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_ish_0001

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Narrator Yuriko Hohri

Nisei female. Born May 25, 1929, in Long Beach, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, moved with family to Des Moines, Iowa, and Chicago, Illinois. Along with husband, William Hohri, was instrumental in the redress movement, including the establishment of …

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Narrator Sachiye Okamoto

Nisei female. Born 1937 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family moved to Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the …

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Narrator Miho Shiroishi

Nisei female. Born 1932 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family moved to Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the …

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av Oral history with Eilean Stongstad (ddr-csujad-29-79)

An oral interview with Eilean Strongstad, resident of Long Beach, California. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0194. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2375_T01

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img Pontoon bridge near Long Beach (ddr-csujad-43-270)

Aerial photograph number 6858 of the pontoon bridge. Caption reads: Pontoon bridge at E. [east] end of Terminal Island, looking east to Long Beach. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_05_009

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Narrator Chizuko Judy Sugita de Quieiroz

Nisei female. Born September 15, 1932, in Lodi, California. Grew up in Jersey Island, a small island in the Sacramento Delta. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned with family to Los Angeles, California. Graduated from Long Beach State and earned a …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/407/

doc [Travel permit] (ddr-csujad-5-98)

A travel permit issued by Leave Officer of "Rohwer Relocation Center." It certifies that Seiichi Okine is permitted to leave for Long Beach, California with the permission of the United States Attorney. Enclosed with the letter (csudh_oki_0098). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_30_002

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doc [Travel permit] (ddr-csujad-5-99)

A travel permit issued by Leave Officer of "Rohwer Relocation Center." It certifies that Tomeyo Okine is permitted to leave for Long Beach, California with the permission of the United States Attorney. Enclosed with the letter (csudh_oki_0098). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_30_003

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Collection South Bay JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-densho-400)

This collection consists of interviews conducted by the South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League as part of the South Bay History Project. The project seeks to preserve the history of Japanese American settlement in the greater South Bay community, a Southern California region south of Playa Del Rey and north of Long Beach. …

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