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vh Nancy Kyoko Oda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-463)

Sansei female. Born May 20, 1945, at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shortly after birth, parents returned to the Los Angeles, California, area, where they had been living before World War II. Grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, and was involved in judo along with father, who was a judo instructor. …

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doc Testimony of Kiyoshi Patrick Okura (ddr-densho-67-281)

Written testimony of Kiyoshi Patrick Okura, born in Los Angeles, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-141)

Excerpt: "Please forgive me for not writing more often. I guess a little excitement of being home causes me to forget!" Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Joseph Conard (ddr-densho-468-102)

Letter concerning Ishikawa's admission to the University of Nebraska

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img Koyasan [Los Angeles Branch] Tourist Party, [departure] (ddr-csujad-25-131)

A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party in front of Japan Air Line airplane at Los Angeles International Airport before departure. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_003

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vh Masako Yoshida Interview (ddr-manz-1-153)

Nisei female. Born July 14, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent early years in Seattle before family moved to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a janitor at a wholesale produce market. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to work in Detroit, …

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vh Douglas L. Aihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-522)

Sansei male. Born March 15, 1950, in Torrance, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area, where father sold insurance. Active with Los Angeles' Koyasan Buddhist Temple's Boy Scout troop and performed with its drum and bugle corps. Attended UCLA and joined the staff of Gidra, an Asian American monthly newspaper-magazine started by a group of …

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vh M. Jack Takayanagi - Mary Takayanagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-123)

Nisei male and female, married couple. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left to attend college in Des Moines, Iowa, and eventually settled in Portland, Oregon.

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img Honda Family outside Rikita Honda's office (ddr-densho-411-1)

Photograph of Rikita Honda and family standing outside his medical practice in Los Angeles, California. Identified left to right: Shinya Honda, Rikita Honda, Mariko Honda, Mae Honda, Michiko Honda, and Yasuko Honda.

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vh John Wakamatsu Interview (ddr-manz-1-75)

Sansei male. Born August 2, 1952, in Los Angeles, California. In this interview, discusses his father's life as a Nisei and soldier in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.

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Collection Lordsburg Times Collection (ddr-densho-536)

The Lordsburg Times or Lordsburg Jiho is a periodical published at the Lordsburg detention facility, written primarily in Japanese. Physical copies are held at the University of California, Los Angeles Library Special Collections.

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doc Testimony of Peter Okada (ddr-densho-67-218)

Written testimony of Peter Okada of Los Angeles, California. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, September 10, 1981, in the section titled "Multiple Impact on Family."

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vh Mo Nishida Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-380)

Nisei male. Born August 11, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California and became involved in numerous civil rights organizations and movements postwar. Founded the …

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vh Mo Nishida Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-382)

Nisei male. Born August 11, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California and became involved in numerous civil rights organizations and movements postwar. Founded the …

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av Toshiko Kubota Interview (ddr-densho-400-15)

Toshiko Kubota was born on September 2, 1927, in Wilmington, California. Her father worked as a car salesman in Los Angeles while her mother worked as a seamstress. In 1942, the family volunteered for early incarceration at the concentration camp at Manzanar, California. While incarcerated, Kubota graduated from Manzanar High School. When Manzanar was closed, she …

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vh Takeshi Nakayama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-369)

Nisei male. Born April 15, 1937, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived with family in the Burbank trailer camp before returning to Los Angeles. Established a …

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview (ddr-densho-1000-282)

Nisei female. Born October 7, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, age nine when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could …

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doc Letter to Robin Kramer, Chief of Staff for Mayor Riordan, December 15, 1997 (ddr-csujad-24-204)

A letter to Robin Kramer, Chief of Staff for Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, about proposed wording for a commendation to be presented to Weglyn, by city of Los Angeles, declaring February 21, 1998 Michi Nishiura Weglyn day. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_74_03_004

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doc Japanese Americans revisit their painful past (ddr-csujad-55-2109)

Newspaper clipping published in the Los Angeles Times regarding former incarcerees dismantling barracks at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to send back to Little Tokyo in Los Angeles as a permanent reminder of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2212

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vh June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Interview (ddr-densho-1000-453)

Nisei female. Born October 17, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, and was involved at an early age with traditional Japanese dancing and stage performance. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, family resettled in Denver, …

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vh Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-542)

Sansei female. Born May 7, 1948, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Boyle Heights, attending the Maryknoll Catholic School. Went to the University of California, Berkeley, during the Asian American Studies movement. Involved in numerous activist community groups in Los Angeles, such as the Asian Women's Group and the Community …

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vh Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-544)

Sansei female. Born May 7, 1948, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Boyle Heights, attending the Maryknoll Catholic School. Went to the University of California, Berkeley, during the Asian American Studies movement. Involved in numerous activist community groups in Los Angeles, such as the Asian Women's Group and the Community …

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vh Bruce T. Kaji Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-289)

Nisei male. Born May 9, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles and was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, then was inducted into the army. Joined …

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doc Memorandum to Loni Ding from Aiko and Jack Herzig (ddr-densho-1007-1836)

Compilation of archival and other research materials at the University of Washington, University of California, Los Angeles, NARA, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania related to Japanese American life before the war, incarceration, resistance, and other wartime experience.

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img [Photograph of Frank Emi and Arthur Hansen] (ddr-csujad-29-187)

Frank Emi and Arthur Hansen at a Heart Mountain resisters reunion in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. Photograph inscription: ""Frank Emi and Arthur Hansen at a Methodist church in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo for the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center Draft resisters."" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P129

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