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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-129-3)

Father's activism in community groups; encouraged by parents to attend a Christian church

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-129-2)

Speaking English for the first time in grade school, exposure to other ethnicities

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-129-27)

Reaction to the outcomes of the coram nobis cases; thoughts on whether the incarceration could happen again: unlikely, but possible

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-129-11)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor: reaction of Japanese Americans, role of the media

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-129-26)

Initial opposition to "reparations": felt that "it cheapened our sacrifice," later changed to support "redress" and an apology

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-129-25)

Covering the civil rights movement: "no comparison" between the struggles of African Americans and Japanese Americans

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-129-7)

Involvement in the Japanese American Citizens League; Nisei identity as a member of white society

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-129-5)

Attending the University of Washington while working part-time for Jimmie Sakamoto and the Japanese American Courier

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-129-20)

Niseis' reaction to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire": "Mostly, it was a confusion that developed gradually into anger"; deciding to answer "yes-yes"

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-129-4)

Initial interest in journalism while attending Garfield High School

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-129-22)

Feelings about the resisters: have to understand the situation at the time

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-129-15)

Outrage expressed in newspaper columns written while in Puyallup Assembly Center may have contributed to reputation as a "troublemaker"

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-129-21)

Leaving camp to work as a copy editor for the Des Moines Register in Iowa

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 20 (May 21, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-20)

Selected article titles: "Cabinet-level committee for Asian sought in bill" (p. 1), "Asians among poor requiring OEO aid, JACL tells House body" (p. 1), "Masao Maeda, a builder: Housing & Understanding" (p. 1), "Robert Finch to keynote LTDAC installation June 15 at Biltmore" (p. 3), "Japanese American Day proclaimed by Illinois governor as JACL cites Issei" …

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img "Japan-America students society" (ddr-densho-259-297)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of what I will guess was a college group. This is a mixed group of young adult Caucasians and Nisei, both men and women. Since Frances Maeda is holding the Japanese Hino maru, and the American flag crosses it, I think that this may have been a Japan-America students …

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doc Signed cards (ddr-manz-8-27)

Inserted into the Our World yearbook

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doc Valediction (1945) (ddr-manz-8-28)

The 1945 yearbook for Manzanar High School. Signed by students of Mary Jean Kramer.

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img Young people's church gathering (ddr-densho-259-282)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some sort of young Nisei gathering taken in front of the Hood River Riverside Church, a Congregational church Since both the Reverends Lester Bond, the then-pastor at Riverside, and Taro Goto are shown, I figure that this was some sort of a young peoples' church gathering, mostly likely a YPCC [Young People's …

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-129)

Nisei male. Born in Seattle on January 30, 1915, and attended Washington grade school, Garfield High School and the University of Washington. He grew up as a typical Nisei, working summers in Alaska salmon canneries and Western Avenue produce brokerages to pay for his education. He became interested in writing at Garfield where he was sports …

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img Yoshioka children (ddr-densho-391-73)

Photograph of the 4 Yoshioka children dressed in kimonos. From left to right: Betty, Tetsuo, Mitzi and Mary. Written on the back "Circa 1953 Yoshioka children Betty, Tetsuo, Mitzi, Mary.

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img Five young women sitting on beach (ddr-ajah-6-480)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei girls from Alameda, CA at Santa Cruz beach, circa 1930s

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vh Bob Y. Sakata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-216)

Nisei male. Born April 15, 1926 in Alameda, California. Spent childhood in Alameda where family operated 10-acre farm. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Resettled in Brighton, Colorado, and resumed farming. Along with wife and son, owns and operates Sakata Farms, currently one of the top produce growers in the country.

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview (ddr-densho-1000-213)

Nisei female. Born April 9, 1925, in Malden, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, before being removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. From Minidoka, relocated with family to Utica, New York. Worked in Japan for the U.S. Army of Occupation, and for the Tokyo General Army Hospital …

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doc North Portland Evacuazette Vol. I No. 5 (June 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-120-3)

Selected article titles: "Maeda and Shiiki Added to Board. Board Well Balanced" (p. 1), "Leonetti to Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Who's Coming and Where From" (p. 1), "Glenn Miller In "Sun Valley Serenade"" (p. 1), "17 Arrived Last Wk.end" (p. 1), "50 Students Visit First Aid Car" (p. 1), "Soldier Reports" (p. 2), "Rec. Dept. Dance …

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img Girl scout troop, Poston incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-55-2587)

Girl scout troop at the Poston incarceration camp, 1944. [L to R: Front row -- Alice Yamamoto, Alice Ueda, Fusaye Taniguchi. Second row -- Hisako Takemoto, ? Maeda, Roberta Urabe, Grace Yamamoto, Noburo Ichikawa. Third row -- Shirley Iyama, Fumi ?, Frances Yamamoto, ? Nakata, ? Yoshiyama, Alice Isao] See this object in the California State …

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