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vh Mary Suzuki Ichino Interview I (ddr-manz-1-51)

Nisei female. Born December 9, 1924, in Stockton, California. Grew up Sacramento and Boyle Heights, California. Attended the Maryknoll Catholic school in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles and worked for the War Relocation Authority, providing assistance to returning Japanese Americans seeking …

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vh Roy Murakami Interview (ddr-manz-1-59)

Nisei male. Born January 15, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. Prior to World War II, father was a community leader who helped to establish the first judo dojo in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Following the war, served in the military during the Korean War, and eventually returned …

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vh Joyce Okazaki Interview I (ddr-manz-1-125)

Sansei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, and was a young child when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, was photographed by renowned photographer Ansel Adams. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago before family eventually returned …

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vh Joyce Okazaki Interview II (ddr-manz-1-146)

Sansei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, and was a young child when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, was photographed by renowned photographer Ansel Adams. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago before family eventually returned …

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vh Mary Suzuki Ichino Interview II (ddr-manz-1-52)

Nisei female. Born December 9, 1924, in Stockton, California. Grew up Sacramento and Boyle Heights, California. Attended the Maryknoll Catholic school in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles and worked for the War Relocation Authority, providing assistance to returning Japanese Americans seeking …

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vh George Oda Interview (ddr-manz-1-151)

Nisei male. Born December 24, 1923, in Burbank, California. Grew up in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp and worked for a time in Denver, Colorado, before eventually returning to the Los Angeles area to farm.

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vh Isao Kikuchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-71)

Nisei male. Born December 9, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. During World War II, volunteered to move to Manzanar concentration camp, California, early in order to help with the construction of the camp. After leaving camp, relocated to Chicago, Illinois. Drafted into the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and served overseas. Eventually …

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vh Kaz Yamamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-111)

Nisei male. Born March 18, 1924, in Sanger, California. Grew up in Santa Monica, California, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work at a farm labor camp in Pocatello, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, before eventually returning …

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vh Sumiko Yamauchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-135)

Nisei female. Born January 11, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents ran a florist shop. During World War II, sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before leaving to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eventually returned to …

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Collection Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection (ddr-densho-253)

The Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection consists of 7 paintings by Harry Hiroshi Imamura. These paintings capture the journey to and life in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Imamura began painting in the 1970s after he sold his truckstop restaurant, the East Valley Cafe.

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doc Manzanar and its purpose (ddr-csujad-48-27)

Assignment by Mary Honda for period II History class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Mary describes the reason for being at Manzanar and the need to do everything possible to make Manzanar as home-like as possible. Safety and avoiding further unhappiness from the thoughts of war are the reasons …

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-57)

Excerpt: "Sorry I haven't written in such a long time, but since I am involved in school politics along with 5 solids, it keeps me pretty well occupied." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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img Ireito (ddr-csujad-29-161)

Photograph of the Manzanar memorial monument. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P102

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vh Matsue Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1001-9)

Nisei female. Born and raised in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Left camp to work and attend school in Chicago, Illinois, before eventually returning with family to Bainbridge Island.

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img Photograph of Elaine Clary Stanley at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-177)

Photograph of Elaine Clary Stanley, a teacher at Manzanar, wearing a polka-dot dress at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is standing in front of one of the staff quarters with a fire extinguisher behind her left shoulder. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0303

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img Departure by WRA Escort in Station Wagon en Route to Reno (ddr-csujad-47-4)

Photograph of Manzanar Patrolman Howard Kumagi and Assistant Chief Kiyoshi Higashi assisting in a routine departure from the Police Station at Manzanar. They are securing baggage to a War Relocation Authority station wagon for a group of incarcerees getting ready to depart Manzanar for Reno. Caption reads: Departure by WRA Escort in Station Wagon en route …

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Collection Rose Honda Collection (ddr-manz-9)

The Rose Honda Collection is comprised of photographs and documents from the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Materials include a photograph of a funeral in camp, Christian church publications, ephemera such as school performance programs, and documents regarding requests to leave camp.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-137)

Excerpt: "We got a letter from Mr. Boulton on the 18th and he told us that the Affoulters were getting out on the end of this month." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img [Individuals acting out a scene at Manzanar incarceration camp] (ddr-csujad-29-118)

Individuals acting out a scene at Manzanar. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P038

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img [Group at Manzanar] (ddr-csujad-29-129)

Photograph of 11 individuals standing at Manzanar. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P070

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doc Identification and work history card (ddr-csujad-38-549)

An identification and work history card issued for George Nobuo Naohara, an incarceree at the Manzanar camp in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_001

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vh Hiroki Kimiko Keaveney Interview (ddr-chi-1-3)

Yonsei. Born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Ohio. During World War II, members of their family were incarcerated in the Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps in California. Graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Ethnic Studies. Moved to Chicago, involved in numerous community groups.

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vh Jun Ogimachi Interview (ddr-manz-1-99)

Nisei male. Born May 26, 1928, in San Fernando, California. Grew up in San Fernando, where father ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, with family. After leaving camp, lived briefly in Chicago, Illinois, before returning to San Fernando. Served in the U.S. Navy.

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vh Shigeo Kihara Interview (ddr-manz-1-114)

Sansei male. Born January 15, 1935, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Florin area where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with family to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Eventually returned to Sacramento.

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-7-10)

First impressions of Manzanar concentration camp, California: dust and bad food

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

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