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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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img Goerge Naohara at the Manzanar camp (ddr-csujad-38-22)

Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara posing at the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. The caption reads: Where I got in to: George Naohara age at 20. The photo was taken when I moved into the Manzanar incarceration camp. I was alone and felt lonely with no friends. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" …

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img [Woman with Manzanar plaque] (ddr-csujad-29-154)

Photograph of a woman with a Manzanar plague. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P095

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img [Manzanar mess hall] (ddr-csujad-29-139)

Photograph of the front of Manzanar mess hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P080

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img [Man showing pamphlet to students] (ddr-csujad-29-312)

Possible former Manzanar incarceree showing pamphlet to students. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P255

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vh Lilly Kodama Interview (ddr-densho-1001-19)

Nisei female. Born 1935 in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge Island before being removed with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, in 1942. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and eventually returned to Bainbridge with family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-19/

img America in the Making (ddr-csujad-29-10)

Manzanar Elementary Department's program "America in the Making." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_P03"

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img Eastern California Museum (ddr-csujad-29-199)

Photograph of the Eastern California Museum, which has a permanent exhibit on Manzanar. Photograph inscription: "Camp + Comm;" "O.H. 1387;" "Henry Raub Interview." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P141

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img [Photograph of the Willow Motel] (ddr-csujad-29-200)

The Willow Motel in Lone Pine, California, was built using barracks from Manzanar. Photograph inscription: "Camp + Comm;" "Hubert Miller Interview--O.H. 1384." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P142

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doc Letter from Leo Uchida to Mr. James Waegell, December 5, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2329)

Correspondence from Leo Uchida to James Waegell regarding graduation at Manzanar incarceration camp and asking about the town of Florin, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2435

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vh Tom Ikkanda Interview (ddr-manz-1-41)

Nisei male. Born August 22, 1917, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Worked for a reservoir maintenance crew in camp. Left camp for Reno, Nevada, finding work as an aviation mechanic. Later returned to Los Angeles, establishing a business as an auto mechanic.

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vh John Young Interview (ddr-manz-1-171)

Chinese American male. Born May 22, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father was an herbalist. In 1942, married a Japanese American woman and voluntarily joined her and her family in the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, drafted into the military and served in Europe.

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vh Russell Demo Interview (ddr-manz-1-86)

White male. Born July 2, 1924, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco before being inducted into the military following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Assigned to service as a military policeman at the Manzanar concentration camp, California before serving overseas in Europe. After military service, returned to San Francisco.

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vh Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1002-8-8)

First impressions of Manzanar, California: "it was so depressing"

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 histories, instead …

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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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vh Arthur Ogami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-154)

Nisei male. Born April 10, 1922, in Whittier, California. Spent childhood in California, before being removed to Manzanar concentration camp in 1942. Left Manzanar several times to work as a beet topper for local farmers. Decided to expatriate to Japan because of mother's wishes, and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp. In 1945, was moved …

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vh An Oral History with Mitsuhiko H. Shimizu - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-57-1)

Issei community leader and businessman in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo recounts his arrest by Federal Bureau of Investigation after Pearl Harbor, his experiences in internment camps in North Dakota and Louisiana, and the Manzanar incarceration camp, California. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Translated into …

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doc Testimony of Henry Suzeko Takayoshi (ddr-densho-67-276)

Written testimony of Henry Suzeko Takayoshi of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated in Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-276/

img [Hannah Holmes with interpreters at Manzanar] (ddr-csujad-29-123)

Dwight, Hannah Holmes, and their interpreters at Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P043

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img Harry Ueno autographing Manzanar martyr (ddr-csujad-29-292)

Photograph titled: "Harry Ueno autographing Manzanar Martyr and Mary Omori." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P235

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img [Teenage boys at Manzanar Children's Village] (ddr-csujad-29-330)

Three teenage boys horsing around at Manzanar Children's Village. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P273

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img [Children's Village incarcerees wait at mess hall] (ddr-csujad-29-321)

Nineteen incarcerees wait for food at Children's Village in Manzanar. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P264

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img [Manzanar monument] (ddr-csujad-29-204)

Photograph of Manzanar monument. Photograph inscription: "Camp + Comm" and "Introduction." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P146

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img Manzanar WRA Project (ddr-csujad-55-2488)

Topographic map of the area surrounding Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2594

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vh Gary Yamagiwa Interview (ddr-chi-1-7)

Sansei male. Born May 8, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois. Parents were Nisei, sent to the concentration camps at Poston, Arizona, Manzanar and Tule Lake, California, during World War II. After leaving camp, resettled in Chicago, where Gary was born and raised.

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