162 items
162 items

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Nisei soldiers with Okinawan civilians (ddr-densho-179-64)
Frank Mizuno, Tom Matsumoto and Bob Oda.

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Densho Staff with Roy Matsumoto (ddr-densho-506-8)
Dana Hoshide, Alice Ito, and Tom Ikeda taking a photo with narrator Roy Matsumoto.

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Family on a dock (ddr-densho-107-8)
Front row (L to R): Takeshi, Roy, Uncle Frank Matsumoto. Back row (L to R): unknown, Mr. Nakatani, unknown, Roy's grandfather Wakamatsu Matsumoto, Mrs. Kitahara, unknown, Mrs. Muranaka, unknown, Tom (baby) held by Roy's mother, Tei Matsumoto. This picture was taken by Roy's father, Wakaji, when Roy's grandfather left for Japan to retire.

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Family photograph (ddr-densho-107-6)
Front row (L to R): Roy, Takeshi. Middle row (L to R): Frank Matsumoto (Roy's uncle), Aunty Kitahara (Grandfather's cousin) on her lap, Tsutomu (Tom), Mrs. Muranaka. Back row (L to R): Tei Matsumoto (Roy's mother), Yasaku Muranaka (Roy's Grandfather's half brother).

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Farewell Dinner (ddr-hmwf-1-554)
"29-6-F, Jan 12 1945" as described on back, Farewell Dinner Shrimp Tempura-Abalone, Jim Yonemura, Masao Terakami, Okumoto, Ito, Harold Matsumoto, Tom Noritake, Mrs. Yoshiko Terakami

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Children under pepper tree (ddr-densho-107-15)
Front row (L to R): Roy Matsumoto's brother Tom, Noboru. Middle row (L to R): Roy, Violet Tawa, Tsuneo Tawa. Back row (L to R): Takeshi, Hiroshi Tawa, Setsuko Tawa, and Violet's cousin Haruko.

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U.S. soldiers (ddr-densho-179-119)
T/4 Stanley Ito, Sgt. Warren Sakuma, 1st Lt. John Flagler, 1st Lt. Lawrence Boggs, Sgt. Shigeru Sato, T/3 Harry Okano, T/4 Frank Mizuno, T/3 Osami Yamamoto, Sgt. Tom Matsumoto, Sgt. Bob Oda, 1st Lt. John Flagler, Sgt. Tomotsu Nagao, Sgt. Akira Nakamura.

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1014-1)
Nisei male. Born July 12, 1921, in San Diego, California. Grew up in San Diego, and was attending the University of California at Berkeley on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California. Was selected to leave camp to attend Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Drafted into the military, completed Officer Candidate School, …

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Roy H. Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-153)
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …

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Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-258)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in three partial circles performing in front of a large crowd seated in bleachers. Inner circle: Tom Shigeto Tamiyasu. Middle circle foreground to background: Joan “Janice” (Nakayama) Kimoto, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, and Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando. Outer circle: second from the front: Tomi Tsujimura. Obon is an annual …

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1014-1-16)
Being selected for Officer Candidate School

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1014-1-1)
Family background: reasons for immigrating to the United States

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1014-1-15)
Induction into the military, basic training

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1014-1-11)
Part of a select group of students who were allowed to leave assembly centers to attend school

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1014-1-17)
Memories of Officer Candidate School

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1014-1-6)
Attending college knowing there were few career opportunities for Japanese Americans


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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1014-1-9)
Living in Tanforan with other university students in bachelor housing

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1014-1-21)
The Japanese American community in Detroit

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1014-1-5)
Recreational activities: hunting, deep-sea fishing

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1014-1-8)
Preparing for mass removal while at Berkeley, finding out personal letters had been turned over to the government

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1014-1-7)
A student at Berkeley when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1014-1-22)
Moving to St. Paul, Minnesota, getting involved in community activities

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Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1014-1-13)
Japanese American classmates at Washington University