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Charlie Matsubara - Mary Matsubara - Evelyn Togami Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1009-3-7)
Leaving California and returning to New Mexico in a car caravan
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department …
Narrator Kenji Maruko
Sansei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Fresno, California. Father was born in Hawaii, mother was born in Japan. Grew up in Fresno, where parents ran a successful bicycle shop and general store. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty …
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Permit of local board for registrant to depart from the United States (ddr-csujad-42-7)
A permit issued by Los Angeles Local Board. It certifies that Fumio Fred Takano's departure from the United States is "not likely to be called for military service." He works for Del Monte Cannery, San Diego, California, and requests the permit to visit Mexico for fuel supplies when fishing tuna. See this object in the California …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 6 (ddr-densho-156-246)
Article titles: "Jap Wife Killer Ordered to Gas Cell This Winter"; "Cleric Favors Jap Centers"; "Aliens are Warned on Curfew Law Violations"; "Fair Buildings to House Japs"; "Jap Woman Charged with Bribe Attempt"; "Items from Tule Lake"; "State Needs 3,429 More Beet Workers"; "Letters to Editors"; "'Loyal Alien' Status Likely for Many Italians in California"; "Mexico …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 22 (ddr-densho-156-223)
Article titles: "Last of State's Japs Will Leave for Arizona"; "Manzanar Free Press Makes Printed Debut"; "FBI Agent Takes Two from Manzanar"; "Manzanar to Build Its Own Schools"; "Olson Inconsistencies"; "Only 63 Evacuees at Portland Assembly Center Want Repatriation"; "Wipe-Out of Santa Anita Race Track Assessment Refused"; "Groups Agree on Schools at Alien Center"; "We Probably …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 22 (November 27, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-48)
Selected article titles: "Rule Cal. Campus groups eliminate race bias by 1964" (p. 1), "Li'l Abner cartoon use of 'Japs' charged as 'appalling incident' by Cleveland CLer" (p. 1), "Tacoma Nisei who studied art in Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris settles down in New Mexico; manages nursery, rock landscaping" (p. 3), "U.S. colleges note impetus of students …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 96 (May 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-341)
Selected article titles: "Los Angeles Files Suit for Pay for Electricity to Manzanar" (p. 1), "Apply for Duplicates of Lost Registration Cards" (p. 1), "'Moved Outers', Story of Assembly, Relocation Center Life, Available" (p. 2), "Calls Auburn Incident Rotten, Un-American" (p. 3), "Citizens' Group Attend Anti-Japanese Meet" (p. 4), "'From Camp to College' Booklet Tells Story …
Narrator Frank Sumida
Nisei male. Born August 10, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up primarily in Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a restaurant. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, where he participating in running an organized gambling operation. Moved briefly to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before being sent to …
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Nobusuke Kishi's son (ddr-njpa-4-426)
Caption on front: "PREMIER'S SON: Nobukazu Kishi, 35-year-old son of Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, arrived in Honolulu this morning at 7:55 from Tokyo by Japan Air Lines, accompanied by one of the premier's private secretaries, Michio Kawabe. They plan to leave here Sunday night for San Francisco to join the prime minister on his official …
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Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2156, Vol. 93, No. 12 (September 18, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-37)
Selected article titles: "Anti-JACL, anti-redress witnesses pepper CWRIC-Seattle" (p. 1), "NAACP's Wilkins challenged JACL forward on civil rights" (p. 1), "Aleuts uprooted by Japan forces, too" (p. 1), "Did the U.S. government believe the Nikkei were 'guilty' in 1941?" (p. 2), "Five-year program with Utah aged Nikkei coming to an end" (p. 3), "JACL raps British …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 12 (ddr-densho-156-252)
Article titles: "Five Who Urged Revolt in Harlem and Aid to Japanese are Indicted"; "Evacuated Japanese Leave Director Lot of Headaches"; "150 Pickers are Needed in Prune Harvest"; "Farm Labor Camp Prepared for Japanese"; "New Mexico Cotton Crop Threatened"; "Civil Liberties Union Asks Roosevelt's Policy on Nisei"; Wyoming Farm Labor Shortage to be Probed"; "Smith Hits …
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Mexico's military leaders during World War II (ddr-njpa-1-45)
Caption on the reverse: "Mexico Unanimously Votes War Against Germany, Italy, Japan: Another whole-hearted supporter of President Camacho is his predecessor, former President Lazaro Cardenas, to whom is attributed much of Mexico's modern progress. General Cardenas, center, now commander-in-chief of Pacific Coast defenses in cooperation with the U.S., is walking with his chief aides, Commodore R. …
Narrator Roy Ebihara
Nisei male. Born January 11, 1934, in Clovis, New Mexico, where father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. On January 19, 1942, officials rounded up all of the Japanese Americans in Clovis and removed them from the town without warning in the middle of the night in response to an angry mob of townspeople who were …
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Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama (ddr-one-5-58)
Envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama at Santa Fe Dentention Station from his wife, Teru Koyama, at Minidoka. Postmarked Jun 22, 1943. In the upper center “6/28-43” is written in red pencil. Inside the envelope was a letter, in the center of the header is an "Examined" stamp. In the letter Teru writes about being apart …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 6 (August 9, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-32)
Select article titles: "Matsudaira sorry on acceptance of 'Jap'" (p. 1); "Senate Passes Civil Rights Bill By 72 to 18 Vote" (p. 1); "Amb. Matsudaira's acceptance of word 'Jap' viewed as setback in JACL national campaign to elimiate racial slur" (p. 1); "L.A. consul feels protest 'appropriate'" (p. 2); "New York: Protest Delegation Planned by Chapter …
Narrator Bill Nishimura
Nisei male, born June 21, 1920, in Compton, California. Raised on a farm in Lawndale, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his father was picked up by FBI and detained at a Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. His family voluntarily moved to Visalia, California, then was forcibly moved to Poston …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 15 (October 13, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-42)
Selected article titles: "Radio showman suggests use of 'Jappish'" (p. 1), "Statistics show Japanese immigrants in Hawaii of 19th century with high 'expected' death rate" (p. 1), "War relocation leave credit authorized for Cal employees" (p. 1), "100 JACLers poised for Japan tour, departing tomorrow in two sections" (p. 1), "Sao Paulo's 'La Libertad' district Brazil's …
Narrator Norman I. Hirose
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …
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Roy Ebihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-222)
Nisei male. Born January 11, 1934, in Clovis, New Mexico, where father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. On January 19, 1942, officials rounded up all of the Japanese Americans in Clovis and removed them from the town without warning in the middle of the night in response to an angry mob of townspeople who were …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 26 (December 24-31, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-51)
Christmas/Holiday edition of Pacific Citizen. 52 pages long divided into 4 sections and a reference supplement. Selected article titles: "Japanese roots in America go back to 1610 in Mexico" (p. 1 A), "Half year remains till JACL Convention in Washington, D.C." (p. 3 B), "Sansei and sensei swap school ideas" (p. 1 C), "We can afford …
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Letter from Tsuruno Meguro to Yoneko Takano, June, 1942 (ddr-csujad-42-50)
A letter from Tsuruno Meguro in the Pomona Assembly Center to her daughter, Yoneko Takano in the Santa Anita Assembly Center. In the letter, Tsuruno describes the lives and conditions in the camp, including the hot weather, classes and entertainment, church, allowance and wages, and other incarcerees who she met in the camp. She writes about …
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John Kats Marumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-322)
Nisei male. Born 1927 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. Lived in Japan for a short time in 1941. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Compton after the Japanese Americans were excluded from Terminal Island. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked …
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Senior problem: my future (ddr-csujad-48-12)
Term paper by Wataru Okamoto for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Wataru recounts that before the war and forced evacuation he wanted to be a fisherman or grocery store owner. However, once at Manzanar, he decided on becoming a gym instructor in both baseball and basketball. …
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Norman I. Hirose Interview (ddr-densho-1013-7)
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …