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img Agnes Sakura by life ring on deck of ship crossing Lake Michigan (ddr-densho-523-455)

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 204 (June 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-426)

Selected article titles: "Lost and Found Department to be Located at Police Department Effective June 15" (p. 1), "Food Store for Appointed Personnel to Open Monday" (p. 1), "To Recruit Labor for University of Michigan" (p. 1).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. V No. 21 (September 6, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-199)

Selected article titles: "Press Appeals" (p. 1), "School Starts Mon. 1,076 Enroll in Jr. Sr. High" (p. 1), "Manufactures of Books Offer Work for Issei" (p. 2), "Seasonal Jobs: 100 Recruits to Leave Here Today for Michigan Far" (p. 3).

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img Mr. and Mrs. George Amano having breakfast in their apartment in Detroit, Michigan (ddr-csujad-14-31)

Mr. and Mrs. George Amano having breakfast in their apartment in Detroit, Michigan. They came from Central Utah incarceration camp. George works as a lens grinder for Kindy Optical Company. June 20, 1943. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_031

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Narrator Kazuko Uno Bill

Nisei female. Born June 5, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in South Park, Washington where family operated a small produce farm. Attended Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. Was in senior year of college on December 7, 1941. Father picked up by FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sent to Missoula internment …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/296/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 123, No. 4 (August 16-September 5, 1996) (ddr-pc-68-16)

Selected article titles: "JACL National Convention, San Jose, Aug. 6-11, 1996: All Aboard" (p. 1), "English-Only Bill Passes House" (pp. 1-2), "Severity of Anti-Asian Violence Is Increasing, Report Says" (p. 4), and "Michigan to Recall Murphy Dissent Against Internment" (pp. 6, 9).

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doc Citizen's indefinite leave, WRA-137, Mary Tsuruko Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-8)

Certification that Mary Tsukamoto was authorized to indefinitely leave the Jerome incarceration camp for Kalamazoo, Michigan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00009

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doc Citizen's indefinite leave, WRA-137, Marielle Bliss Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-9)

Certification that Marielle Tsukamoto was authorized to indefinitely leave the Jerome Relocation Center for Kalamazoo, Michigan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00010

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doc Citizen's indefinite leave, WRA-137, Alfred Iwao Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-7)

Certification that Alfred Tsukamoto was authorized to indefinitely leave the Jerome incarceration camp for Kalamazoo, Michigan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00008

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doc Citizen's indefinite leave, Teimei Tim Okimura (ddr-csujad-55-23)

Certificate authorizing Teimei Tim Okimura indefinite leave from the Jerome incarceration camp to Kalamazoo, Michigan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00026

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vh Kazuko Uno Bill Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-219)

Nisei female. Born June 5, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in South Park, Washington where family operated a small produce farm. Attended Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. Was in senior year of college on December 7, 1941. Father picked up by FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sent to Missoula internment …

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vh Kazuko Uno Bill Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-211)

Nisei female. Born June 5, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in South Park, Washington where family operated a small produce farm. Attended Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. Was in senior year of college on December 7, 1941. Father picked up by FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sent to Missoula internment …

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doc Program from production of The World of Suzie Wong at Shubert Theatre in Detroit, Michigan (ddr-densho-367-239)

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doc Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 67 (October 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-108)

Selected article titles: "Denver WRA Area: Relocation Opportunities to be Given Here" (p. 1), "Evacuees Aid on Michigan Farms. Densonians Well-Received" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldiers Rescue 22 American Paratroops" (p. 1), "More than 1/8 of Center Now Out on Relocation" (p. 1), "Building Morale: Through the Mail" (p. 2).

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doc Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi, September 23, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2023)

Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi in the Poston incarceration camp depicting the University of Michigan stadium. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2126

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doc Article about Kazuhisa Abe (ddr-njpa-5-120)

Translation of article: Kazuhisa Abe is appointed as Kohala District Judge. He graduated from the Hilo branch of the University of Michigan. He was appointed by Judge James L. Coke, Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. Mr. Abe is the third Japanese American judge after Mr. Okino Tomekichi and Mr. Monde Tamao.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 89, No. 2052 (July 20, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-28)

Selected article titles: "Mineta Lauds Nisei MIS Role During WW2 in Pacific Theater" (pp. 1, 7), "Major Cutback in Whaling Approved" (p. 1), "J. William Fulbright Says: Japan Acquires Secret for Humanity: Make Cultural Development, Not War" (p. 2), and "Ex-Kamikaze Pilot Teaches English to Foreign Students at Michigan State" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-28/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No.2036 (March 30, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-12)

Selected article titles: "Mineta at Univ. of Michigan: New Generation of Americans Need to Be Told" (p. 1), "Dr. Makio Murayama: Study on Oral Intake of Urea Urged for Sickle Cell Treatment" (p. 3), "East Wind: Divorce: Issei Style (None)" (pp. 5, 8), and "Judge Acquits Suspect in Nishizaki Murder" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-12/

vh Yuriko Yamamoto Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-408-18)

Leaving camp for Michigan

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 of the Interior.

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doc Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi, June 6, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2028)

Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi in the Poston incarceration camp depicting Michigan Central Station. Includes brief greeting from Charles and Dorothy. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2131

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doc Lansing State Journal: "The art lover" (ddr-densho-468-259)

Profile on Ishikawa's career written upon his retirement at age 65.

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Narrator Helen Amerman Manning

White female. Born March 23, 1916, in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Attended Michigan State College, then Stanford University for graduate courses, before becoming a high school teacher at the Minidoka concentration camp. After World War II, worked for various organizations in the field of race relations, including the San Francisco Council for Civic Unity, and the Oakland …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/146/

Narrator Mae Hada

Nisei female. Born July 5, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland where father owned a clothing store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Ames, Iowa, and Detroit, Michigan, before returning to Oregon and raising a …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/669/

doc Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 52 (August 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-93)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake: Packing Materials Distributed" (p. 1), "Further Relocation in North Utah Discouraged" (p. 1), "Segregation Order Announced. Tule Lake Movement Slated to Start from Block 46" (p. 1), "There are Other Minority Groups" (p. 2), "Army Exclusion Order Overruled by the Court" (p. 5), "Aliens Barred from Work in Michigan Residence Halls" …

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img Henry Ford playing cards with Clara Ford and the Bryants (ddr-njpa-1-366)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "The Thing that Even Ford is Bad At. (Detroit, Michigan) Rengo. Perhaps even Automotive King Henry Ford is bad at cards. He is deep in thought in this recent masterpiece of a photograph taken quickly at the Colony Club here. (from left) Mr. Bryant, Henry Ford, Mrs. Bryant (Mrs. Ford's younger sister), …

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