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doc "Islanders Find Work on Idaho Farms" (ddr-densho-68-80)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-80/
Nisei soldier and the staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-1)
img Nisei soldier and the staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-1)
T-Sergeant Ben Kuroki (center front), a famous Nisei war hero, poses with the staff of the Minidoka Irrigator, the Minidoka concentration camp newspaper. Front (left to right): Mitsu Yasuda, Cherry Tanaka, Ben Kuroki, Kimi Tambara, and Kerry Soejima. Middle: Mitsuko Miyoshi, unidentified, Sachi Yasui, Miye Takatsuka, Masako Tsujikawa, and Watson Asaba. Back: Johnny Okamoto, Peter Ohtaki, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-1/
The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-3)
img The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-3)
The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator, the weekly newspaper of the Minidoka concentration camp, outside the paper's office. The Minidoka Irrigator, a weekly paper, ran from September 10, 1942, through July 28, 1945, and contained news about the camp and of the war when Nisei began enlisting. Japanese Americans with a background in journalism worked on …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-3/
The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-2)
img The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-2)
The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator, the newspaper of the Minidoka concentration camp, is shown in the paper's office. Far right (left to right): Takako Matsumoto (left) and Elsie Sata. Front (left to right): unidentified, Kimi Tambara, Cherry Tanaka, John Kanda, Miyuki Inouye, and Sachi Yasui. Back: Mitsuko Miyoshi, Harry Nakata, Watson Asaba, unidentified, unidentified, Mitsu …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-2/
The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-4)
img The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-4)
People of various ages worked on the Minidoka Irrigator, the newspaper of the Minidoka concentration camp. Issei were in charge of writing the Japanese section of the newspaper, for those who did not understand English. The Nisei concentrated on stories in English. Front (left to right): Kimi Tambara, Cherry Tanaka, and Mitsu Yasuda. Middle: Miyuki Inouye …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-4/
Camp Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-10-16)
img Camp Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-10-16)
Minidoka's Block 28 1st prize for Christmas decoration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-16/
Sweetheart Beauty Pageant winners (ddr-densho-10-5)
img Sweetheart Beauty Pageant winners (ddr-densho-10-5)
Finalists in the Minidoka concentration camp Sweetheart Beauty Pageant surround the winner. Left to right: Barbara Kurimura, Pauline Tamiyasu, Chizuko Hayashi, Kimi Takatsuka, Noble Kodama, Pearl Hirata, and Fumi Kinoshita. The Sweetheart Beauty Pageant began in the winter of 1943. The contest was designed to lighten the mood of the camp. Each block, or camp division, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-5/
Funeral for fallen soldiers (ddr-densho-114-648)
img Funeral for fallen soldiers (ddr-densho-114-648)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-648/
Mother and daughter in front of barracks (ddr-densho-118-11)
img Mother and daughter in front of barracks (ddr-densho-118-11)
Mitsuye May Yamada and mother Hide in front of their barracks in Block 9, Apartment C.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-11/
Two hospital interns (ddr-densho-118-14)
img Two hospital interns (ddr-densho-118-14)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-14/
Mother with two children and family friend (ddr-densho-118-13)
img Mother with two children and family friend (ddr-densho-118-13)
Hide Yasutake, her children May and Joe, and a Nisei soldier. Their barracks are in Block 4, Apartment C.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-13/
Fifth grade class (ddr-densho-118-8)
img Fifth grade class (ddr-densho-118-8)
Joe Yasutake's class.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-8/
Mother and daughter behind barracks (ddr-densho-118-6)
img Mother and daughter behind barracks (ddr-densho-118-6)
Mitsuye May Yamada with her mother Hide.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-6/
Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-118-12)
img Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-118-12)
In this photograph, the school crossing guards are in the front row. Joe Yasutake is in the front row, eleventh from right, wearing a striped shirt.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-12/
Japanese American family and friends (ddr-densho-118-10)
img Japanese American family and friends (ddr-densho-118-10)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-118-10/
Block 42 baseball team (ddr-densho-113-11)
img Block 42 baseball team (ddr-densho-113-11)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-113-11/
Memorial service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-7)
img Memorial service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-114-7)
This memorial service was held for a Nisei soldier who was killed in action on July 5, 1944, in the Rome-Arno Campaign. He was an alumnus of Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-7/
Letter to a camp inmate regarding application for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-4)
doc Letter to a camp inmate regarding application for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-4)
This letter is from the National Student Relocation Council to camp inmate Ruby Inouye. It is in regards to her application for indefinite educational leave clearance.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-103-4/
Identification paperwork for a Japanese American woman (ddr-densho-103-2)
doc Identification paperwork for a Japanese American woman (ddr-densho-103-2)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-103-2/
Letter regarding a camp inmate's request for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-5)
doc Letter regarding a camp inmate's request for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-5)
This letter is from the National Student Relocation Council to the War Relocation Authority. The letter is in regards to camp inmate Ruby Inouye's request for indefinite educational leave.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-103-5/
Sunday School class (ddr-densho-106-9)
img Sunday School class (ddr-densho-106-9)
Betty Morita Shibayama is in the back row, sixth from the right.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-106-9/
Japanese Americans in front of barrack (ddr-densho-106-8)
img Japanese Americans in front of barrack (ddr-densho-106-8)
Near family barracks. (L to R): Father Mototsugu, Paul, Grandfather, Claude, Mr. Hachiya, Junior.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-106-8/
Flag ceremony (ddr-densho-113-14)
img Flag ceremony (ddr-densho-113-14)
These children are watching a flag ceremony near the elementary school in Minidoka concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-113-14/
Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)
doc Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)
Jim Yoshihara wrote the poem "Damned Fence" while incarcerated at Minidoka.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-126-1/
Child near barracks (ddr-densho-128-148)
img Child near barracks (ddr-densho-128-148)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-148/
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