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img Nisei military volunteers (ddr-densho-37-329)

Original WRA caption: A family group picture of the Sakura family. Left to right are, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sakura and their baby, Frederick Scott Sakura, 10 weeks old; Chester is holding Chester, Jr., age 2; John David, age 7, is standing in [front] of Mrs. Chester Sakura; Gerald 3-1/2 is in front of Kenny; Mrs. …

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img Japanese Americans swimming in irrigation canal (ddr-densho-37-326)

Original WRA caption: Swimming hole located south of warehouse area adjacent to the North Side Irrigation Canal which may be seen at upper right. Water flows from canal into pool and out again. The average depth of the pool is 6 feet.

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img Elementary school flagpole dedication (ddr-densho-37-718)

Original WRA caption: Dedication of the flag pole at the Stafford Elementary School conducted by the Boy Scouts of the Hunt troop. The Stafford School is one of two elementary schools in the Minidoka Relocation Center.

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img Minidoka sewage treatment plant (ddr-densho-37-727)

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img Kindergarten (?) (ddr-densho-37-34)

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img Hunt High School students (ddr-densho-37-17)

Original WRA caption: Students of the Hunt High School at the Minidoka Relocation Center, receive final grades from Miss Jones.

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img Queen of Hunt High School (ddr-densho-37-4)

Original WRA caption: Queen of Hunt High School May Day Festival being crowned by Richard A. Pomeroy, Supt. of Education, is shown with her attendants. The court was chosen by popular vote in a contest sponsored by the student body. Left to right: Pri[n]ce Victor Fujioka, Princess Dorothy Sugawara, Mr. Pomeroy, Queen Betty Aoki, Princess Sue …

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img Nisei military volunteers (ddr-densho-37-328)

Original WRA caption: Shown here are the four Sakura brothers who have volunteered for service in the combat team in the United States Army, which is composed of Americans of Japanese ancestry. These four brothers are fulfilling a vow made to their father, who died 20 years ago, to live and die for the United States, …

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img Man walking in field (ddr-densho-37-696)

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img Camp hospital (ddr-densho-37-37)

Original WRA caption: High school students working part time as nurses' aides in the hospital and as orderlies.

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img Concentration camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-52)

Original WRA caption: A family from Tule Lake Center arrives at their new home and is welcomed by residents of the block.

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img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-683)

Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.

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img Japanese American carpenters (ddr-densho-37-41)

Original WRA caption: Carpenters at work on the high school gym.

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img Japanese Americans at the library (ddr-densho-37-44)

Original WRA caption: A interesting display of books containing information of value to persons planning to relocate was put up in the community library, Rec. 24, this week. Shown here with the display are H. Nagai, Japanese section librarian, and Elsie Hosogi, assistant Japanese section librarian. The library has numerous books containing information about various sections …

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img Japanese Americans preparing for Christmas (ddr-densho-37-9)

Original WRA caption: Through kind donations from thoughtful friends all over the United States, a happy and merry Christmas will be possible for the children of Hunt. Thousands of presents have been sent in day after day, swamping Rec. 21 and overflowing the Federated Christian Church office. Sorting, numbering and labeling for distribution are left to …

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img Couple with soldier (ddr-densho-37-91)

Original WRA caption: Hatoshi Kanzaki

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img Japanese American military volunteers (ddr-densho-37-669)

Original WRA caption: The three Onodera brothers volunteer for the Army while the entire family looks on. Front row: Mr. And Mrs. Toyosuke Onodera, Satoru, Sergeant Carl E. Teurk, Back Row: Fumi, Yutaka, Kaun, Ko, Lieut. Stanley D. Arnold, Sergeant Eugene F. Jenrick and Sergeant Akira Kato.

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img Japanese American pointing at Honor Roll sign (ddr-densho-37-748)

Original WRA caption: Fumi Onodera, 20, proudly points at the names of her 3 brothers, Kid, 26; Kaun, 24; and Satoru, 22, on the Honor Roll of Japanese-Americans serving in the U. S. Army from the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The 3 brothers are training in a combat team at Camp Shelby, Mississippi with other …

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img Japanese Americans harvesting beans (ddr-densho-37-38)

Original WRA caption: Harvesting pole beans in a field adjacent to the Minidoka Relocation Center.

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img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-57)

Original WRA caption: Boy accompanying his parents to the Tule Lake Center looks out a window of the special train which carried 254 transferees from the Minidoka Relocation Center.

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