317 items
317 items
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Military Intelligence Service political cartoon (ddr-densho-381-45)
Political cartoon; captions: THE SECRET WEAPON! -- Cover of the M.I.S. Calendar for 1982, commemorating the role of Nisei in the U.S. Military Intelligence, World War II. Cartoon by Jack Matsuoka, Pacifica, California. (picture on reverse side) COME, COME, NOW READ THIS! - Classroom scene at Camp Savage, Military Intelligence Language School, Minnesota, form the M.I.S. …
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Appeal to Americans of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-csujad-55-754)
Statement regarding recruitment of Nisei linguists for the Military Intelligence Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota. Provides a background on the school and appeal to prospective students. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0756
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Isao East Oshima Interview (ddr-densho-1014-7)
Nisei male. Born April 20, 1921, in Berkeley, California. Family moved frequently as a child, and was living in Oakland, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, eventually settling permanently in the Twin …
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Kajiko Hashisaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-201)
Nisei female. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka in 1943 to attend school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Married in 1945, and lived in Japan for sixteen months before returning to the United States and …
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Letter from Tomoye Takahashi to Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-412)
Martha's plans to stay in Minnesota for a job with her former professor, Pinkie still in quarantine, likely for chicken pox, anxious to find a house for her father to buy in San Francisco, thoughts on various marriageable women in camp for her father, hopes to be able to buy a house in Berkeley some day.
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Four men looking at map (ddr-ajah-2-822)
Caption: Military intelligence Service (MIS) veterans are seen after returning from the China-Burma-India (CBI) theatre, with Col. Kai Rasmussen, the man who was the commandant of the MIS at Camp Savage, Minnesota. The boys are on their way to Fort Benning, Georgie. photo Fort Snelling, January 1945. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-731 with additional notes
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Note on train menu (ddr-densho-356-215)
Train menu from Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder route. On the back of the menu is a message to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata. In the message Yoshito informs Yuriko that the train is crossing into Idaho and he is headed to Fort Snelling in Minnesota and that he will write her again once he …
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tak Negi (ddr-densho-356-358)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Tak Negi in which Tak provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father) and Motonoshin "Henry" Domoto (Yuriko's uncle) and inquires about her plans for the future providing an offer of housing in Minnesota. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
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WRA digest of current job offers for period of Jan. 11 to Feb. 1, 1944, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota (ddr-csujad-55-819)
Report on job vacancies for "resettlers" in Minneapolis, Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. Includes summary of jobs and housing and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0821
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WRA digest of current job offers for period of March 16 to March 31, 1944, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota (ddr-csujad-55-994)
Report on job vacancies for "resettlers" in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. Includes summary of jobs and housing and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0996
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WRA digest of current job offers for period of Dec. 10 to Dec. 25, 1943, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota (ddr-csujad-55-804)
Report on job vacancies for "resettlers" in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. Includes summary of jobs and housing and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0806
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WRA digest of current job offers for period of March 1 to March 15, 1944, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota (ddr-csujad-55-984)
Report on job vacancies for "resettlers" in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. Includes summary of jobs and housing and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0986
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WRA digest of current job offers for period of April 16 to April 30, 1944, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota (ddr-csujad-55-844)
Report on job vacancies and opportunities for "resettlers" in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. Includes summary of jobs, housing, and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0846
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WRA digest of current job offers for period of April 1 to April 15, 1944, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota (ddr-csujad-55-837)
Report on job vacancies and opportunities for "resettlers" in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. Includes summary of jobs, housing, and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0839
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Nozawa Family Papers (ddr-densho-423)
The Nozawa Family Collection contains correspondence, documents and photos from the Tomoyuki Nozawa family, including material related to the family business, the Starlight Laundry in San Francisco, correspondence between Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi and Martha (Nozawa) Tsuchida Suzuki. The collection includes photos and correspondence from Martha (Nozawa) Tsuchida from her time living in Europe with her husband …
Narrator Shigeya Kihara
Nisei male. Recruited to teach at the army's language school in fall of 1941. Helped to establish the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Presidio San Francisco and helped with the move to Minnesota. Postwar, established a career teaching with the Defense Language Institute.
Narrator George Murakami
Nisei male. Born 1934 in Guadalupe, California. During World War II, removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to the Sacramento area. Served in the U.S. Air Force, and eventually resettled in Minnesota.
Narrator Helen Tanigawa Tsuchiya
Nisei female. Born December 25, 1924, in Selma, California. Grew up in Parlier, Californa, where family worked on a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to work in Indianapolis, Indiana, before settling permanently in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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George Katagiri Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-24-8)
Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service while working in Minnesota
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 …
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Shigeya Kihara Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1004-23-7)
Moving to Minnesota when the MIS language school changed locations
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James C. McNaughton Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1004-3-8)
The Military Intelligence Language School's move to Camp Savage, Minnesota
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Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1007-3-2)
Conducting a survey in Minnesota to determine the area's receptiveness to Japanese Americans
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 …
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform (ddr-csujad-25-108)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with Private First Class insignia on the arm. The photograph is probably taken in Camp Savage, Minnesota. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_050
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Toshikuni Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-118)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. He poses, placing his arm on a fire extinguisher. The photograph is probably taken in Camp Savage, Minnesota. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_060
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Nisei to be mannequins of democracy (ddr-csujad-49-161)
Newspaper article titled, "Nisei To Be Mannequins of Democracy," from "St. Paul, Minnesota," dated January 18, 1946. An item from: pages 92-93 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_060_02