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![General information, [Rohwer] (ddr-csujad-4-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6c/99/6c993c202437a6025e4dc68dc0b9b496.jpg)
![Letters from Jokichi Yamanaka and Miyuki [Matsuura] to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, April 20 and May 25, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-182)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d4/10/d4109bfcf0303ba775a769eb4e11265b.jpg)
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Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-428-13)
Serving sentence for draft resistance at a road camp
This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any …
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Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-428-6)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, evading curfew
This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any …
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Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-428-7)
First impressions of the Tanforan Assembly Center
This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, …
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Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-428-8)
Working as an ambulance driver in camp
This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, …
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Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-428-12)
Pleading no contest to charges of draft resistance
This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, …
Narrator Tetsuo Nomiyama
Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, …
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Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Yoshi Sato (ddr-one-5-42)
Envelope addressed to Mr. Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston from Yoshio Sato at Minidoka. Postmarked November 11, 1942. In red pencil “Dec 15, 42” is written. Along the right edge of the envelope is a white sticker, on the back side of the envelope it reads "U.S.A. 269." Inside the envelope is a letter dated Nov. …
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Signed letter from H. L. Stafford, Project Director at Minidoka War Relocation Project, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit, on the approval of Dr. Koyama's parole with docketing and filing stamps (ddr-one-5-243)
Photocopy of a declassified typed letter from H.L. Stafford, Project Director of the Minidoka War Relocation Project, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. Mr. Stafford writes about his interaction with Mrs. Koyama and her efforts to have her husband paroled. He is forwarding to Washington, D.C., a copy of her testimony. The letter …
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Passion (ddr-csujad-48-26)
Assignment by Kyoko Uyeshima for period 8 class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Kyoko describes how suffering and sickness can only be understood by those who have had a similar experience, and should only be shared with those that understand it. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9026. See this …
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Letter from Kaz Oka, President, Japanese American Citizens League Monterey Peninsula Chapter to Mrs. E. Hill, U.S. Employment Department, February 26, 1942 (ddr-csujad-44-4)
Letter from Kaz Oka, President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Monterey Peninsula Chapter to Mrs. E. Hill at the United States Employment Department thanking her for her assistance with "the Japanese aliens in the recent evacuation." The letter also thanks Mrs. Hill for assistance with the "special problems" of Mrs. Hasegawa and Mr. Tani. …
![General information, [Rohwer] (ddr-csujad-4-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d3/b6/d3b652c55955da965122e5b0b4d81fce.jpg)
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General information, [Rohwer] (ddr-csujad-4-14)
Documents mailed by the Terada family from the Rohwer incarceration camp in McGehee, Arkansas, to Mr. A. W. Thomas on July 13, 1943. The documents include general information and regulations written by Ray D. Johnston, Project Director at the Rohwer incarceration camp. Also included is a schematic of the Rohwer camp, with marginalia. See this object …
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Nisei defense attorney in war crimes trial (ddr-densho-114-145)
Original caption: Nisei defense attorney for Tojo, one of the major war criminals to be tried before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Bldg., Tokyo, Japan, is George Yamaoka, a civil service employee, who stands at the addressing stand. Mr. Yamaoka, who lives in N.Y. City, was attached to the Japanese delegation, …
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Howard Hughes in the cockpit of his plane (ddr-njpa-1-692)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Circumnavigating Plane Arrives in Paris. (Paris) Domei. Hughes' plane departed from New York's Floyd Bennett Field at 6:20 p.m. on the 10th and headed towards Paris, aiming to set a new record for aerial circumnavigation of the world. He crossed the Atlantic in one go, landing easily at Le Bourget Airport in …
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Robert Katsusuke Ogata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-543)
Nisei male. Born February 16, 1934, in Anaheim, California. Grew up in Selma, California, where parents ran a restaurant. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Family returned to the Selma area after leaving camp. Mr. Ogata attended California State University Fresno and served in the army. Became a high school …
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An oral history with Wayne Omura (ddr-csujad-29-49)
An oral interview with Wayne Omura, the youngest son of the late James Matsumoto Omura. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The oral history was conducted in connection with the interviewer's editing of the senior Mr. Omura's autobiographical memoir. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0154. See …
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Memorandum to Mr. E.R. Smith, Project Director from Morton J. Gaba, re: Community Activities Section report, July 21-August 21, 1942 (ddr-csujad-26-29)
Memo to camp director of the development of the Community Activities Section regarding the selection and development of staff; designing, building, and equipping of recreation halls and play fields; and the planning and initial development of program. Includes a list of activities with attendance counts. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Supplementary statement by Mr. D. S. Myer before the Sub-Committee of the Military Affairs, Committee of the U. S. Senate (ddr-csujad-48-102)
Report by Dillon Myer regarding the history and activities of the War Relocation Authority and the "relocation program." Includes a memorandum of understanding between the WRA and the War Department, description of problems with the "evacuation program," evacuation of Hawaii, administrative policies on housing, food, education, medical care, employment, public works, community welfare, community enterprises, community …
![Letters from Jokichi Yamanaka and Miyuki [Matsuura] to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, April 20 and May 25, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-182)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6e/54/6e541f46283cca52ba16bd47e3f0e589.jpg)
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Letters from Jokichi Yamanaka and Miyuki [Matsuura] to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, April 20 and May 25, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-182)
Contains two letters and one envelope. One of the letters is written by Jokichi Yamanaka in Japanese and the other is written by Miyuki Matsuura in Japanese. It appears that Seiichi Okine received Jokichi Yamanaka's letter and forwarded it to Jokichi's daughter, Miyuki Matuura. Miyuki returned Jokichi's letter to Seiichi along with her letter to Seiichi. …
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Memo from Joint Committee of Block Chairmen and Administrative Officers to Mr. C.E. Rachford, Project Director, Heart Mountain, November 6, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-310)
Memorandum of understanding from the Joint Committee of Block Chairmen and Administrative Officers to C. E. Rachford regarding mediation on police controversy. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0312
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Letter from S.F. Oliver, (Surg) UEPES, Medical Officer in Charge to Mr. Elwood, Liaison Division, Crystal City, Texas, August 20, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1395)
Correspondence from S. F. Oliver, Medical Officer in Charge, to Larry Elmwood, Liaison Office, regarding a request for preferential medical treatment for the Schnellbach family. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1397
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Letter from N.E. Viles, Education Adviser, War Relocation Authority, to Mr. Dallas C. McLaren, Poston High School Principal, June 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1853)
Correspondence from N.E. Viles to Dallas McLaren regarding receipt of a copy of "El Curriente." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1856
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Memo from E.R. Fryer, Regional Director, to Mr. Elmer L. Shirrell, Project Director, Tule Lake War Reloction Project, August 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2244)
Memorandum of understanding from E.R. Fryer to Elmer Shirrell regarding the release of Ida Ryugo from Tule Lake incarceration camp to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2347
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Letter from John R. Moseley, Admissions Counselor, Wayne University to Mr. Dallas C. McLaren, Principal, Poston Two School, August 23, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1878)
Correspondence from John Moseley to Dallas McLaren regarding Japanese-American students at Wayne University. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1881
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Memo from Glen Hartman, Chief of Agriculture, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, to Mr. Shoji Nagumo, Block 12, Chairman, March 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-544)
Memorandum of understanding from Glen Hartman to Shoji Nagumo regarding a proposed meeting between the foreman of the Agriculture Section and members of the Heart Mountain Community Council. Shoji Nagumo is misspelled as: Shoji Naguma. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0546
Narrator Mitsue Matsui
Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese …