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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. IX, No. 5, May 1972 (ddr-sjacl-1-142)

Bulletin covering the following topics: Seattle JACL discussed resolution to retire JACL Creed at 1972 convention, rationale, ?such an affirmation is not benefiting to the contemporary feelings and aspirations of Japanese Americans.? No action taken. Heated arguments threatened to eat up most of the meeting time; Mitch Masudaira, Sansei, proposes ID as ?Special Use District? 250 …

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doc Bob Hope Says: 'I'm Sorry' (ddr-densho-510-34)

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Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)

img Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)

Caption below image reads, "NO VACATION--Hotoru Matsudaira, right, a feisty 79-year-old grandmother, told a federal commission Thursday that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was anything but a 'three-year vacation,' as described by Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif. 'He is a Canadian and he lived in the East all during the war. He is …

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img Group portrait of women's basketball team (ddr-ajah-3-259)

Caption below photo: 1938 Buddhist Temple of Alameda YMBA basketball champs

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img Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion (ddr-densho-114-134)

Original caption: Oahu, T.H. These members of the 100th Infantry Bn., composed entirely of Hawaiian AJA's, are entertained by Pfc. Marty Rakitt, 534 S. 16th St., Newark, N.J., on the steps of the 147th General Hospital, Honolulu, T.H. The men in the front row are, l. to r., Pvt. Gerico Hashimoto, Lihue, Kauai; Pfc. Mamoru Takabayashi, …

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img Adelphons Group Photo (ddr-one-1-3)

Black and white photographic negative of the Adelphons, a young women's service group of the Portland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen's League, in formal attire. Back Row (left to right): Sumiko “Sue” (Kawasaki) Fujino, unidentified, Minnie (Oyama) Abe, Ochiyo (Nishioka) Hasuike, unidentified, Mary (Furusho) Iwasaki, Tamae "Butch" Yamamoto, Kathryn (Kawata) Niita, Irene (Kawata) Nakagawa, Sophie …

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vh Fred Tadashi Shingu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-292)

Nisei male. Born April 14, 1923, in Yuba City, California. Grew up in Elk Grove, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to Florin, California, and was removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. While in Tule Lake, refused to sign the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and …

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vh Charles Oihe Hamasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-274)

Nisei male. Born October 7, 1922, in Japan, while parents were visiting family. Came to the U.S. at three months old, and grew up in Terminal Island, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, picked up along with Issei father and taken to Fort Lincoln (Bismarck), North Dakota. Transferred from Fort Lincoln to the Santa Anita …

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vh Frances Midori Tashiro Kaji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-258)

Nisei female. Born April 30, 1928, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, where father was a prominent medical physician. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp with family to work on a sugar beet farm in Colorado, and eventually returned to Los Angeles, where father …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 27, No. 5, May 1990 (ddr-sjacl-1-388)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Seattle JACL honored by Seattle-King County Bar Association, Outstanding Contribution by a Non-lawyer? award; three resolutions for National Convention: 1. Recommendation committee for Redress Trust Fund, 2. Actively encourage state department of education to develop and promote a peace curriculum, and 3. WWII Nisei draft resisters deserve a place of honor …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-318)

Newsletter covering the following topics: 1993 President, Mako Nakagawa; 61st Installation Banquet, January 22, 1983, Butcher Restaurant (Atrium Design Center), Homer Yasui-emcee; Lake Washington JACL Dinner, January 15 at Benjamins in Bellevue, $16.00, 1983 President Ken Okuma, Keynote-Ron Mamiya; National JACL President, Floyd Shimomura, visits Seattle in December and speaks to a large throng from Seattle, …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 27, No. 5, May 1990 (ddr-sjacl-1-387)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Seattle JACL honored by Seattle-King County Bar Association, Outstanding Contribution by a Non-lawyer? award; three resolutions for National Convention: 1. Recommendation committee for Redress Trust Fund, 2. Actively encourage state department of education to develop and promote a peace curriculum, and 3. WWII Nisei draft resisters deserve a place of honor …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-317)

Newsletter covering the following topics: 1993 President, Mako Nakagawa; 61st Installation Banquet, January 22, 1983, Butcher Restaurant (Atrium Design Center), Homer Yasui-emcee; Lake Washington JACL Dinner, January 15 at Benjamins in Bellevue, $16.00, 1983 President Ken Okuma, Keynote-Ron Mamiya; National JACL President, Floyd Shimomura, visits Seattle in December and speaks to a large throng from Seattle, …

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img Adelphons Group Photo (ddr-one-1-1)

Original black and white photographic print of the Adelphons, a young women's service group of the Portland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen's League, in formal attire. Back Row (left to right): Sumiko “Sue” (Kawasaki) Fujino, unidentified, Minnie (Oyama) Abe, Ochiyo (Nishioka) Hasuike, unidentified, Mary (Furusho) Iwasaki, Tamae "Butch" Yamamoto, Kathryn (Kawata) Niita, Irene (Kawata) Nakagawa, …

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img Adelphons Group Photo (ddr-one-1-2)

Black and white photographic negative of the Adelphons, a young women's service group of the Portland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen's League, in formal attire. Back Row (left to right): Sumiko “Sue” (Kawasaki) Fujino, unidentified, Minnie (Oyama) Abe, Ochiyo (Nishioka) Hasuike, unidentified, Mary (Furusho) Iwasaki, Tamae "Butch" Yamamoto, Kathryn (Kawata) Niita, Irene (Kawata) Nakagawa, Sophie …

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doc Letter to Yuri from Yoshito (ddr-densho-356-219)

Envelope and letter addressed to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata. In the letter Yoshito writes about the descriptions of the Assembly centers he's heard so far and how positive Yuri's description was, pending deployment to Japan, his friendship with fellow Nisei soldier Stg. Harry Fujita, his recent promotion to Tech Sgt. He also describes a USO …

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doc Tojo a Rat in Puyallup Evacuee's War-Bond Poster (July 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-824)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 19, 1942, p. 8

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doc Bob Hope apologizes for term in joke (ddr-densho-510-38)

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img Issei waiting to receive their redress checks (ddr-densho-10-11)

Four Issei, all at least 100 years of age, waiting to receive their redress checks at the Nisei Veterans Hall in Seattle, Washington. Left to right: Mr. Katsuo, Ms. Wakamatsu, Mr. Ishimitsu, and Mr. Nakagawa. The fifth Issei recipient, Mr. Frank Yatsu, is not pictured. The man standing behind Ms. Wakamatsu is unidentified. The Civil Liberties …

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doc Congress apologizes on behalf of the nation (ddr-densho-381-48)

Information on the Civil Liberties Act and eligibility for redress payments.

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doc National chief of Scouts apologizes for slur (ddr-densho-510-31)

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doc Letter to Kathy Katayama from Alden Barber (ddr-densho-510-24)

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img Two Japanese-American men during interviews leading up to receiving redress checks (ddr-csujad-52-16)

Two Japanese-American men wearing suits. The caption next to the image reads, "SEATTLE, Sept. 30--WILL RECEIVE CHECKS--Frank Yatsu, 106, right, talks about his imprisonment by the U.S. government during World War II in an internment camp with other Japanese-Americans. Listening to Yatsu during an interview at Seattle Keiro, a Japanese community nursing home, is Harry Nakagawa, …

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doc Scout chief apologizes to Sansei (ddr-densho-510-40)

Newspaper Clipping

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 5, May 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-321)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Scholarship Awardees: Tamesa-Mary Ishii and Jeff Sakuma ($500); Andrews-Karen Kaminishi ($400); CWRIC report, ?Personal Justice Denied,? available for the public, 467 pages long; interesting exchange about Seattle representation at a Tri-District meeting in Reno that also hosted a meeting with the NCRR and Washington Coalition for Redress/Reparations and the National JACL …

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