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Text of speech given by Eric Saul, US army historian (ddr-densho-368-454)
Given at ceremony to honor Medal of Honor winners William K. Nakamura and James Okubo - Page 1
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George Nakamura, Misao Itatani, William Tsuchida (ddr-densho-434-13)
Caption: Misao Itatani, S.J. Calif.
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William Tsuchida and Geo. Nakamura shaking hands (ddr-densho-434-308)
Caption: Reunion - one year later
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Miyagi Family Collection (ddr-densho-416)
A collection of personal documents and photographs of the Miyagi family's experience in the Poston Assembly Center. Postcards were written in 1942 to Yuhachi Miyagi from his daughters. Letters from William Miyagi in the European Theater to his sister Takeko Miyagi in Poston. One letter from Gonkichi Nakamura to Clarence R. Walter. Photographs of Donald Miyagi …
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-463)
The soldiers honored during this service were: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-458)
The soldiers honored during this service were: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-460)
The soldiers honored during this service were: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-462)
The soldiers honored during this service were: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-461)
The soldiers honored during this service were: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-466)
Mothers receiving flags for their sons: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-465)
Mothers receiving flags for their sons: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-464)
The soldiers honored during this service were: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-457)
The soldiers honored during this service were: Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Memorial service for fallen soldiers (ddr-fom-1-459)
Father Leopold Tibesar saying a prayer at the memorial service for Pvt. John Ryoji Kawaguchi, Pvt. Tomoyuki Kikuchi, S. Sgt. Francis Tsukasa Kinoshita, Pvt. John Hiroshi Kyono, Pfc. William Kenzo Nakamura, Pvt. Satoru Onodera, Sgt. George Sawada, 1st Sgt. Tami Takemoto, and Pfc. Matsusaburo Tanaka.
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 38, No. 3, March 2001 (ddr-sjacl-1-487)
Newsletter covering the following topics: NVC (Seattle JACL co-sponsors) honors William Nakamura and James Okubo, Medal of Honor recipients, in a ceremony at Seattle Center, March 25th; Report on Installation Banquet, Hosokawa could not make it, remarks read, Floyd Mori, National President attends.
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Pfc. Nakamura Won D.S.C. In Fight to Death (February 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1100)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 7, 1945, p. 20
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Letter from Wm. Bibichkow, Comet Model Airplane and Supply Co., to George Hideo Nakamura, February 24, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2167)
Correspondence from William Bibichkow to George Hideo Nakamura regarding Nakamura's application for employment at Comet Model Airplane and Supply Co. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2269
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Members of SYNKOA in front of the Japanese Students Club clubhouse (ddr-densho-45-2)
After World War II, the Japanese Students Club became known as SYNKOA to honor members who had died during the war. The first letters of the following members' last names make up the acronym: George T. Sawada, Frank M. Shigemura, George Yamaguchi, Hideo H. Yasui, Shigeo Yoshioka, William K. Nakamura, Ben Ninomiya, Jiro Kanetomi, Yoshio Kato, …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 38, No. 4, April 2001 (ddr-sjacl-1-488)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Seattle JACL co-sponsors event to honor Takuji Yamashita who was posthumously admitted to the Washington State Bar Association 99 years after he graduated from the UW Law School but prohibited from practicing law because he was an alien ineligible for citizenship; Seattle JACL to make sushi for the Seattle Cherry Blossom …
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Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 4 (ddr-csujad-26-52)
Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes: "Autumn" a poem by Ken Yasuda; "On a night Like this" by Frances Okamoto; "Sloop Nakano: fat guy" by Riley O'Suga; "Flower arrangement" by Grace Hosokawa; "Why co-op" by Tsuyoshi Nakamura; "Twilight emissary" by Tommy Sakiyama; "Hi school in …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 25 (June 22, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-25)
Selected article titles: "Senate unanimously approves claim bill amendment, need House okay. Senate version limits compromise to $100,000; House bill has no ceiling" (p. 1), "JACL Urges House By-Pass Confab On Senate Action" (p. 1), "President signs amendment to Fulbright Act" (p. 1), "Sacramento Japanese area to be demolished soon" (p. 1), ""Ex-Seattle Nisei attends first …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 25 (December 22-29, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-52)
Selected article titles: "Supreme Court and the Nisei: 'Equal Justice Under Law' nearer reality for Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Individual choice in marriage not a concern for State" (p. 1), "Is Warren's legal philosophy of today a consequence of Evacuation?" (p. 1), "Takao Ozawa Case imbeds Issei to 'ineligible for citizenship' predicament" (p. 1), "'The Bill …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 13 [10] (September 8, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-37)
Selected article titles: "Public school teachers more worried about job security than education" (p. 1), "Economic development, social upkeep of Asia is Japan's new role: Shimoda" (p. 1), "Enomoto challenges JACLers to strive for more meaningful record; Cincinnati lass chosen queen" (p. 1), "Nisei urges repeal of 1952 McCarran Act to bar detention camp revival; JACL …