117 items
117 items
Narrator Hisaji Q. Sakai
Nisei male. Born February 28, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where parents had a grocery store business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Iowa to attend college and avoid the mass incarceration. Attended college in Nebraska and Michigan. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4302 (April 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-15)
Selected article titles: "North Weld News Roundup"; "Nebraska Nisei Killed in Action"; "Haters of Nisei Blasted by D. Myer"; "Girl Testifies Arson Attempt at Doi Ranch"; "Nisei Soldiers Favor Stiff Peace Terms"; "Ex-Japanese Soldier Who Now Fights for U.S. Was Hero on Iwo Jima"; "Nisei Pastor From Minidoka Will Deliver Sermon Here"; "Four Colorado Nisei Killed …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4334 (July 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-48)
Selected article titles: "The 11th Street Corner"; "Nisei in Italian Fighting Donate to Roosevelt Memo"; "Nisei Study Nebraska to Find New Locations"; "$1,000 Reward to Bar Attacks on Nisei in Calif. Revealed"; "Tadano-Taguchi Wedding"; "Bill Mauldin Says Nisei GIs Did More Than Any Others"; "Court Bans Commercial Leases by Alien Japanese"; "San Jose JACL to Meet"; …
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Hope Omachi Kawashima Interview (ddr-manz-1-154)
Sansei female. Born April 2, 1937, in Auburn, California. Grew up in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, lived and attended school in Nebraska for a few years before returning to Loomis. …
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Current relocation opportunities; Current housing situation, Kansas City area for period ending March 10, 1944, Omaha, Nebraska District (ddr-csujad-55-831)
Report on job vacancies and opportunities for ""resettlers"" in the Kansas City area. 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_0833
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Sentinel supplement, series 71 (May 18, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1056)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on coal, shoes, job placement, volleyball, YWCA conference, conditions in Nebraska, girl scouts, and sports schedules. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1058
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Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-122-21-7)
Ben's discussion of growing up in Nebraska
This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …
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Hisaji Q. Sakai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-475)
Nisei male. Born February 28, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where parents had a grocery store business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Iowa to attend college and avoid the mass incarceration. Attended college in Nebraska and Michigan. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during …
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Letter from Joseph Conard to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-103)
Letter from Joseph Conard, Executive Secretary, National Japanese American Student Relocation Council West Coast Committee with instructions on how to proceed with student leave process.
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Letter from Alfred Longueil to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-111)
Letter confirming that Longueil sent a letter to Dr. Goss per Ishikawa's request.
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 6 (February 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-114)
Selected article titles: "Army, WRA Registration Starts" (p. 1), "Push 'Wholesale' Relocation Plan; Recruiting Team Slates Meetings" (p. 1), "Forward Step: An Editorial" (p. 1), "60 Evacuees Enjoying Fruits of Relocation in Nebraska" (p. 2), "Segregation of Manzanar Rioters Told" (p. 2), "Despite Imprisonment, Kanai Defends Democratic Ideals" (p. 6), "JACL Leader Volunteers for Service in …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4338 (July 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-52)
Selected article titles: "Intolerance-American Vintage: U.S. Army Publication -- Third Recon. Group Coverage Florence, Italy -- June 23, 1945"; "Anderson Scores Anti-Nisei Firms"; "Ten Japanese Aliens Returned to Hawaii"; "ACLU Renews Appeal to Navy to Lift Nisei Ban. Baldwin Contends Police Was by Field Officers"; "Tofu Factory Set Up in Minn."; "'Relocated Evacuees Muse Sell 'Will …
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Joseph Ishikawa Collection (ddr-densho-468)
The Joseph Ishikawa collection, c.1942-2012, consists of the personal papers of Joseph Bunichi Ishikawa. Contained are unfinished drafts of stories and poems, correspondence, photograph albums, newspaper clippings, essays, diary entries, and other documents pertaining to Ishikawa’s life before, during, and after World War II. Also included are correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Ishikawa’s work on …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 110 (September 13, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-43)
Selected article titles: "Mexicans Want to Intern Them"; "Say No Place to Send 170 T.B. Patients"; "On the Other Hand"; "Realty Chief's View Hit by Newspaper"; "Express Shipment Permission is Granted"; "Supply of Attorneys Exhausted for Trial"; "Grinding Noise and Roaring 105's"; "Criticism Met and Solved in Nebraska"; "Over Two Hundred New Recruits Arrive"; "Fulbright Wants …
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Ray Richards (ddr-densho-468-113)
Continuation of narrative from ddr-densho-468-104 with transcript of letter to Ray Richards (ddr-densho-468-110)
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Letter from RW Goss to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-117)
Letter noting that transcript from UCLA lists honorable dismissal, not bachelor's degree.
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Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview (ddr-densho-122-21)
Ben Kuroki, Nisei male. Born May 16, 1917, in Hershey, Nebraska. Admitted to the Army Air Corps and flew thirty missions in Europe in a B-24 as a tailgunner and top turret gunner. Earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses and was acclaimed as the first Nisei war hero. Spoke at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and two other camps …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 42 (April 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-131)
Selected article titles: "List Japanese American Soldier War Casualties"; "On the Other Hand"; "Pin-Up Girls to be Judged by Soldiers"; "Tear Down Nipponese Flag in Los Angeles"; "Nisei Nurse Fulfills Wish to Join Army U.S."; "Resettlement Aide Named on East Coast"; "Answer: Plain Kindness for Returning Niseis"; "Make Strong Appeal to Common Sense in Book"; "Want …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4295 (April 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-8)
Selected article titles: "WRA Agents Berated at Mass Meet in Shelton, Nebraska. Shelton Residents Oppose Japanese Colony"; "Nisei on Iwo Jima"; "Nisei Girl Helps Yanks on Okinawa"; "Flood of Japanese to West Coast Feared"; "The Christian Century: Canada Threatens Its Nisei Citizens"; "Cornelians to Meet Thursday, April 12"; "Nisei Spearhead Drive on Italian Front"; "WRA Will …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-269)
Article titles: "Mexican Workers Arrive on Coast"; "969 Jap Evacuees Labor on Colorado and Nebraska Crops"; "FBI Searches 20,000 Homes"; "Marriage Was Invalid"; "Japanese Sentenced for Leaving Assembly Center"; "Jap Captives Ask to Join U.S. Airforce"; "Pro Nazis Deserve to Lose U.S. Citizenship"; "Mayor Stewart Raps Sale of Milk to Japs"; "Farm Labor Shortage Magnified by …
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James Lovell Interview (ddr-densho-1007-12)
White male. Born February 6, 1907, in Hastings, Nebraska. Became a teacher, and was recruited to teach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Joined the Hawaii National Guard in 1931, and in 1942, was selected to serve as executive officer and second-in-command of the 100th Battalion.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 7 (February 15, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-7)
Selected article titles: "Justice Dep't officals to visit West Coast to investigate claims" (p. 1); "Dr. Rusch decorated at Embassy for promoting Japanese American friendship" (p. 1); "Rev. Kano retires from active ministry among Japanese in Nebraska; helped Issei with Americanization instructions" (p. 2); "Brotherhood Week program in L.A. set" (p. 3); "JACL joins 48 Nat'l …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 86 (April 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-330)
Selected article titles: "Caution Parents Against Allowing Children to Play With Matches" (p. 1), "To Vaccinate All Dogs in Prevention Measure" (p. 1), "Back Loyalty of Nisei Soldiers in Uniform" (p. 1), "Ask Unemployed Residents Register for Employment" (p. 1), "To Request Protection for Nisei Soldiers" (p. 1), "Dr. Knowles A. Ryerson Relates Soldiers' View on …
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Weekly Press Review No. 37 (ddr-densho-156-349)
Original summary excerpt: The American Legion national convention at Omaha, Nebraska proved to be the greatest news source this week. By and large, the news accounts of the convention were significantly restrained in reporting the two resolutions dealing with Japanese Americans -- one urging deportation of all alien Japanese and disloyal citizens of Japanese ancestry at …
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Alfred M. Landon (ddr-njpa-1-850)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Overseas Photographic News September 26. Two Enemies in the Same Boat. (Des Moines, Iowa) Domei. With the presidential race finally heating up and the campaigns of hard-fighting President Roosevelt and Republican candidate Kansas Governor Alfred Landon in utter opposition, the two met at the drought conference held here on the 4th. …