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doc Weekly Press Review No. 61 (ddr-densho-156-366)

Original summary excerpts: News reports of the military service of nisei, which have constituted an ever expanding section of the Review since the War Department's announcement in January of the induction of Japanese-Americans, has become the largest source of WRA news this week. Although there were scattered favorable reports on the good records of members of …

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img Japanese American family (ddr-densho-37-429)

Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Bill Hosokawa, Editor of the Sentinel, Heart Mountain Relocation Center newspaper, and the Nisei leader in center activities, and American citizen, a graduate of the University of Washington, former West Coast reporter and foreign correspondent. Bill has traveled throughout the Orient, has lived in Tokyo and …

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vh Alice Nishitani Interview (ddr-one-7-43)

Nisei female. Born July 2, 1918, in Emmett, Idaho. Grew up in Idaho before family moved to Eastern Oregon while Alice was still in high school. Married a Nisei man who served in the Military Intelligence Service, and lived in Ontario, Oregon, after World War II.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant …

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vh Jane Hidaka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-346)

Nisei female. Born August 18, 1933, in La Jolla, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. After leaving camp, moved to Chicago, Illinois. Eventually became involved with the Chicago Nisei Athletic Association (CNAA).

(This material is based upon work assisted by a …

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vh James Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-220)

Nisei male. Born October 30, 1926, in small town of Thomas, Washington, on family farm. Attended school in Auburn, Washington, before being removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Idaho, and was subsequently joined by family. Postwar, became a social anthropologist, and later became only the …

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vh Louise Kashino - Sadaichi Kubota - Bill Thompson Interview (ddr-densho-1000-32)

In this interview, three Nisei, Louise Kashino, Sadaichi Kubota, and Bill Thompson, discuss their postwar efforts to get Louise Kashino's husband's wartime court-martial conviction vacated. Sadaichi Kubota and Bill Thompson served with Shiro Kashino in the all-volunteer, all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 48 (January 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-73)

Selected article titles: "Selective Service Open to Nisei. Reclassification of Citizens to Begin, War Department Announces" (p. 1), "Evacuee Future to be Discussed. 4-Man Relocation Team Will Visit Hunt Feb. 7-10" (p. 1), "Chicago Conference Postponed; Hunt Will Send Delegates" (p. 1), "Colorado Attorney Finds Japanese May Own Property" (p. 1), "17 Year Olds Must Register …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. II No. 14 (February 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-169)

Selected article titles: "Jerome Session to Moot Ration Problems Here" (p. 1), "Future Draft Dependent on Volunteer Program Success" (p. 1), "5,000 in Poston, Gila Eligible for Army" (p. 2), "Nisei Girl Beaten in Mid-West Town" (p. 2), "Shortwave Radios Still Banned, Internal Security Warns Residents" (p. 2), "Claimants on Sumitomo Deposits to be Paid on …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 28 Part 1 (September 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-102)

Selected article titles: "Stafford Sends Message on Second Anniversary: Big Labor Adjustments, Segregation, Selective Service, Added Impetus to Relocation. Status of Situation Changed" (p. 1), "Mrs. Roosevelt Expresses Hope for Nisei Future" (p. 1), "Canadian Evacuees in Six Camps" (p. 1), "The Democratic Principle: 'Evacuation Was Harsh Measure But it Gave New Liberty Concepts"--McWilliams' (p. 1), …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 52 (February 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-77)

Selected article titles: "Draft Calls 151 Hunt Men for Pre-Physicals at Boise. Leave Section Will Send Out Memos to Men; No Luggage Needed" (p. 1), "Evacuation Legality Case Appealed to Supreme Court" (p. 1), "Twin Falls City Council Views Racial Issues" (p. 1), "Aliens Must Carry Certificate of Identification" (p. 1), "New Fair Labor Practice Plan …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 6 (February 8, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-6)

Selected article titles: "Nisei hopes for U.S.-Japan ties told to new envoy Masaoka confers with MacArthur II, newly U.S. ambassador to Japan" (p. 1); "See boost in Japan quota of immigrants" (p. 1); "Masaoka to speak at Philadelphia fete" (p. 1); "JACL urges early enactment of civil rights bill this session" (p. 1); "College Scholarship plus …

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doc Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 3 (ddr-densho-121-11)

Selected article titles: "Hundreds of Nisei in Hawaii Assisted Investigations, FBI Official Tells Congressmen" (p. 1), "Renunciants Get Continuance of Court Action" (p. 1), "Tenny Introduces Resolution Against Payments to Evacuees" (p. 1), "Mike Masaoka Returns to Post With JACL" (p. 1), "Widespread Opposition Rises Against Dominion Attempt to Deport Japanese Canadians" (p. 2), "March of …

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doc Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 2 (ddr-densho-121-10)

Selected article titles: "Justice Department Initiates Hearings for 3000 Persons Who Wish to Remain in U.S." (p. 1), "Vandals Smash Glass in Store Owned by Nisei" (p. 1), "WRA Office Plans Survey of Resettled Evacuee Families" (p. 1), "Japanese American Issue Raised at Hawaii Hearing" (p. 1), "Order Relaxes Restrictions on Enemy Aliens" (p. 1), "Army …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. II No. 10 (February 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-26)

Selected article titles: "War Dept's Action Hailed By Local Nisei Leaders" (p. 1), "Calling All Volunteers!" (p. 1), "Seek to Prohibit Residence Of Alien Japanese In Wash." (p. 1), "Editorial: The Acid Test" (p. 2), "JACL Drive Success Seen" (p. 3), "Group Leaves to Survey Share-Crop Propositions" (p. 3), "Article In Missions About Evacuees Disappointing. Injustices …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 36 (October 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-61)

Selected article titles: "All-Nisei Combat Unit Receivers Plaudits For Bravery Under Fire with 5th Army" (p. 1), "New Territory is Now Open To Center Residents" (p. 1), "Test For ASP Will Be Given Here" (p. 1), "Hunt Farms Yield Many Items. Local Harvest Season to End Soon" (p. 1), "Leave Clearances Being Speeded Up" (p. 1), …

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 49 (June 18, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-216)

"Civil Rights Members Ask Introduction of Measure to Defeat Bias Practices" (p. 1), "Rites, Burial for Two War Dead from Area to be Held June 25" (p. 1) "Local CIO Tells Nisei Not to Sit on Fence in Matter of Picking Cannery Union" (p. 1).

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img Statue in France (ddr-densho-164-67)

Nisei soldier's caption: Statue in Nice. Nice, France. A city known as Miami or LA of France with a tropical climate, vegetables grown the year round. Center of perfume industry with most manufactured at Grasse some 20 miles away. Beautifult resorts by the beach.

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img Interior of Higo Ten-Cent Store (ddr-densho-16-2)

The Higo Ten-Cent Store, located in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown), was owned and operated by Sanzo and Matsuyo Murakami. Established in the early 1900s, the store sold a wide variety of American- and Japanese-made goods to serve the surrounding Issei and Nisei community.

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doc Tulare News Vol. I No. 27 (August 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-197-27)

Selected article titles: "Second Clothing Issue Begins Today. Aug. 10 Deadline" (p. 1), "All Lights Out by 11 P.M." (p. 1), "Fire Buckets" (p. 1), "Subscribe to Pacific Citizen" (p. 1), "Survey Aids Labor Units. Better Cooperation" (p. 4), "Kibei Nisei Meet" (p. 4).

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 21 (March 3, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-92)

"Japan-Born Youth Awarded U.S. Rights so He May Join Father, a Citizen in L.A." (p. 1), "Anti-Red Unit Favors Rights for Japanese" (p. 1), "Winnipeg Meet Will Consider JCCA Program" (p. 4), "JACL to Place Plaque on Ship Honoring Nisei" (p. 4).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 27 (July 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-188)

Selected article titles: "63 Evaders Get Three-Year Prison Sentence. Defense Attorneys Plan Appeal to Higher Court for Heart Mountaineers" (p. 1), "Residents Urged to Register" (p. 1), "Editorial: Years of Uselessness" (p. 4), "Search for Knowledge: Democracy Offers Best Hope for Nisei" (p. 5).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 29 (July 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-190)

Selected article titles: "Superior Court to Hear Petition July 21. American Civil Liberties Will Test Return of Nisei to Western Defense Area" (p. 1), "Editorial: Death by Inertia" (p. 4), "Resolutions: Christian Churches Support Evacuees" (p. 5), "Residents Confused Over Allotment, Allowance" (p. 8).

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doc Letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Lois (ddr-one-5-48)

Seven page letter to Kei Koyama from Lois at Minidoka dated March 8, 1943. The pages are thin and have water damage. The letter talks about religion (Buddhism and Christianity), the different between Nisei and Kibei, and many other topics about daily life at Minidoka.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 13 (October 4, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-40)

Selected article titles: "Colorado Governor Expresses Pride in Integration of Evacuee Resettlers in State" (p. 1), "Supreme Court Brief Filed in Oyama Test case, Stressing Rights of Nisei Citizens" (p. 1), "Federal Court Judge Restores Full Citizenship Rights of Relocation Camp Renunciants" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 7 (August 14, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-32)

Selected article titles: "Immigration Office's Action Threatens Court Victory in Takahashi Fishing Test Case" (p. 1), "Selective Service Director Assures JACL of No Bias Against Nisei in Draft" (p. 3), "JACL Official Surveys Wide Range of Losses Sustained By West Coast Evacuees" (p. 3).

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