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img Buried in the Sand (ddr-one-1-607)

Black and white photographic negative of Aki (Shiraishi) Dong's legs buried in the sand at a beach trip planned by the Sorelles (a high school social club). In the background, three Nisei playing with a beach ball, on the far right is Rose Namba on the far left is Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba and the girl …

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av Interview with Jacob Herzog, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1543)

Herzog discusses his experiences with Nisei soldiers in Saipan, his first deployment to Hawaii in 1942, and serving with the 27th Infantry Division. Video starts at 0:53. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 45, II NY #27, 6-85, Herzog. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1544/

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av Interview with Robert H. Foote, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1526)

Foote dicusses his experiences serving as an officer in the 442nd, particulary his relationship with Nisei soldiers and their experiences with internment. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Video starts at 0:54. Original title: 31, II NY #10, 6-85, Foote interview. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1527/

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av Interview with Chris Ishii, part 5 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1559)

Ishii discusses his basic training in Mississippi, Jim Crow, his experiences with Nisei interrogators in China, and his father moving to the US. Video starts at 0:55. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 58, II NY #43, 6-85, Ishii. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1560/

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 65 (June 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-232)

Selected article titles: "NYA-WRA Agreement Cancelled: No Reasons Given For Cancellation" (p. 1), "R.R. Workers Wanted Now" (p. 1), "Issei Urged to Relocate When Suitable Job Found" (p. 1), "Canada to Liquidate Property" (p. 1), "'Going to Make Good,' Says Nisei in U.S. Air Corps..." (p. 2), "Students Invited to H.S. Fellowship" (p. 3), "Pop Corn …

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doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 23, 1941 (ddr-densho-356-760)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 23, 1941. Topics covered in the meeting include: reopening of closed businesses, bank withdrawals, other committees working to address similar problems, travel of Japanese clergymen, stranded Japanese fishermen, fear of travel for Nisei chick sexers, individuals detained by FBI being moved inland, and bullying of …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 62 (June 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-229)

Selected article titles: "2 Osya Classes Still Open: Residents Can Register For Poultry, Carpentry" (p. 1), "Co-op Will Issue Money Orders, Travelers' Checks" (p. 1), "Candy Firm Rehires Evacuees" (p. 1), "Sugar Beet R.R. Workers Needed" (p. 1), "Messages From the Nisei" (p. 2), "One Year Ago This Year" (p. 2), "Change Seen in U.S. Diet" …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 86 (March 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-172)

Selected article titles: "Coverley Urges Citizens To Register Before Rush" (p. 1), "Registration... Report From 3 Projects Made" (p. 1), "Ward 3 Aliens Will Register Friday" (p. 1), "Wage Scale For Beet Work is Proposed" (p. 1), "Registration... Questions and Answers" (p. 1), "Placement Head Writes: J. Omura Condemns Nisei Expatriation" (p. 2), "Wardens Aim to …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 14 (November 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-108)

Selected article titles: "68 Nominated; Election Mon." (p. 1), "WHSE Area to Be Fenced Out" (p. 1), "Army School Volunteers to Wear White Honor Bands" (p. 1), "Math Teacher Sought; #3108" (p. 1), "Stores to Take Inventory, Co-op Will Operate Soon" (p. 3), "Two White Teachers Resign From School" (p. 3), "Nisei Soldier Here From New …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 88 (March 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-173)

Selected article titles: "Avoid Last Minute Rush... Register Now Nisei" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer... WCCA Clothing Allowances" (p. 1), "Sugar Company Agent Is Here" (p. 1), "Ward I Crocheting" (p. 1), "Aliens in Blocks 34, 35, 36 to Register" (p. 1), "Registration Report Given" (p. 1), "Resettlement Field Office in Operation" (p. 1), "Property Office Will …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 75 (October 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-73)

Selected article titles: "6 Weeks of Outside Work Ahead" (p. 1), "Miyamoto and Taketa Report is Favorable: Colonists Advised to Go Outside With Idea to " (p. 1), "'Work Hard, Make Money'" (p. 1), "Agents Beg For Workers" (p. 1), "WRA Protects Labor Interest" (p. 1), "14 Co-op Incorporators Include Issei, Nisei" (p. 3), "Need 2 …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 34 (April 29, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-214)

Selected article titles: "In-Service Training Program is Explained: Two Classes at Present For Eligible Workers" (p. 1), "Preparations Ready For Kanaka Carnival Friday: Over 40 Concession Listed For Big Day" (p. 1), "Fish Market is Planned" (p. 1), "Use of Nisei Seamen in Great Lakes Possible" (p. 1), "Block Managers Magazine Lending Service Popular" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 8 (February 25, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-8)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Citizenship Rights Upheld By Court. Federal Appellate Court Affirms Decision of Lower Tribunal in Test Suit of Native Sons Group" (p. 1), "Registration of Adult Evacuees Nears Completion" (p. 1), 'Stiff Prison Sentences Given Men Who Attacked JACL Head" (p. 1), "Meatless Tuesdays, Fridays to Be Observed At Topaz Center" (p. 1), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 2 (July 19, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-29)

Selected article titles: "House Committee Clears Way For Debate, Vote This Week On Evacuee Claims Proposal" (p. 1), "Senate Passes Amendment to Soldier Brides Act. Will Permit Entry Into U.S. of 'Ineligible Alien' Spouses of American Servicemen" (p. 1), "JACL Committee in Japan Discusses Assistance to Nisei" (p. 1), "Real Estate Operator's Plan For Exclusion of …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 21 (May 24, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-21)

Select article titles: "Hearings on temporary Japanese farm labor program completed in Washington; Labor Dep't, labor groups and JACL testifies" (p. 1); "Min Yasui's father dies in Portland, was 70" (p. 1); "JACL-COJAEC lists names of awardees ready to be paid by next appropriation measure; more names to appear" (p. 1); "'Teahouse' production earns unprecedented rave …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 22 (May 31, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-22)

Selected article titles: "Equal housing opportunities in Washington state boosted" (p. 1), "Fr. Tibesar recalls JACL meeting day after Pearl Harbor incident" (p. 1), "TV writer still complains of JACL protest. Admits no Nisei has sold American secrets to Japan in wartime" (p. 1), "Cultural pluralism fits America than melting pot idea" (p. 1), "Inouye warns …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 6 (February 13, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-6)

Selected article titles: "Japan team to bowl in nat'l JACL tourney" (p. 1), "Sansei helped design little computer aboard Apollo 11-first to land on moon" (p. 1), "Gov. Reagan in Support of Title II Repeal" (p. 1), "Japanese and Indian claims methods against U.S. compared" (p. 1), "Chicago steps up convention planning" (p. 1), "Issue call …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 25 (December 19-26, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-50)

Holiday issue organized into sections A 1-12, B 1-12, C 1-12, D 1-12, and E 1-6. Selected article titles: "Samurai of the Wine Country" (pp. A-1, C-1, C-5, C-8, C-10-D-1), "The Forgotten Nisei" (pp. A-1, A-3-A-5, A-8), "Tokie Was Naturalized 'Twice'" (pp. A-10, B-4), "Anti-Nisei Discrimination in the Mormon State" (pp. B-10-B-11), and "WW2 Gov't Cover …

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doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, March 30, 1946, [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-189)

A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He writes from Japan where he is stationed as a Nisei soldier. In the letter, he writes about his duties in Japan, driving a truck. He also writes about the illness of his brother, Makoto, who is also stationed in Italy as a Nisei …

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vh Norman I. Hirose Interview (ddr-densho-1013-7)

Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-102)

Nisei male. Born February 7, 1919, in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 40 (November 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-65)

Selected article titles: "Hunt Boosts Third War Fund Drive $1,907.93" (p. 1), "New York Church Groups Aid Nisei Relocatees" (p. 1), "Income Tax Must Be Filed Before December 15" (p. 1), "Christian Week Begins Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Repatriates Reach Yokohama Harbor" (p. 1), "15,000 lbs. Mochi-gome Ordered for New Years" (p. 1), "Groups Oppose Selling Land …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 21 (November 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-154)

Selected article titles: "Poston Reign of Terror is Short-Lived" (p. 1), "Sprague Commends Colonists for Aiding in Harvest Work" (p. 1), "Forms Ready for Jobless Benefits" (p. 1), "No Coal Given Blocks Which Fail to Help" (p. 1), "Hunt Will Join in Celebration of Thanksgiving" (p. 1), "Editorial: Nisei, Your Move Next" (p. 2), "OWI's Japanese …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 2 (March 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-129)

Selected article titles: "Gate Procedure for Visitors to Center Now Put in Effect" (p. 1), "Approved Relocation Suspended" (p. 1), "Lost Battalion Gives Plaque to 442nd Infantry for Rescue" (p. 1), "Bar Association Acts to Protect Minority Rights" (p. 1), "Hood River Legion Post to Restore Names of Nisei Men" (p. 1), "Oregon Alien Land Law …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 8 (April 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-36)

Selected article titles: "211 Volunteers Qualify for General U.S. Military Service. 28 Classified As 'Limited Service' Men. 50 Out of 289 Taking Physical Exams Rejected" (p. 1), "Nisei Loyalty Pointed Out By WRA Aide" (p. 1), "Savage Language School Seeks 250 Qualified Nisei. New Class in Specialized Japanese Will Start Study July 1, States Lt. Rusch" …

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