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img Work crew (ddr-densho-114-208)

Three Nisei veterans work on remodeling the Seattle Nisei Veterans Clubhouse.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-92-32)

The effect of racism on the Nisei soldiers

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4348 (August 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-60)

Selected article titles: "It Could Only Happen in S.F.: Chinese Welcome Nisei"; "68 Nisei Veterans Reach Camp Beale"; "Army Colonel Protests Discrimination. Wounded Nisei Rejected by VFW Post"; "Stars & Stripes Backs Nisei in Prejudice Fight"; "VFW Officer Defends Vote Against Nisei"; "Sports Jamboree' in Offing"; "Relocatees in Calif. Top 5,000 Mark"; "Nisei Vets to Wed …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4300 (April 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-13)

Selected article titles: "Interracial Tolerance Aided by Bataan Hero and Two Nisei"; "Closer Check Will be Made on Tule Internees"; "Nisei Honored in Calif. Legislature"; "Heroic Cook"; "Buy War Bonds and Stamps"; "Legion Committee Rules Post May Admit Nisei"; "California Near Showdown on Nisei Question"; "Nisei Bowlers' League"; "Nisei Quits Legion Post"; "California Sues to Escheat …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4296 (April 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-9)

Selected article titles: "Featuring... Nisei-Grams"; "Nisei GIs Recuperating at Vancouver, Washington"; "Nisei Coaches All Women's Basketball League"; "Saburo Kido, Nat'l JACL Prexy, Here"; "New Photo Studio Opens Here"; "Nisei Attorney Opens Law Office in Sacramento"; "Couple Found to Adopt Twins Born to Nisei in Chicago."

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vh Louise Kashino Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-31-25)

Beginnings of the Nisei Veterans Committee and the Women's Auxiliary

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-92-28)

Nisei soldiers befriend black soldiers and break segregation rules

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-145-33)

Relationships between Issei, Nisei, and Kibei in the cannery system

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-145-30)

Positive memories of cannery life: lasting relationships with Nisei peers

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-145-29)

Positive memories of cannery life: lasting relationships with Nisei peers

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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doc Letter from Stephen L. Weber to Bilin Tsai (ddr-densho-446-365)

Follow-up letter on Nisei Honorary Degree

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-92-9)

The army's use of Nisei interpreters early in the war

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1008-3-17)

Sharing memories of Major Aiso, "A great Nisei leader"

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh George S. Matsui Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1008-2-13)

Getting in a fight with a fellow Nisei soldier

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4315 (May 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-29)

Selected article titles: "Legion Post Refuses to Rent Hall to Anti-Nisei Promoters"; "Art Work of Issei and Nisei Exhibited in New Jersey"; "Navy to Employ Some Nisei Vets"; "West Coast Terror"; "Army Urged to Help Nisei"; "Japanese P.O.W.s Escape, May Be in Chicago"; "Two Nisei in Big Ten Meet at Chicago"; "St. Louis Nisei Sponsor Dance"; …

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img Burial of a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-25-63)

Mitsuo (Mike) Iseri, son of Matahichi and Kisa Iseri, was killed in action during World War II.

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img Young Nisei man with dog (ddr-densho-5-25)

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doc Student essay: "The Nisei Problem" (ddr-densho-171-152)

Excerpt: "After being put into camp, the Niseis are becomong soft and lazy."

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img Nisei girl in a rowboat (ddr-densho-174-12)

Bernadette Suda.

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img Nisei couple in their kitchen (ddr-densho-174-15)

Paul and Bernadette Horiuchi.

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img Nisei soldier inspecting a pillbox (ddr-densho-164-42)

Nisei soldier's caption: Higuchi inspecting a pillbox.

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img Nisei soldiers visiting Mt. Vesuvius (ddr-densho-164-16)

Nisei soldier's caption: Mt. Vesuvius near Naples. After our battalion and the 442nd attached to the 84 division fought to Arno and winning a presidential citation at Varoa near Leghorn we pulled back to Naples in preparation to go to France. Joined here by 800 replacements. Since Bagnoli was close to Naples and Pompeii we went …

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