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img Nisei linguists attending Japanese language class (ddr-densho-114-166)

Original caption: Nisei Japanese soldiers, interpreters of the linguist section, Allied translator and interpreter section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, attend class in legal terminology as part of training program to better their knowledge of the Japanese language. 9-3-46.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-166/

img Nisei machine gunner on front lines (ddr-densho-114-90)

Original caption: St. Die Area, France. A Japanese-American machine gunner keeps himself ready for a sight of a German. His unit composed, entirely of Japanese-Americans, are holding a section of the front lines. Company F. 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regiment (Combat Team). 13 Nov 1944.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-90/

img Nisei soldier escorting prisoners of war (ddr-densho-114-170)

Prisoners of war being taken to Ghedi Air Base in Italy to be processed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-170/

img Nisei standing in concentration camp firebreak (ddr-densho-111-1)

Elaine Ishikawa Hayes was employed by Tule Lake's recreation department. She is pictured here standing in the firebreak near the recreation department barracks.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-111-1/

doc Holiday letter from a Nisei man (ddr-densho-155-3)

This letter was sent to a Minidoka concentration camp administrator who worked in the procurement office.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-155-3/

img Two Nisei men in camp office (ddr-densho-157-50)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-50/

img Nisei man in front of barracks (ddr-densho-157-26)

Michihiko Mike Wada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-26/

img Nisei and Issei woman in California (ddr-densho-259-53)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Michi with [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s friend from Okayama-ken [Okayama prefecture, Japan]."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-53/

img Nisei girl and cousin in Japan (ddr-densho-259-290)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] and cousin Midori [Miyake] in Japan, summer of 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-290/

img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-369)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Raymond Onishi family."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-369/

img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-380)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Magoichiro and Ume Sato family, who used to live in Parkdale [Oregon] Other than Mr. Sato, the only other person I recognize is Mark Kinya Sato. I'll guess that this picture was taken in 1927-28, because the Sato's youngest son, William Katsuya, was born in 1928, and he's in this photograph."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-380/

img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-289)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s visit to Japan in the summer of 1940 Front, [left to right]: Yasuo, Michi, Kameno, Taiitsuro. Back, [left to right]: Tokiko, Norie (Yasuo's wife), Hiroshi, Sachiko."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-289/

img Issei and Nisei on the street (ddr-densho-259-308)

Unidentified Issei and Nisei on the street, possibly in Hood River, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-308/

img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-280)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] visiting the Miyake relatives, when she went there for a visit alone, in the summer of 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-280/

img Young Nisei woman playing the piano (ddr-densho-259-55)

Michi Yasui at the piano.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-55/

img Three Nisei children in their parlor (ddr-densho-259-46)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi and Baby Shu are sitting on the floor in the living room of our first home on Third Street in Hood River [Oregon], and Roku is sitting on the old oak and leather couch."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-46/

img Young Nisei boy holding a puppy (ddr-densho-259-429)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Roku [Yasui] holding what appears to have been a young black puppy."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-429/

img Four Nisei brothers with bozu haircuts (ddr-densho-259-83)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "It looks like Kay, Ches and Min [Yasui]--and Roku in front, sitting on the ground--just had had bozu haircuts. A 'bozu' is the familiar term for Bonsan, a Japanese Buddhist priest, who...always had a shaven or closely cropped head. For many years, Dad [Masuo Yasui] used to cut his boys' hair. He …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-83/

img Portrait of a young Nisei man (ddr-densho-259-176)

Shu Yasui as a young man.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-176/

img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-371)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Karasawa family. Some time in the late 19 teens, the Karasawa family moved to Hood River, where they opened a laundry, on Oak Street, I think. They were one of the few Japanese families who lived permanently in town, although there had been other sojourners."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-371/

img Nisei boy in hat and coat (ddr-densho-259-417)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Shu, in front of our old Third Street home, Hood River, [Oregon]. This is a very cute picture and it's also a very characteristic pose when he was a shy little boy."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-417/

img Three Nisei children on a farm (ddr-densho-259-73)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay & Min, and part of Ches [Yasui] as young children."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-73/

img Nisei boys at Japanese language school (ddr-densho-259-187)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of the young Dee Nisei boys pictured with [Japanese language teacher] Haru Tsuji. Since Toru Hasegawa is also in this picture, maybe some of the Oak Grove Nisei attended the language school at the Dee Community Hall."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-187/