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img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-370)

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

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img Two Nisei boys at tennis courts (ddr-densho-259-207)

Kay Yasui and Kineyo Kanemasu at the tennis courts at the Hood River Japanese Hall in Hood River, Oregon.

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img Nisei children on a stagnant slough (ddr-densho-259-427)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi, Shu and Roku, standing on a cracked, dried up lake bed. Michi is holding a fishing pole, and it looks like Roku is holding a gun as tall as he. Shu is in the middle What looks like a dried lake bed actually was the remains of a big stagnant slough, …

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img Nisei brother and sister with dog (ddr-densho-259-224)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This picture shows Yuka and me sitting on the ground in front of the large maple tree in our back yard near the old garage. Our dog, Mike, is sitting in front of us This dog Mike, was Grandpa Yasui [Shinataro Yasui]'s all time favorite. He used to follow Dad [Masuo Yasui] …

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doc Fortune Magazine article: "Issei, Nisei, Kibei" (ddr-densho-274-19)

This article discusses the problems created by the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. It also critiques the policies of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), in particular the idea of "protective custody."

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img Nisei veterans and spouses group photograph (ddr-densho-325-108)

Eighteen Nisei veterans and their spouses met for a reunion on April 7, 1995. These eighteen men had all been stationed at Camp Grant, Illinois in 1941-1942. From there the group separated some attending combat infantry training at Camp Blanding, Florida and then to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe and others like Sumito Horiuchi …

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doc Nisei in the War Against Japan (ddr-densho-342-10)

Booklet of newspaper clippings.

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img Funeral service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-36-1)

This service for a Nisei soldier was held at the Seattle Buddhist Church.

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img Funeral service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-36-2)

Funeral service for a Nisei soldier at the Washelli Cemetery.

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img Memorial service for a Nisei soldier [?] (ddr-densho-39-10)

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img Nisei soldier poses with Christmas float (ddr-densho-397-259)

Takashi Matsui's poses in front of a Christmas parade float. Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II..

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img Nisei soldier at summit of mountain (ddr-densho-397-321)

The caption in the photo album reads "A wild Hakodate fox on the summit of Hakodate Yama Feb. '47". The "wild fox" is Takashi Matsui. Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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img Nisei interpreter on board Unzen Maru (ddr-densho-397-373)

The caption in the photo album reads "Mr. Hatae, a Nisei interpreter, who returned to Japan 10 years ago.". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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img Nisei man in front of car (ddr-densho-325-183)

Written on the photograph "Sumito Horiuchi Jan 3 1941"

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doc Yank Magazine article: "The Nisei Problem" (ddr-densho-35-355)

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img Nisei soldier poses with Japanese women (ddr-densho-397-293)

The caption in the photo album reads "Lt Satoda with housemaids Feb. '47". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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img Nisei serviceman with wife and daughter (ddr-densho-37-751)

Original WRA caption: T/4 Taniguchi visits his wife and daughter at the Minidoka Relocation Center before returning to his unit in the Pacific. Taniguchi volunteered for the Army in 1942 when he and his family were at Tule Lake before it became a segregation center. He served in the China-Burma-India theatre and served on load to …

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img Memorial service honoring fallen Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-2-35)

This memorial service was held for Japanese American soldiers killed during World War II. The Minidoka concentration camp had the highest number of Nisei volunteering for military service.

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doc Nisei volunteers for the U.S. Army (ddr-csujad-55-1863)

Essay by Lieutenant Colonel Roy Takai about his experience being forcefully removed to Poston incarceration camp, serving in the armed forced during World War II, and the controversy surrounding voluntary enlistment among Nisei in incarceration camps. From the Poston II Reunion Program. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1866

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doc Nisei in the war against Japan (ddr-csujad-55-330)

Collection of reprinted newspaper articles on Nisei serving in the armed forces in the war against Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0332

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img WRA worker speaks with nisei woman (ddr-densho-151-175)

Original caption: Mountain View, California. John Bird, former Director of Information for the War Relocation Authority, speaks to a young woman who is weeding a garlic field in Santa Clara County. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the …

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img Two Nisei boys observing mass removal (ddr-densho-151-151)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. High school boys, on balcony of Japanese American Citizens League at 2031 Bush Street, look down sidewalk where friends boarded evacuation buses. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Nisei helping to post exclusion orders (ddr-densho-34-46)

Some of the Nisei men on Bainbridge Island helped the soldiers hand out and post the exclusion notice that gave instructions for the exclusion of the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island. Bainbridge Island, Washington was one of the first areas to be evacuated due to its proximity to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyards.

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img Nisei soldier sitting on a tank (ddr-densho-34-50)

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doc Clipping about Nisei Classic Bowling Tournament (ddr-densho-426-1338)

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