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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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img Nisei veteran Memorial Day service (ddr-densho-35-52)

A Nisei and his grandson en route to placing a wreath at a monument dedicated to Nisei veterans. This service takes place annually on Memorial Day weekend at the Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.

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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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doc Banquet To Honor Nisei War Veterans (December 9, 1946) (ddr-densho-56-1170)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 9, 1946, p. 28

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img Installation dinner and dance (ddr-densho-114-234)

This dinner and dance, sponsored by the Nisei Veterans Committee and the Women's Auxiliary Club, was held in the Winsor Room at the New Washington Hotel.

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 48 (March 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-49)

Selected article titles: "Closing Date Announced" (p. 1), "Hikers are Cautioned" (p. 1), "State Department in Democratic Stand" (p. 4), "Veterans Oppose Nisei Recruiting" (p. 6).

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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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vh Masao Watanabe Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-103-44)

Forming the Nisei Veterans Committee in recognition of unique wartime experiences

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

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img Little league football team (ddr-densho-114-523)

The Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee sponsored International Fighting Irish football team is playing against West Seattle at Garfield High School. The Fighting Irish won the game 26-0.

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img Issei woman with her redress check (ddr-densho-26-41)

This ceremony at the Nisei Veterans Hall honored five Issei, all at least 100 years old, and presented them with their redress checks. Shown here is Mrs. Wakamatsu.

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img Issei man waiting to receive his redress check (ddr-densho-26-35)

This ceremony at the Nisei Veterans Hall honored five Issei, all at least 100 years old, and presented them with their redress checks. Shown here is Mr. Nakagawa.

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-92-43)

Hearing about Hawaiian Nisei soldiers' visit to the incarceration campsfrom the mainland

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

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 56 (July 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-415)

Selected article titles: "Myer Says Gila River Will Close by Nov. 15" (p. 1), "Montgomery: Students Write of Reactions" (p. 2), "Nisei Veterans to be Returned" (p. 2), "Okinawa: Reports First Nisei Casualty" (p. 5), "Seattle Group Discusses Race" (p. 7).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 31 No. 18 (November 4, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-44)

Selected article titles: "Promise Made by Rescued Men Kept as 442nd Veterans Proclaimed 'Honorary Texans'" (p. 1), "Gov. Warren Asked to Appoint Qualified Nisei to State Posts" (p. 2), "Secretary Acheson to Await California Decision Before Intervening in Land Law Case" (p. 3), "Issei Veterans of U.S. Navy In Japan to Get Pensions" (p. 3).

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doc Nisei Veterans are Finding Reconversion Problem Hard (October 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1146)

The Seattle Daily Times, October 1, 1945, p. 4

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-92-2)

The role of the Nisei in the prewar family, helping to cross the language barrier

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

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img Issei waiting to receive their redress checks (ddr-densho-26-15)

This ceremony at the Nisei Veterans Hall honored five Issei, all at least 100 years old, and presented them with their redress checks. Shown here are Mr. Katsuho (left) and Mrs. Wakamatsu.

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img Issei waiting to receive their redress checks (ddr-densho-26-16)

This ceremony at the Nisei Veterans Hall honored five Issei, all at least 100 years old, and presented them with their redress checks. Shown here are Mr. Ishimitsu (left) and Mr. Nakagawa.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 25 (June 25, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-25)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Veterans in Mass Tribute to Buddies at D.C." (pp. 1-2), "From JACL National Headquarters Communications: Committee for Iva Toguri" (p. 1), "A Nisei in Japan: In Search of Identity" (p. 2), and "Plain Speaking: Tough Issues and Decisions" (p. 3).

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img Issei woman waiting for her redress check (ddr-densho-26-39)

This ceremony at the Nisei Veterans Hall honored five Issei, all at least 100 years old, and presented them with their redress checks. Shown here are Norio Wakamatsu and his mother, Mrs. Wakamatsu.

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4361 (September 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-72)

Selected article titles: "Little Tokyo Showing Signs of Old Activity"; "Denver YBA Holds Semi-Annual Election"; "Japanese Double Talk Stumps Nisei"; "Drop in Nisei Colony Seen for West Coast"; "Four Nisei Veterans Donate Funds to FDR Memorial"; "Placer Board Denies County Aid to Returnees"; "Kin of S.F. Nisei Servicemen Get Richmond Housing"; "Half of Canadian Japanese to …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 24 (June 21, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-24)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Lauded for Nabbing Slayer of Nisei Woman" (p. 1), "L.A. Nisei Veterans Defend Display of Captured Japanese Artifacts at Hall" (pp. 1, 3), "Senate Passes U.S.-Japan Friendship Act, Sets Up $32-Million Trust Fund" (pp. 1, 3), and "Campaign to Save Whales Upstaged by Call for Boycott of Japanese Goods" (p. 1).

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vh Francis Mas Fukuhara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-9)

Nisei male. Born January 30, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Seattle's Nihonmachi/Yesler Terrace area. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Postwar commander of Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC) in 1988 and 1989.

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doc [Newspaper articles from "Pacific citizen"] (ddr-csujad-1-192)

Newspaper clippings from "Pacific citizen" published on November 22, 1991. Includes two articles collecting Nisei Military Intelligent Service's experience. "Surviving and spying behind enemy lines" written by Harry K. Honda, Senior editor, Pacific Citizen, describes Sakakida's story of wartime intrigue, which was delivered at the MIS 50th anniversary reunion dinner on October 31, 1991. "Anecdotes by …

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