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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 16 (April 28, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-16)

Selected article titles: "NCWNPDC, CCDC & PSWDC: JACL Concerns Examined at Reno Tri-District Conference" (p. 1), "Go for Broke National Veterans Association Preparing Gala Golden Anniversary Program for 1993 in Washington" (pp. 1, 3), "From the Frying Pan: Japan's Post-War Success: The Nisei Connection" (p. 4), and "Grassroots Forum: Speculation on JACL's Future" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 10 (October 6, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-35)

Selected article titles: "'Never Hated Them Before, But I Do Now' Says Letter Writer of Asians in America" (p. 1), "Senate Approves Redress as Entitlement"(p. 1), "Non-Nikkei Groups Supporting Redress Push Honored by JACL" (pp. 1, 3), and "Proposed Little Tokyo Nisei War Monument to Focus on WWII Record of 13,639 Veterans" (p. 3).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 156 (December 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-89)

Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Legion Retracts Former Stand on Honor Roll"; "Midget Tribune Being Published in Iowa"; "Actors Honor Nisei Veterans"; "Want Ads Today"; "Governor-Elect Wants Them Out"; "Balancing Accounts, Topic of Sermon"; "Maintain Reserve at Topaz Center"; "Visitors from Colorado"; "Reluctant to Return"; "Congressman Sure Riots Pending"; "First Buddhist Service in Cleveland."

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 20 (November 22, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-47)

Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Authorizes Government to Oppose Race Restrictive Housing Covenants" (p. 1), "Warrants Issued for Two Men in California for Assault Upon Two Nisei War Veterans" (p. 1), "23 Issei Receive First Naturalization Papers at San Jose" (p. 1), "Federal Grand Jury Returns Second Indictment in Case of Kawakita in Los Angeles" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 24 (June 21, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-25)

Selected article titles: "Gov. Warren Signs Measure Repealing California Law on Separate Schools for Orientals" (p. 1), "House Passes Amendment To Law on Soldiers Brides. Will Permit Entry Into U.S. of Japan-Born, Canada Nisei Wives of American Soldiers" (p. 1), "Eighteen Issei Receive First Citizen Papers" (p. 3), "Nisei War Veterans Face Job Discrimination Upon Return …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 65 (February 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-309)

Selected article titles: "Genevieve Carter Tells Closing of All Manzanar Schools in May" (p. 1), "Broadcast Kuroki Experiences on Air" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldiers Aid in Coal Deliveries" (p. 1), "Stringent Rationing Seen Despite Available Food Supplies in 1945" (p. 1), "Children Eligible for Relocation Without Escort of Relatives" (p. 1), "Plans Underway for Property Removal" …

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Narrator Francis Mas Fukuhara

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 Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 131 (November 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-64)

Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "League Chief Visits Coast"; "Mrs. Roosevelt Greets Young Couple Resettling in Buffalo"; "Big Town Visited by Quartet of Nisei Soldier Veterans"; "Want Ads"; "Busseis Enjoy Halloween Dance"; "Fallacy of Racial Myth is Disclosed"; "Shig Yasutake Given Praise by General"; "Nisei American in Glendale Very Ill"; "'No Thanks,' Says Hawaii"; …

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vh Louise Kashino Interview (ddr-densho-1000-31)

Nisei female. Born April 25, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during the war in Chicago, Illinois, and returned to Seattle after the war. Member of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee Women's Auxiliary. In her interview, talks about her efforts to successfully get her husband's …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 7 (February 18, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-7)

Selected article titles: "Nine Japanese Americans Win Election, 23 Nominated for Hawaii Constitutional Meet" (p. 1), "Not Opposed to Issei Citizenship, Says Russell. Georgia Senator Indicates He Will No Longer Object to Naturalization Equality Bill" (p. 1), "Veterans of 442nd Will Be Honored by Tokyo Government" (p. 1), "JACL Initiates New National Program to Eliminate Bias …

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doc Topaz Times Vol. XII No. 4 (July 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-142-418)

Selected article titles: "Remaining Vocational Training Classes to Close August 27" (p. 1), "Remove Disloyal Japanese -- VFW" (p. 2), "Surplus Food to be Served in Dining Halls" (p. 3), "Veterans Restore Torn Japanese Cemetery" (p. 4), "Insigne Sentenced 90 Days in Jail for Threatening Returnees" (p. 9), "Supreme Court Denies Rehearing for Tamesa" (p. 9), …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 58 (May 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-147)

Selected article titles: "Some Nisei Vets Will be Released"; "Hawaii Issue Tabled"; "On the Other Hand"; "Rock Hurled Through Window of His Home"; "Pfc. Tanaka, Nebraska"; "Doubt Portions of Oregon Law"; "Veterans Testify at Session on New Bill"; "Want Ads Today"; "Ickes Says Terrorists Try to Set Up Economic Beachhead on Evacuee Property"; "Name More Casualties …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4374 (October 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-85)

Selected article titles: "Some Tule Lake Internees Now Want U.S. Citizenship"; "Stilwell Spears Out for Nisei Soldiers"; "Japanese Newspaper to be Published"; "Warren Denies Request for PWs"; "First PWs Arrive in California"; "Japanese Return to Calif. County from Relocation Points"; "442nd Infantry 'Most Decorated Unit' in American Military History"; "Japanese Sues Over Denial of Sales Tax …

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vh Sadaichi Kubota Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-40-4)

Development of Nisei values in prewar Hawaii, Japanese language school

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on the individual's …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 10 (September 7, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-36)

Selected article titles: "Army Continues Fight on Anti-Nisei Bias. Program Seeks to Awaken Gis to Problems Faced by Returning Nisei Veterans" (p. 1), "Back Pay Dispute Holds Up Dismissal of Disloyal Charges Against Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Foreign-Born Japanese Plan To Resume Operations in California Fishing Industry" (p. 2), "West Coast CIO Members Pledge Aid to …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 6 (August 16, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-33)

Selected article titles: "Report 300 Nisei Veterans, Gis Will Wed Girls in Japan. American Consulate Swamped As Couples Seek to Qualify Under GI Brides Amendment" (p. 1), "Judge Orders U.S. to Release Renunciants" (p. 1), "Masaoka Will Attend Canada Nisei Confab" (p. 1), "New Community Center Planned For Resettlers in Chicago Area" (p. 2), "Greater Emphasis …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 1 (January 5, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-1)

Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Sets Aside Ruling Restoring Citizenship to Two Wartime Strandees" (p. 1), "Legal Showdown Nears Over Government Subversives List" (p. 2), "JACL Joins 21 Groups in Suit Over Restaurant Segregation" (p. 3), "Former Seattle Kendo Group Gives Hall to Nisei Veterans" (p. 3), "Minorities and Crime. Opponents of Cultural Diversity Present a …

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img Hawaiian Nisei veteran presenting lei (ddr-densho-114-186)

Original caption: Colonel Joseph P. Sullivan, Sixth Army Quartermaster, represents General Mark W. Clark, CG, Sixth Army, at a ceremony where Sam Kinoshita, Nisei veteran of the 442nd Combat Team, holds Hawaiian lei of 1,100 individual flowers, which is on route to Paris to be placed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arch …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 2 [January 18, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-2)

Select article titles: "National JACL Statement: On the Scrutiny of Arab American Due to Persian Gulf Tensions" (p. 1), "To Be Located In Little Tokyo's First Street North Plaza: Nation-wide Search Ends as memorial Design for Japanese American Veterans Unveiled" (p. 1), "Marine Corps to Reopen Bias Case of Bruce Yamashita" (p. 3), "Nisei Evacuees Who …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 1 (July 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-250)

Selected article titles: "Recreation Department Releases Program for Summer Activities" (p. 1), "Furlough Workers Returned to Camp" (p. 1), "First Nisei Volunteer Killed Abroad" (p. 1), "Urge Churches to Help in Relocation" (p. 1), "Ask Conversion of Manzanar to Veterans Center" (p. 1), "Commission Grants Permit to Evacuee" (p. 1), "Condemn Author on Racist Sentiments" (p. …

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vh Bill Thompson Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-90-13)

Relations between the Hawaiian and mainland Nisei soldiers at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the …

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vh Dan Aoki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1007-11-3)

The role the World War II Nisei veterans had on the Hawai'i statehood movement (audio only)

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect …

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Narrator Ted Tsukiyama

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Honolulu, Hawaii. During World War II, was a member of the Varsity Victory Volunteers, then served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service. Following military service, graduated from Yale Law School and became an attorney in Hawaii. Active in community and veterans organizations.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 21 (November 22, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-47)

Selected article titles: "Buddhist prelate lauds Placer fete as Americanism at its best" (p. 1), "Hosokawa calls MIS veterans to battle present-day social ills" (p. 1), "Not safe anymore to walk, drive through Seattle central district" (p. 1), "Hawaiians reject constitutional change to drop voting age to 18" (p. 1), "2 Japanese in South Africa ired …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 15 (October 12, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-41)

Selected article titles: " Masaoka ill, postpones trip to Japan a week" (p. 1), "55 of 65 Nisei public office seekers win in Hawaii primaries" (p. 1), "Tabulate 141,000 Japanese in U.S.; 85,000 in California" (p. 1), "Temporary farm workers continue to arrive by air" (p. 1), "Fresno-born Nisei interprets for Japanese emperor" (p. 2), "One …

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