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![Joe Iwataki with two women and man at night club (ddr-ajah-2-825)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/44/34/4434afc7928b9d5b484a300d86784f1b.jpg)
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Joe Iwataki with two women and man at night club (ddr-ajah-2-825)
Caption: Joe Iwataki and friends visit a night club while on furlough from Manila, Philippines during WWII. Iwataki and Tomita had known each other since their days of basic training at Fort Ord, near Monterey, CA., in 1941. The pair continued their friendship at Camp Savage in Minnesota, training with Military Intelligence Service. This May-June 1945 …
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Narrator Mary Okazaki Kozu
Nisei female. Born June 14, 1931, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents ran a boarding house. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp in 1943 and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Returned with family to Seattle after the war, attended the …
![Whites Try to Buy Them Out at Low Price, Say Japanese (March 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-669)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c7/81/c7817ed95e45051dc23ba435ac8326c9.jpg)
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Whites Try to Buy Them Out at Low Price, Say Japanese (March 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-669)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 6, 1942, pp. 1, 12
![Members of SYNKOA in front of the Japanese Students Club clubhouse (ddr-densho-45-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9a/b4/9ab488128b92360dee068c4f64812080.jpg)
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Members of SYNKOA in front of the Japanese Students Club clubhouse (ddr-densho-45-2)
After World War II, the Japanese Students Club became known as SYNKOA to honor members who had died during the war. The first letters of the following members' last names make up the acronym: George T. Sawada, Frank M. Shigemura, George Yamaguchi, Hideo H. Yasui, Shigeo Yoshioka, William K. Nakamura, Ben Ninomiya, Jiro Kanetomi, Yoshio Kato, …
![Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-246)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/35/1f/351f7a2989caece4871a0e85adb7fb15.jpg)
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Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-246)
Black and white photographic negative of six Obon dancers posing for the camera holding small Japanese and American flags. From left to right: Eddie Tamiyasu, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Jean (Tsujimura) Takashima, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now …
![Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/81/1781c2f7795a88c76226f214a439f6d3.jpg)
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Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-21)
Original black and white photographic print of the Sorelles, a high school social group. Left to right: Grace (Ebihara) Akiyama, Betty Nakashimada, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Nami (Miura) Koida, Masae "Elsie" (Morita) Onishi, Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Betty Ishida, Elsie Okazaki, Agnes (Inouye) Kitayama, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, Jean Matsumoto, …
![Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-241)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/94/4b/944be738925b019933e97429f4b3c125.jpg)
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Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-241)
Black and white photographic negative of six Obon dancers posing for the camera with one arm touching straw hats. From left to right: Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Jean (Tsujimura) Takashima, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, and Eddie Tamiyasu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church …
![Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-240)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b6/e7/b6e7f2474d4890c14477d96ce07328f5.jpg)
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Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-240)
Black and white photographic negative of six Obon dancers posing for the camera with arms held up wearing straw hats. From left to right: Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Jean (Tsujimura) Takashima, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, and Eddie Tamiyasu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist …
![Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-244)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3c/e1/3ce1f87193298de3fbc3dfca72e1463f.jpg)
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Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-244)
Black and white photographic negative of six Obon dancers posing for the camera holding small Japanese and American flags. From left to right: Eddie Tamiyasu, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Jean (Tsujimura) Takashima, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now …
![Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-22)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2b/c6/2bc657143df84ef0dfe79cbb3de8d2d9.jpg)
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Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-22)
Black and white photographic negative of the Sorelles, a high school social group. Left to right: Grace (Ebihara) Akiyama, Betty Nakashimada, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Nami (Miura) Koida, Masae "Elsie" (Morita) Onishi, Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Betty Ishida, Elsie Okazaki, Agnes (Inouye) Kitayama, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, Jean Matsumoto, and …
![Buddhist Convention (ddr-one-1-331)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/cb/24/cb2447209962699f051ffb332779f66f.jpg)
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Buddhist Convention (ddr-one-1-331)
Black and white photographic negative of members of the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple) at a Buddhist convention at Collin's Field House in Seattle, Washington. Back row left to right: Frances (Kinoshita) Mayeda, Aki (Shiraishi) Dong, Mary (Nakata) Fujii, unidentified, Jean (Tsujimura) Takashima, remaining unidentified. Front row left to right: Sumi …
![Nisei Bowling League at Rose City Bowling Alley (ddr-one-1-129)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f5/be/f5be490c3fdca480fe69fe4942e5dbbc.jpg)
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Nisei Bowling League at Rose City Bowling Alley (ddr-one-1-129)
Black and white photographic negative of Nisei women sitting and standing around a booth at Rose City Bowling Alley. A Nisei women's team is still in uniform. Standing left to right: Kathleen Sasaki, Yoko (Hishikawa) Iwata, Sachi (Nakata) Nakashima, Fumi Inukai, Takako Inukai, unidentified, Jane (Kawamoto) Hinatsu, unidentified. Seated left to right: Toshi (Tamiyasu) Fukuhara, Florence …