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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 13 (April 1, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-13)
Selected article titles: "U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Legality of Evacuation of Nisei From West Coast. Yasui, Hirabayashi Test Cases Certified to High Tribunal By Circuit Court of Appeals" (p. 1), "President Roosevelt Sidesteps Question On Exclusion Act" (p. 1), "Negro Attorney Upholds Rights Of Nisei at West L.A. Forum" (p. 2), "Federal Justice Raps …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 16 (September 17, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-15)
Selected article titles: "Call Evacuees to Save Vital Cotton Crop!" (p. 1), "No Danger of Japanese Fifth Column in Hawaii, Says Clark" (p. 1), "Gen. DeWitt Asked by Stimson To Permit Use of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Federal Court Convicts Nisei In Test Case" (p. 2), "Native Sons Favor Movement to Expel All Japanese from U.S." (p. …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4297 (April 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-10)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Uncertain of Future in Shelton, Neb. District"; "Joint YPCF-YBA Get-Together Slated"; "Telegram Sent Mrs. Roosevelt by JACL"; "Telegram Sent President Truman by JACL"; "'Realistic' Guide Fixed for Japanese Farm Benefits"; "Four More Relocation Offices Due in Southern Cal."; "Evacuee Property Service to Become Responsibility of Relocation Division at All Levels"; "Youth Fellowship …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 6 (February 11, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-6)
Selected article titles: "President Roosevelt Endorses Army's Action Reopening War Services for Nisei" (p. 1), "Hawaii Fills Quota for Army's Nisei Combat Team; Volunteers Jam Territory's Draft Offices" (p. 1), "British Columbia Seeks to Prevent Nisei Education" (p. 1), "Wirin Will Be JACL Counsel In Court Tests" (p. 1), "Wakayama Case Will Be Test Of Army's …
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Franklin D. Roosevelt presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor (ddr-njpa-1-1651)
Caption on reverse: "Son accepts posthumous honor for hero admiral. President Franklin D. Roosevelt presents the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Rear Admiral Norman Scott to the latter's son, Norman Scott, Jr., a Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy. The presentation took place at the White House in Washington. Admiral Scott was cited for …
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George Fujimoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-223)
Nisei male. Born January 13, 1920 in Colusa, California. Raised in Ault, Colorado, where family operated produce and sugar beet farm. Assumed responsibility for farm at age 15 when father suffered debilitating accident. Drafted into Army in 1942. After basic training in Camp Robinson, Arkansas, transferred to Fort Riley, Kansas. Attended second basic training in Camp …
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Alfred M. Landon waving from a parade car (ddr-njpa-1-851)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Landon on Top. American Magazine's Voting Prediction. (Des Moines, Iowa) Domei. With the American presidential election ten days away, [illegible] the Literary Digest, a notable American weekly magazine, has announced today that Republican candidate Alfred Landon has a lead of 300 thousand votes on Mr. Roosevelt, the current president, according to their …
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Otohiko Matsukata waving at Tokyo Station (ddr-njpa-4-831)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Japan-America goodwill mission representative Otohiko Matsukata arrived in America. To move past the diplomatic crisis of 1935-1936, Foreign Minister Hirota is preparing to mend friendship between Japan and America. As one part of this plan, the ambassador to America and others suggested Hirota send Otohiko Matsukata, who graduated from Harvard University with …
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United States Supreme Court Justices (ddr-njpa-1-704)
Caption on reverse: "(Front row from L) Louis D. Brandeis (80) Willis Van Devanter (77) Chief Justice Charles Hughes (74) James C. McReynolds (75) George Sutherland (74) (Rear Row from L) Owen J. Roberts (61) Pierce Butler (70) Harlen [sic] F. Stone (81) Benjamin N. Cardozo (66)."
Caption on reverse [translation]: The President vs. The Protectors …
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Carl Spaatz and Henry Arnold speaking to each other (ddr-njpa-1-1832)
Caption on reverse: "U.S. air chiefs in Italy. Lieutenant General Carl A. Spaatz (left) and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the United States Army Air Forces, talk things over during a visit by Gen. Arnold to the Naples sector in Italy following historic Allied conferences in Cairo, Egypt, and Teheran, Iran. Gen. Spaatz, at …
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Emi Kuboyama, Office of Redress Administration (ORA) Oral History Project (ddr-densho-1020)
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the evacuation and incarceration of Japanese Americans with Executive Order 9066. Forty-six years later, Congress sought to belatedly address this injustice with the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which established a process of redress for those harmed by 9066. Housed within the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 1 (July 8, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-28)
Selected article titles: "Three Nisei Test Right to Return to Coast" (p. 1), "Validity of Military Orders Excluding Japanese Americans Challenged in Induction Suit" (p. 1), "Famed 100th Infantry Unit Joins Nisei Combat Team" (p. 1), "Eleven Granada Nisei Convicted In Draft Cases" (p. 1), "Issei leader At Tule Lake Center Slain" (p. 1), "President Roosevelt …
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Japanese newspaper clipping (ddr-csujad-38-18)
A Japanese newspaper clipping about the outbreak of World War II. It reports that Japanese prime minister, Koiso, declared the war and encouraged the people to fight against Allies of World War II. The caption reads: I still do not know why General Tojo started the war on the U.S., attacking the Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt' …
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Japanese Question Discussed. President Roosevelt and Pacific Coast Senators Confer on Proposed Legislation Against Nipponese. Chief Executive Urges Congressional Delegation to Use Their Influence Against Antagonistic Laws. (January 22, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-139)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 22, 1909, p. 14