1064 items
1064 items
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Jodi Sakai giving Sterling Sakai a piggy back ride (ddr-densho-336-544)
The 1972 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.
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Shiuko Sakai in Kyoto (ddr-one-2-36)
Black and white photographic print of Shiuko Sakai standing in front of tree and stream in Kyoto, with a truck and unidentified individuals in the background on other side of stream. Inscribed on back: "MARUYAMA PARK/MAY 49."
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Sumiko Sakai Kozawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-121)
Nisei female. Born January 10, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Feliz, California, where family ran a flower growing business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and worked in the camp's medical laboratory. After leaving camp, returned to Los Feliz and reestablished the flower shop.
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Miyoko Sakai Nagai Interview (ddr-manz-1-120)
Nisei female. Born October 4, 1925, in San Diego, California. Grew up in Los Feliz, California, where family ran a successful flower shop. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, eventually returned to California.
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Sterling Sakai playing drums (ddr-densho-336-281)
The 1970 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp. \nCaption on front: "Sterling / Thursdays dance."
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Sterling Sakai playing volleyball (ddr-densho-336-562)
The 1972 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.
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Shizuko "Suzie" Sakai Interview (ddr-one-7-4)
Nisei female. Born April 14, 1922, in Yakima, Washington, and grew up in Central Washington state. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp to attend college in Kansas and North Carolina. Eventually returned to the West Coast.
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Hisaji Q. Sakai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-475)
Nisei male. Born February 28, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where parents had a grocery store business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Iowa to attend college and avoid the mass incarceration. Attended college in Nebraska and Michigan. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during …
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Lawson I. Sakai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-472)
Nisei male. Born October 27, 1923, in Montebello, California. Grew up in Montebello, where father and other family members ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, family moved to Colorado to avoid mass removal. In 1943, volunteered for the army and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, fighting in campaigns in Italy and France. …