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vh Patricia Mariko Morikawa Sakamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-167)

Sansei female. Born April 20, 1944, in Manzanar, California. Parents married in camp, but separated soon after when father returned with his family to Japan. Left Manzanar for the Burbank trailer camp, then moved with mother and stepfather to Los Angeles, California. Active with the Manzanar Committee.

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vh Janice Sakamoto - Beth Shironaka Interview (ddr-densho-1012-11)

This interview is with two Sansei women and focuses on their experiences growing up and learning about their Nisei parents' wartime incarceration experiences.

(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of …

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img Dedication ceremony attendees (ddr-densho-26-27)

People attending the James Y. Sakamoto Memorial pre-dedication ceremony at Keiro Nursing Home in Seattle, Washington.

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img Dedication ceremony attendees (ddr-densho-26-26)

People attending the James Y. Sakamoto Memorial pre-dedication ceremony at Keiro Nursing Home in Seattle, Washington.

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doc "Chairman States Evacuation View" (ddr-densho-96-14)

Full headline: "Chairman States Evacuation View. Sakamoto Thinks Young Can Be of Greater Service Helping In Defense"

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img Group of people between barracks (ddr-manz-6-73)

Original caption: "Kuni Natsume, Rosie Maruki, Mike Yonai, Mollie Hirashima, Aki Sakamoto, Sam Hasegawa, Grace Maruki, Shapiro Kuwahara."

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doc Washington Township JACL property survey and family records for Sakamoto family (ddr-densho-491-136)

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVII, No. 5, May 1980 (ddr-sjacl-1-288)

Newsletter covering the following topics: National Council for Japanese American Redress conducted a 100 person telephone survey: 67% favored redress, 16% opposed, 17% were indifferent or no opinion. 59% favored Mike Lowry?s bill, 16% favored the Commission Bill, 27% were uncertain; report on status of HR 5499 (Lowry?s Bill); long letter from Misao Sakamoto, Jimmy Sakamoto?s …

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img Students (ddr-densho-161-39)

L to R: Toshiko Sakamoto, Rumi Tonai, Fudge Amemiya, Reiko Rikimaru, Julia Yoshioka, Fumi Sotomura, Justine Sekiyama, Yoneko Ibusuke.

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img Calico Cats (ddr-manz-6-65)

Original caption: "B - Aki Sakamoto, Ruby Nakamura, Masako Yuge, Alice Kakoi, Yasie Kitagawa; F - Mihoko Yoshimura, Seiko Kato, Kiyoko Kamo."

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av Tom Sakamoto b-roll, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1647)

Stills from photo albums of Tom Sakamoto, mostly pictures from service. Loni Ding and a cameraman can be heard discussing the photos in the background. Original title: 132, II SJ #39, 8-18-85, Sakamoto Albums. B-roll continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1648/

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img Dedication ceremony speaker (ddr-densho-26-28)

Tomio Moriguchi speaking at the James Y. Sakamoto Memorial pre-dedication ceremony at the Keiro Nursing Home garden in Seattle, Washington.

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img High school commencement (ddr-densho-159-79)

Amache High School. L to R: unknown, Shigeko Hamaoka Hirano, Lloyd Garrison (Superintendent of Schools), Dag Nakatogawa, Tomio Jofuku, Toshiro Sakamoto.

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vh An oral history with Annie Sakamoto (ddr-csujad-30-18)

An oral history with Annie Sakamoto, an incarceree at the Children's Villag orphanage. The interview was conducted for the Children's Village at Manzanar Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The transcript is found in item: csufccop_cvm_0110. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2486_T01

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img Akiko Sakamoto in a camp garden (ddr-manz-6-92)

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img Soldiers eating (ddr-densho-201-542)

Caption in album: "Cherry - Watch those Worms! / Eating dinner in Lecco." Left to right: Sakamoto, Hasegawa, Miyokin, Kazuto, Shimizu, Fukushima, Kohashi, Okino."

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img Dedication ceremony presentation (ddr-densho-26-30)

Norio Wakamatsu presenting a plaque at the James Y. Sakamoto Memorial pre-dedication ceremony held at Keiro Nursing Home in Seattle, Washington.

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img Group of men, one woman and a girl posing on steps (ddr-densho-316-365)

In the bottom row of this 1940-era photograph from left to right are Clarence Arai, Pauline Sakahara, Suzanne Sakahara, James Sakamoto, and Mike Masaoka. Pauline Sakahara was a Vashon correspondent who worked for the Japanese American Courier. The Japanese American Courier, the first Japanese American newspaper published entirely in English was created by James Sakamoto. Clarence …

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img Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-54)

Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. From left: Mrs. Sakamoto, unidentified, Olinda Saito (bride), Capt. Sakamoto, Shiuko Sakai, Maj. Brown. Shiuko Sakai, the donor, organized this wedding party for Olinda Saito, with whom she worked at the U.S. army language …

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img Wedding party (ddr-densho-363-1)

Photograph of the wedding party at Sam Sakamoto and Hanaye (Fujiwara) Sakamoto's wedding. The photograph was taken by Frank C. Hirahara. To view more photographs of the Sakamoto wedding and other photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara please visit the Oregon Nikkei Endowment's Frank C. Hirahara Collection.

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img Dedication ceremony speaker (ddr-densho-26-29)

Bill Hosokawa giving the pre-dedication message at the James Y. Sakamoto Memorial pre-dedication ceremony at Keiro Nursing Home in Seattle, Washington.

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img Family outside barracks (ddr-densho-37-673)

Original WRA caption: Sakamoto family picture on golden wedding anniversary of Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, both 80, at the Minidoka Relocation Center on December 11, 1943. Married in Japan, they came to the U.S. in 1894. Mr. Sakamoto was an early Seattle hotel proprietor. His son, James Y. Sakamoto, 40, is …

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doc Letter from children of Kihichi Sakamoto to Project Director [Raymond R. Best], February 14, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-94)

Letter from three of his children, Tatsuo, Manabu, and Osamu Sakamoto, requests the release of their father, Kihichi Sakamoto, from the Army Stockade, for the sake of their mother's "health and mind" stating that she has been ill since their stay in Heart Mountain the previous year and has suffered a relapse upon her husband's imprisonment …

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