Introduction of short- and long-term leaves in camp
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Formation of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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FBI search of home and first arriving at Portland Assembly Center, Oregon
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Family has several small businesses at the time of mass removal
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Back row, left to right: Joe Sakamoto, Asada [?], Otsaka, Koshiba, Kuwahara, Saiyuki, Sakata, Masao Sakagami, Okamoto, Wataki, Fujihara, Inukai, Yoshimura. Front row, left to right: Fujimori, Arisumi, Watanabe, Ezuka, Saito, Shiroma, Sam Fujii, Thomas Fujimoto.
Shudo High School study tour. Front row (L to R): Roy Matsumoto, Atsuyoshi Sakato, Jiro Shimomura. Center row (L to R): Isao Namba. Back row (L to R): Shigeo Kojima, Yoshinori Kajimoto, and Hiroshi Sakamoto.
Speech by Tom Sakamoto at the 1988 JACL Installation Dinner describing his experiences growing up in San Jose's Japantown, wartime experience and military service, and the impact of Japanese American treatment during World War II.
Selected article titles: "High Living Cost vs. Labor Wages Japan's Problem" (p. 1), "W.W.G. Beat Jr. Girls in Thriller" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Taiyos Elect Roy Sakamoto as Head of Group for 1931" (p. 4)
Nisei female. Born January 17, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. Given up for adoption after birth, and placed in the Shonien orphange in Los Angeles. After World War II broke out, removed to the Children's Village in Manzanar. Left camp to live with a foster mother in Los Angeles, eventually becoming a registered nurse.
Nisei male. Born January 27, 1927, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland where parents ran a hotel business. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, attended college in Cleveland, Ohio, before eventually returning to Portland.
Selected article titles: "Havens for Waifs of Mixed Blood" (p. 24), "Communism in Japan" (p. 10), "What Has Happened to Shinto?" (p. 30), "Do the Japanese have Freedom of Press?" (p. 35), "What Became of Jimmie Sakamoto?" (p. 20).
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 Japanese American Museum of Oregon's Frank C. Hirahara Collection.
Heart Mountain photographs concentrating on Kimi Kuwahara …
Selected article titles: "Blind Jimmie Sakamoto victim of auto; death mourned by JACLers" (p. 1), "Racial prejudice eases against Orientals, says Canadian writer" (p. 1), "Problem of educational opportunities for Nisei parents becomes personal as Sansei children contribute to logjam" (p. 8).
