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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1001-34-1)

Family background

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1001-34-2)

Living with and working for a family on Bainbridge Island

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1001-34-8)

Reflections

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1001-34-4)

Memories of Manzanar

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1001-34-7)

Returning home to Bainbridge Island

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1001-34-3)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor and preparing for mass removal

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1001-34-6)

Leaving camp and moving to Moses Lake, Washington

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-34-5)

Transferring to Minidoka

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vh Tadashi Sakuma Interview (ddr-densho-1001-34)

Nisei male. Born May 20, 1913, in Hiroshima, Japan, and immigrated to the United States at the age of eleven. Lived on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, later transferring to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived in Moses Lake, Washington, for a time before …

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img Soldier (ddr-densho-201-496)

Caption in album: "Isaac Sakuma / Mount Vernon, Wash."

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img Babies walking in the snow (ddr-densho-300-44)

Caption in album: "Gary and David Sakuma. Taken on Christmas Day 1944. Housing project, Moses Lake, Washington."

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img Babies walking in the snow (ddr-densho-300-45)

Caption in album: "Taken on Christmas Day 1944. Housing project, Moses Lake, Washington." Shows Karen with Gary and David Sakuma.

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doc Student essay: "What happened when Pearl Harbor was attacked" (ddr-densho-171-136)

Excerpt: "Blood! More blood! Was the frantic cry of the doctors when our horribly burned and mangled boys began to stream in the operating tables."

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doc Student essay (ddr-densho-171-171)

Excerpt: "What is war? I can not fear or hate war, since I don't know anything about it."

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img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-179-118)

Sgt. Tomitsu Matsumoto, Sgt. Warren Sakuma, Sgt. Robert Oda, Sgt. Akira Nakamura.

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doc "Relocation Center" composition (ddr-densho-334-1)

May Okano Sakuma's composition reflecting on her time at Minidoka concentration camp.

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doc Storage list for Misa Sakuma (ddr-sbbt-2-69)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Misa Sakuma, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 542.

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doc Storage list for Misa Sakuma (ddr-sbbt-2-327)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Misa Sakuma, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 850.

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img Children pose outside cleaners (ddr-densho-359-1238)

First day of 1st grade for Dwight Sakuma and Pam Okano The caption written on back is '1956'.

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img Tule Lake scrapbook illustrated page (ddr-csujad-26-65)

Scrapbook page featuring a pencil drawn illustration of women together at desks, reading and working on a possible art project. The page includes several signatures and is from "Tule Lake scrapbook" (ucsb_mei_0053). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_03_20_013

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img Tule Lake scrapbook illustrated page (ddr-csujad-26-63)

Scrapbook page features a pencil drawn illustration of women studying and reading. The page is covered in notes of best wishes and good luck to the recipient and includes several signatures. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 29. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_03_20_011

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doc Letter from Satoru Sakuma to Harry Bentley Wells, March 3, 1942 (ddr-csujad-48-55)

Letter and envelope from Sat Sakuma to Harry Bentley Wells describing the journey from Manzanar to Minidoka. He also describes the conditions at Minidoka when they arrived and in his opinion a lacking education system. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9055. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0055

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doc Life in Manzanar (ddr-csujad-48-35)

Assignment by Satoru Sakuma for class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Satoru describes his daily routine at Manzanar. He wakes up, attends school, and then heads home to do his home work. However, instead of completing his work, he plays marbles and basketball with some of his friends. He …

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img Three men waving out a window (ddr-densho-201-365)

Three men waving out a window. Caption on front: "44nd RCT Going Home, July 1946 Livorno, Italy. Kariya, Sakuma, Fujinami."

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doc "Tsukasa Sakuma Growing Berries At Manzanar" (ddr-densho-68-31)

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