4396 items
4396 items
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Pair walking in dark coats (ddr-densho-1007-56)
Scanned from negative
Bottom inscription:
Treasure Island
San Francisco Calif.
1939
Bottom inscription:
Treasure Island
San Francisco Calif.
1939
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Book Review: Personal Justice Denied (ddr-densho-1007-1835)
Book review and scholarly critique of Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Report by Raymond Okamura.
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Kent/Eric interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-1077)
Likely for The Color of Honor. Eric is Eric Saul of the Presidio Army Museum.
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Letter to Loni Ding from Dick (ddr-densho-1007-1382)
Exact identity of author unknown. Possibly Dick Hayashi.
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San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 3 of 10 (ddr-densho-1007-1624)
B-roll of the interior of the Superior Court of San Francisco; footage of Sansei lawyers Dale Minami and Karen Kai listening to evacuation legislation while seated in a courthouse. Original title: 103, II SF CT #3, 8-9-85, SF Court. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1625/
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Letter from Caitlin Croughan to Loni Ding (ddr-densho-1007-1064)
Includes two articles mentioned in the letter.
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Letter from Senator Daniel Inouye (ddr-densho-1007-1016)
Apology for missing a screening of Nisei Soldier.
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San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 2 of 10 (ddr-densho-1007-1623)
B-roll of the interior of the Superior Court of San Francisco; footage of a man and woman sitting down in the courthouse. Original title: 102, II SF CT #2, 8-9-85, SF Court. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1624/
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MIS Intelligencer Volume 24 No. 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1103)
50th anniversary issue, details events for reunion.
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Rafu Shimpo Go For Broke clipping (ddr-densho-1007-1014)
Describes the upcoming anniversary celebration of Go For Broke, a national organization of Nisei veterans. Event plans include multiple screenings of Nisei Soldier.
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Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1789)
Burden discusses an operation attempting to get Japanese soldiers in a cave to surrender, translating captured documents, how his superiors reacted to translated information, serving in Fiji, the attitudes of Nisei whose parents were interned, his time serving with a soldier named Miyazaki, and some close calls he and his soldiers had. Loni Ding can be …
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Spark M. Matsunaga Interview (ddr-densho-1007-3)
Nisei male. Born October 9, 1916, in Kukui'ula, Kauai'i, Hawaii. During World War II, served as an original member of the 100th Infantry Battalion, later the 1st Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat team, and also with the Military Intelligence Service. In 1954, was elected to the Hawai'i Territorial Legislature. He was later elected to Congress, …
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Conversation between John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1785)
Conversation continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1654/. Burden and Kihara discuss Burden and his wife predicting that Japan would fight the US before Pearl Harbor, the story of Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the founding of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. Around 6 minutes, tape shifts to b-roll shots of the two walking around and their surroundings. Video …
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Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1788)
Burden discusses the diaries collected from Japanese soldiers, translating the souvenirs American soldiers collected, Nisei soldiers attempting to get Japanese citizens and soldiers to surrender, and speaking to Japanese prisoners of war. Kihara discusses the efforts of Nisei on Saipan/Iwo Jima/Okinawa to rescue Japanese citizens and soldiers. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …
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Booklet: Japanese Americans Play Vital Role in United States Intelligence Service in World War II (ddr-densho-1007-1841)
This booklet was written in 1946 by retired Brigadier General John Weckerling and examines the overlooked role Japanese Americans played in U.S. military intelligence during World War II. Nisei linguists and the Military Intelligence Service Language School are given particular emphasis.
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San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 6 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1627)
Sansei lawyers Karen Kai and Dale Minami discuss their family's reluctance to talk about the war, redress legislation, working on the Korematsu case, the coram nobis petition, and the Gordon Hirabayashi and Minoru Yasui cases. Video starts at 0:49. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 106, II SF CT #6, …
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Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 11, 1941 (ddr-densho-356-758)
Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 11, 1941. Special meeting called to discuss five major problems facing Japanese Americans since the declaration of war. The five issues are: finance, transportation, unemployment, education, and child care.
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Special Message from the Japanese American Citizens League's National President, Saburo Kido (ddr-densho-356-769)
Text of an address given at a JACL Emergency National Council Meeting on March 8, 1942 by National President Saburo Kido.
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Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 23, 1941 (ddr-densho-356-760)
Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 23, 1941. Topics covered in the meeting include: reopening of closed businesses, bank withdrawals, other committees working to address similar problems, travel of Japanese clergymen, stranded Japanese fishermen, fear of travel for Nisei chick sexers, individuals detained by FBI being moved inland, and bullying of …
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Invitation to Yuri Domoto from Margaret (ddr-densho-356-164)
Envelope and fabric invitation to celebrate Masa's engagement from Margaret to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada.
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Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 13, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-766)
Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 13, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: reading correspondence regarding Japanese Americans, discussion about forming an office for gathering information about evacuation, and various types of social assistance to Japanese Americans.