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Narrator Phil Shigekuni

Yonsei male. Born March 28, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Following the war, became a counselor in the public school system in Los Angeles. Active in a number of community causes including …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/595/
Hibari Misora posing with her mother, Haruhisa Kawada and a Nichibei Kinema agent (ddr-njpa-4-970)
img Hibari Misora posing with her mother, Haruhisa Kawada and a Nichibei Kinema agent (ddr-njpa-4-970)
Caption on reverse: "FAREWELL TO HAWAII: Hibari Misora and Haruhisa Kawada are pictured on the roof of The Hawaii Times yesterday afternoon as they waved farewell after a fabulously successful personal appearance tour of the islands. Left to right: Muneo Kimura of Nichibei Kinema Co. of Los Angeles which is sponsoring the stars' American tour; Mrs. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 21 (November 29, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-48)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 21 (November 29, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-48)
Selected article titles: "Urge JACL Chapters Adopt French Town of Bruyeres" (p. 1), "Two Renunciants File Suit to Regain Rights. Coercion at Tule Lake Center Charged by Spokane Couple" (p. 1), "National JACL Will Enter Restrictive Covenant Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court" (p. 1), "House Committee Will Study Restrictions on Japanese Aliens Residing in Hawaii" (p. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 5 (July 31, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-30)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 5 (July 31, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-30)
Selected article titles: "Attorney General Clark Will Order Arrest of 'Tokyo Rose' For Wartime Radio Broadcasts" (p. 1), "Ennis, Masaoka Discuss Claims Program for Evacuees With Justice Department Officials" (p. 1), "Ennis, Masaoka Discuss Claims Program for Evacuees With Justice Department Officials" (p. 1), "President Sets Up Government Anti-Bias Policy. Anti-Discrimination Board Created by Executive Order" …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-20-30/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 17 (October 23, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-42)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 17 (October 23, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-42)
Selected article titles: "President Truman Revokes Limited Passports Order. 40-Year Old Restriction Barred Some Hawaii Japanese from Traveling to U.S. Mainland" (p. 1), "Report Relaxation of Exit Permit Ruling on Issei Group" (p. 1), "Veterans Seek Ruling on Claims for Treatment of Mental Ills" (p. 1), "Limited Passports Regulations Originated from Segregation in San Francisco Schools" …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-20-42/
General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, June 20, 1941 (ddr-csujad-44-187)
doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, June 20, 1941 (ddr-csujad-44-187)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Features discussion of the Memorial Day cleanup, JACL-sponsored party for local graduates, participation in the Fourth of July parade, using donations collected from loaning out the chapter's American flag for its upkeep, and the San Francisco District Council meeting. See this object in the California State …
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General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, July 12, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-161)
doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, July 12, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-161)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Features discussion of the Fourth of July parade, the upcoming talent show in Salinas, the cost of the new mimeograph, the women's auxiliary, suggestions for a benefit show, the Pacific Citizen newspaper, and the San Francisco District Council meeting. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-161/
Tribute to the life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn (ddr-csujad-24-130)
doc Tribute to the life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn (ddr-csujad-24-130)
An announcement for a tribute to Michi Weglyn, organized by her friends in San Francisco. The following people are listed as hosts of the event: Clifford Uyeda, Kiku Funabiki, Wayne M. Collins, Kenji G. Taguma, Rosalyn Tonai, Toshiko Kawamoto, Grace Shimizu, Fumie Shimada, Mits Koshiyama, Jean Ishibashi, Audee Kochiyama-Holman. See this object in the California State …
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Two fatherless families awaiting mass removal (ddr-densho-151-112)
img Two fatherless families awaiting mass removal (ddr-densho-151-112)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Families of two Shinto priests who were interned on December 8, 1942, immediately upon declaration of war. The mother at right has nine American born children and has been in the United States ten years. The mother on the left has been in this country two years, and neither speak English. …
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Judy Furuichi Interview (ddr-ajah-1-8)
vh Judy Furuichi Interview (ddr-ajah-1-8)
Sansei female. Born December 27, 1942, in the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Prior to World War II, parents lived and worked in Alameda, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to Alameda, where Judy grew up. …
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Jimmy Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-480)
vh Jimmy Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-480)
Born May 23, 1936, in Callao, Peru. Spent early childhood in Peru, where parents ran a laundry business, and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested Jimmy's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After …
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Kazumu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-482)
vh Kazumu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-482)
Born July 28, 1942, in Callao, Peru. Before World War II, parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. When Kazumu was still an infant, the FBI arrested his father and sent the entire family to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …
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View of Encinal Yacht club at night (ddr-ajah-6-715)
img View of Encinal Yacht club at night (ddr-ajah-6-715)
Caption below photo: Night scene of the Encinal Yacht Club. It was founded in 1890 and was famous for its moonlit parties, regattas, and cruising events. The clubhouse, seen here at the end of the pier, was an elaborate Victorian design, the main floor was reserved for dancing and the second floor was the resident of …
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Interview with Ray Aka, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1686)
av Interview with Ray Aka, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1686)
Aka discusses being drafted in San Francisco, his reaction to Pearl Harbor (which happened two months after he was drafted), being relieved from duties after Pearl Harbor, his prospects as a Nisei growing up in Hawaii, his father's arrest in Hawaii and incarceration in mainland US. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1686/

Narrator Noboru Richard Horikawa

Nisei male. Born 1926 in San Francisco, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to stay with relatives in Watsonville, California. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, then to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp early to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the military and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1056/
Antijap Legislation Meets Sharp Protest. Discrimination at This Time Particularly Surprising, Declares Consul-General Stationed at San Francisco. Contention Supported by Facts and Figures. (January 12, 1911) (ddr-densho-56-190)
doc Antijap Legislation Meets Sharp Protest. Discrimination at This Time Particularly Surprising, Declares Consul-General Stationed at San Francisco. Contention Supported by Facts and Figures. (January 12, 1911) (ddr-densho-56-190)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 12, 1911, p. 10
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-190/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 10 (March 11, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-10)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 10 (March 11, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-10)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Nisei Volunteers Near Ten Thousand" (p. 1), "WRA Reports 301 Evacuees Volunteer for Combat Service at Minidoka Relocation Center" (p. 1), "Nisei Evacuee Arrested After Return to San Francisco" (p. 1), "Details of Plan to Return 200 Evacuees to Former Homes In Arizona Left in WRA Hands" (p. 2), "Bainbridge Island Evacuees …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-15-10/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 6 (February 6, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-6)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 6 (February 6, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-6)
Selected article titles: "Issei first to get new DAR pin" (p. 1), "26 State Solons Co-Author Cal. FEPC Measure" (p. 1), "IDC to discuss marriage bias laws" (p. 1), "Hawaii maintains vigorous campaign to push citizenship training classes for aliens" (p. 3), "Chinese tongs provided insurance against want, place to stay in San Francisco" (p. 3), …
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Executive meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, June 11, 1941 (ddr-csujad-44-186)
doc Executive meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, June 11, 1941 (ddr-csujad-44-186)
Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League executive meeting. Includes discussion of co-sponsoring the Boy Scouts troop with the church, the graduation party, the dance class at the Bay View Grammar School, the Fourth of July parade, donations collected from use of the chapter's American flag, and the San Francisco District Council meeting. See …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-186/
Hawaiian Nisei veteran presenting lei (ddr-densho-114-186)
img Hawaiian Nisei veteran presenting lei (ddr-densho-114-186)
Original caption: Colonel Joseph P. Sullivan, Sixth Army Quartermaster, represents General Mark W. Clark, CG, Sixth Army, at a ceremony where Sam Kinoshita, Nisei veteran of the 442nd Combat Team, holds Hawaiian lei of 1,100 individual flowers, which is on route to Paris to be placed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arch …
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MISLS album 1946 (ddr-csujad-1-208)
doc MISLS album 1946 (ddr-csujad-1-208)
An album of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. It depicts the operation, training, life, and activities at the schools of Presidio San Francisco and Savage and Fort Snelling Minnesota, and also includes the description of the oversee campaign in the Pacific where MIS solders served. The names of MISLS graduates from three schools are listed. …
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Group eating Sukiyaki dinner on a ship (ddr-densho-494-18)
img Group eating Sukiyaki dinner on a ship (ddr-densho-494-18)
Photograph of three tables eating sukiyaki on the deck of the ship. Handwritten in blue ink are the following names: "Y. Matsuo", "Mitsuko Neeno", "V. Vasnelell", and "[illegible]ronel". Imposed in red font are "Mitsuko", "Meriko" and "Sumi" identifiying Mitsuko "Mitzie" (Neeno) Nishimoto, Meriko Maide, and Sumi Sakurai who traveled to Japan together in 1937. Caption on …
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Interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1606)
av Interview with Jimmie Matsumura, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1606)
Matsumura discusses his time teaching at the 4th Army Military Intelligence School in San Francisco, his experience with John Aiso, his trouble with white officers, the difficulties his students faced, visiting his family at Heart Mountain, and the conflicting feelings his Nisei students had about military service. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1606/

Narrator Ernest Besig

White male. Born May 30, 1904, in Albany, New York. Founder and Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California from 1934 to 1971. Fought for civil rights throughout his career, and was involved in the General Strike in San Francisco, the McCarthy Era, and the Free Speech, civil rights, and anti-war movements. …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/138/
Memo from Frank S. Okusako, 1st Lt, Infantry, Company H, 442d Infantry to Commanding General, Western Defense Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California (Thru Channels), August 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-229)
doc Memo from Frank S. Okusako, 1st Lt, Infantry, Company H, 442d Infantry to Commanding General, Western Defense Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California (Thru Channels), August 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-229)
Memorandum of understanding from Frank S. Okusako to Commanding General, Western Defense Command regarding relocation of Okusako's family from the Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0231
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-229/
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