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doc Letter from Peter Nakahara to Tom Sakamoto (ddr-densho-1007-1105)

For a panel on war crimes for the MIS 50th anniversary reunion.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1105/

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/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1647/

av Tom Sakamoto b-roll, part 2 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1648)

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1648/

av Tanaka family b-roll, part 7 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1646)

Stills from photo albums of the Tanaka family, particularly from a service album of photos from Camp Roberts. Linked to Walter Tanaka, who was interviewed for The Color of Honor. Video starts at 0:46. Loni Ding can be heard narrating the photos and directing the camera. Original title: 131, II SJ #38, 8-18-85, Tanaka Album

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1646/

av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1632)

Fukuhara discusses growing up in Seattle and Auburn, WA, the time he spent in Hiroshima as a child, his time working before college, studying at Woodbury College in LA, his reaction to Pearl Harbor, evacuation, and entering the Tulare assembly center with his sister. Video starts at 0:50. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1632/

av Tanaka family b-roll, part 5 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1644)

Stills from photo albums of the Tanaka family. Linked to Walter Tanaka, who was interviewed for The Color of Honor. Audio starts at 1:06; Loni Ding can be heard narrating the photos and directing the camera. Original title: 129, II SJ #36, 8-18-85, Tanaka Album. B-roll continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1645/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1644/

av Tanaka family b-roll, part 3 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1642)

Stills from photo albums of the Tanaka family. Linked to Walter Tanaka, who was interviewed for The Color of Honor. Original title: 125, II SJ #32, 8-18-85, Reel 32 Albums. B-roll continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1643/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1642/

av Tanaka family b-roll, part 4 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1643)

Stills from photo albums of the Tanaka family, including many military photos. Linked to Walter Tanaka, who was interviewed for The Color of Honor. Audio starts at 14:27; Loni Ding can be heard narrating the photos and directing the camera. Original title: 125, II SJ #32, 8-18-85, Reel 32 Albums. B-roll continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1644/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1643/

img Certificate of service for Tom Tsunekawa (ddr-densho-37-1954)

Included annotation: 3/2/45, Tom Tsunekawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1954/

doc Domoto Family induction program (ddr-densho-329-843)

Program from the award presentation and induction of the Domoto family into the California Floriculture Hall of Fame, presented by the Kee Kitayama Research Foundation and the California Ornamental Research Foundation. Program includes a schedule of events, a two-page history of the Domoto family's nursery and its impact on the floriculture industry, and credits to event …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-843/

Narrator Jimi Yamaichi

Nisei male. Born October 27, 1922. Grew up in San Jose, California, where his father had a farming operation. Incarcerated in the Pomona Assembly Center, Heart Mountain concentration camp and Tule Lake Segregation Center. Worked on an engineering crew on the Shoshone Dam, and later was a carpentry foreman in Tule Lake. Was in Tule during …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/107/

vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-92)

Nisei male. Born July 7, 1925, near San Jose. Grew up in Salinas, California, until he went to Japan at the age of thirteen. Studied in Japan until about 1939. Incarcerated at the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Volunteered out of camp to serve in the U.S. military. Fought in Europe as …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-92/

Narrator Rudy Tokiwa

Nisei male. Born July 7, 1925, near San Jose. Grew up in Salinas, California, until he went to Japan at the age of thirteen. Studied in Japan until about 1939. Incarcerated at the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Volunteered out of camp to serve in the U.S. military. Fought in Europe as …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/92/

Narrator Art Shibayama

Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/149/

Narrator Joe Yasutake

Nisei male. Born May 25, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December 7, 1941 and interned as an enemy alien. Removed from Seattle with mother, sister and two brothers in 1942. Attended school (fifth through sixth grades) while incarcerated …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/130/

doc Pacific Citizen Vol. 21 No. 20 (ddr-densho-121-2)

Selected article titles: "Navy Opens Ranks to Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Sgt. Ben Kuroki to Speak on "Town Meeting of the Air"" (p. 1), "1000 Tule Lake Renunciants Enter Suit to Regain Rights" (p. 1), "Evacuee Group Leaves Seattle for Hawaii" (p. 1), "Native Sons Want Relocation Camps to be Kept Open" (p. 1), "Southern Pacific …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-121-2/

vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-91)

Nisei male. Born July 7, 1925, near San Jose. Grew up in Salinas, California, until he went to Japan at the age of thirteen. Studied in Japan until about 1939. Incarcerated at the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Volunteered out of camp to serve in the U.S. military. Fought in Europe as …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-91/

vh Joe Yasutake Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-136-17)

First wife's passing; moving to San Jose, California, getting remarried

Joseph Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, William Toshio Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was also interviewed individually on October 9, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-136-17/