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vh Roy Ebihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-222)

Nisei male. Born January 11, 1934, in Clovis, New Mexico, where father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. On January 19, 1942, officials rounded up all of the Japanese Americans in Clovis and removed them from the town without warning in the middle of the night in response to an angry mob of townspeople who were …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-222/

vh Frank Sumida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-261)

Nisei male. Born August 10, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up primarily in Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a restaurant. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita assembly Center, California, where he participating in running an organized gambling operation. Moved briefly to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before being sent to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-261/

vh Bill Nishimura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-119)

Nisei male, born June 21, 1920, in Compton, California. Raised on a farm in Lawndale, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his father was picked up by FBI and detained at a Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. His family voluntarily moved to Visalia, California, then was forcibly moved to Poston …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-119/

vh Kenji Maruko Interview (ddr-densho-1010-8)

Sansei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Fresno, California. Father was born in Hawaii, mother was born in Japan. Grew up in Fresno, where parents ran a successful bicycle shop and general store. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty …

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vh Roy Ebihara Interview (ddr-densho-1009-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1009-1/

img Santa Fe detention center broadcast section (ddr-densho-440-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-440-1/

doc First Group of Coast Japs Interned in N.M. (March 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-689)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 15, 1942, p. 8

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-689/

img Buddhist ministers at New Mexico Detention Camp (ddr-sbbt-2-20)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-20/

img Painting of Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-36)

"A butane tank was used to strike the gong that summoned us to mess hall. Santa Fe internment camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-36/

img Painting of the Santa Fe canteen (ddr-manz-2-27)

Caption: "Mr. Arai, Mr. Funahashi." Caption on reverse: "A canteen for the convenience of Santa Fe's internees."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-27/

img Painting of the Takamura Family's pet hawk (ddr-manz-2-1)

Caption: "Our pet hawk died on May 22. The following day Mr. Sato of Chula Vista died. But same day over 80 of us internees were released."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-1/

img Painting of Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-25)

Caption on reverse: "Panorama of Santa Fe Internment Center. Drawn on writing paper - with anxiety - during early days when I was not sure that drawings of any kind were permitted."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-25/

img Painting of men making wooden clogs (ddr-manz-2-30)

Caption on reverse: "We made wooden clogs to send to our families at other centers."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-30/

img Painting of an adobe house (ddr-manz-2-32)

Caption: "An adobe house inside our Sata [sic] Fe Camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-32/

img Painting of men observing cloud formations (ddr-manz-2-38)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-38/

img Painting of a cloud formation over hills (ddr-manz-2-3)

Caption: "At evening I sketched this beautiful, unusual cloud formation. All at [sic] us noticed it. We wondered whether these might mean that we would be at peace."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-3/