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Letter to Loni Ding from Velina Hasu Houston (ddr-densho-1007-1827)
doc Letter to Loni Ding from Velina Hasu Houston (ddr-densho-1007-1827)
Correspondence contains playwright Velina Hasu Houston's biography and clippings related to her play 1987 "Tea" which depicts experiences of Japanese war brides.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1827/

Narrator George Kiyo Wakatsuki

Nisei male. Born December 10, 1931, in Guadalupe, California. Grew up in Santa Monica, California, where father was a fisherman. Family moved to Terminal Island, California, just before World War II. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Served in the navy during the Korean War. The family's wartime experiences were chronicled in …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/810/

Narrator Bill Braye

Male of Spanish and Irish descent. Born March 31, 1917, in Santa Monica, California. Moved to Salinas, California, as a teenager, and enlisted in the military. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and was captured by the Japanese military. Forced on the infamous Bataan Death March in 1942 and held as a …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/202/

Narrator Ted Nagata

Sansei male. Born October 5, 1935, in Santa Monica, California. Raised in Berkeley, California, where father worked as a salesman. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Mother had difficult time in camp. Family was one of the last to leave Topaz. Resettled in Salt Lake City and, with sister, sent to …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/313/
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh presents three elderly Japanese-Americans with redress checks (ddr-csujad-52-15)
img Attorney General Dick Thornburgh presents three elderly Japanese-Americans with redress checks (ddr-csujad-52-15)
The caption above the photograph reads, "WASHINGTON, Oct. 9--ON BENDED KNEE--Attorney General Dick Thonburgh [Thornburgh] crouches on bended knee to present $20,000 checks to three elderly Japanese-Americans interned during World War II, during a ceremony at the Justice Department Tuesday. Accepting the checks are, from left: Kisa Iseri, Ontario, Ore., Hau Dairiki, Sacramento, Calif., and Mamoru …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-52-15/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-477-8)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-477-8)
Family's decision to go to Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-8/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-477-14)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-477-14)
Description of the black market in Japan during the U.S. occupation
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-14/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-477-2)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-477-2)
Description of siblings
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-2/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-477-4)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-477-4)
Attending Japanese language school
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-4/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-477-6)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-477-6)
Father's arrest by the FBI after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-6/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-477-11)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-477-11)
The journey by boat to Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-11/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-477-1)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-477-1)
Parents' family backgrounds
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-1/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-477-13)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-477-13)
Knowing about other Japanese Americans living in Japan during the war
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-13/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-477-10)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-477-10)
Being transferred to Tule Lake
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-10/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-477-3)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-477-3)
Growing up in Venice, California
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-3/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-477-15)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-477-15)
Returning to the United States
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-15/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-477-9)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-477-9)
Recreational activities: going on excursions outside of camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-9/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-477-16)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-477-16)
Coming back to California and finding work
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-16/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-477-5)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-477-5)
Reuniting with older siblings who had been living in Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-5/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-477-12)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-477-12)
Difficulties subsisting in Japan during the war
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-12/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-477-17)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-477-17)
Reflections
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-17/
Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-477-7)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-477-7)
First arriving in Manzanar
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477-7/
Henry Nishi Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-64-5)
vh Henry Nishi Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-64-5)
Father's donation of nursery business to the Veterans Administration at the onset of World War II
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-64-5/
Henry Nishi Interview II Segment 26 (ddr-manz-1-64-26)
vh Henry Nishi Interview II Segment 26 (ddr-manz-1-64-26)
Reuniting with childhood friend
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-64-26/
Henry Nishi Interview II Segment 27 (ddr-manz-1-64-27)
vh Henry Nishi Interview II Segment 27 (ddr-manz-1-64-27)
Reflections
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-64-27/
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