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doc Testimony of Emmet L. O'Connor (ddr-densho-67-187)

Written testimony of Emmet L. O'Connor, Lt. Col. Infatry (Ret.), born in Hawaii. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, September 10, 1981, in the section titled "Impact on Japanese American Veterans."

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doc Testimony of Ron Wakabayashi (ddr-densho-67-212)

Written testimony of Ron Wakabayashi, born in Reno, Nevada. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, September 10, 1981, in the section titled "Psychological Impact and Redress." Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Testimony of Diane Narasaki (ddr-densho-67-205)

Written testimony of Diane Narasaki titled "A Sansei Perspective on the Evacuation, Internment, and Redress." This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, September 10, 1981, in the section titled "Impact on Sansei."

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img Class portrait (ddr-densho-359-2)

A group of students from the high school in Leland, Washington. Jeanette Kawamoto is front row, far right. She graduated valedictorian of her class. Stamped on the back "Perkins Studio 314 Crown Bldg. Second & James St. Seattle, Wash."

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img Japanese men and women (ddr-csujad-25-5)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include Japanese men in suits and women in western dress. Some of the photographs are possibly taken at the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. See this object in …

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Collection Museum of History & Industry Collection (ddr-densho-36)

The collection of the Museum of History & Industry of Seattle, Washington, circa 1914-1940s, focuses on the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island and Seattle, Washington. Staff photographers for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a local newspaper, took all the photographs. There are also several images of prewar Nihonmachi and postwar memorial services for Nisei soldiers.

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img Issei couple in front of their postwar home (ddr-densho-2-37)

Kadju Nishimura (left) and her husband, Kumataro, in front of their housing project home in Seattle, Washington. Kadju Nishimura (1883-1967) and her husband, Kumataro (1876-1958), lived in a house that was part of the White Center Housing Project in West Seattle. According to their daughter, the project was home for a number of Issei who resettled …

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vh Gerald L. Beppu Interview (ddr-densho-435-1)

Sansei male. Family owned Linc's Tackle, a longtime Japanese American business in Seattle, Washington. Prior to World War II, father became the owner of Togo's Tackle shop. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While the family was in camp, their prewar insurance agent paid the premiums …

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vh Hannah Lai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-324)

Nisei female. Born April 11, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents ran a hotel. Went to live in Japan for several years prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in Minidoka, recruited to teach elementary school, and …

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vh Kaz T. Tanemura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-268)

Male, Issei-han. Born April 27, 1928, in Japan. As an infant, came to the U.S. where parents had previously immigrated. Family ran a hotel in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, returned to Seattle, finished high …

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vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-192-8)

Visiting Seattle as a child; taking piano lessons

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

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doc Testimony of Jiro and Shea Aoki (ddr-densho-67-310)

Written testimony of Jiro and Shea Aoki. Incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Testimony of Nellie Woo (ddr-densho-67-286)

Written testimony of Nellie Woo, titled: "Six Years After: The Evacuation Through the Eyes of a Nisei Case Worker." This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview (ddr-densho-122-12)

Nisei male. Born 1920 in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted draft, with the rationale that the U.S. government had classified him 4-C, an enemy alien, and he was therefore under no obligation to serve. Imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Vocal critic of JACL. Resettled in Seattle, …

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doc Testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi (ddr-densho-67-314)

Written testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi. Incarcerated in the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Testimony of Kimiko Hazel Kusachi Calhoun (ddr-densho-67-262)

Written testimony of Kimiko Hazel Kusachi Calhoun of Hood River, Oregon. Incarcerated in the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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doc Testimonies of Tana Marumoto, Mrs. Azumano, Umato Matsushima, John T. Yoneyama and Ben Kasubuchi (ddr-densho-67-246)

Written testimonies of Tana Marumoto, Mrs. Azumano, Umato Matsushima, John T. Yoneyama and Ben Kasubuchi. This set of testimonies was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, September 11, 1981, in the section titled "Multiple Impact/Video Presentation."

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doc Testimony of Mark Murakami (ddr-densho-67-142)

Written testimony of Mark Murakami, president of the Hongwanji Mission Society in Hawaii. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "The Hawaiian Experience." Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Political Affairs State Department Official to Address National JACL Banquet (ddr-densho-280-20)

Press release announcing the sudden change of speakers at the JACL's 17th Biennial National Convention in Seattle, Washington. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs replaced Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs W. Averell Harriman.

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img Japanese Americans waving good-bye (ddr-densho-36-63)

The Puyallup Assembly Center housed primarily Japanese Americans from Seattle, Washington. It was open from April 28 to September 23, 1942. Most of the Japanese Americans from the Puyallup Assembly Center were later sent to the Minidoka concentration camp in Idaho.

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img Family and friends on farm (ddr-densho-2-1)

The Nishimura family and friends on their farm in Seattle, Washington. Left to right: Kumataro Nishimura, Kadju Nishimura, Emily Herold holding Mary Nakashige, Peggie Yorita, Patsy Yorita, Tom Nishimura, Jiro Matsumura, Harry Oki (behind Matsumura), Hanni Nishimura, and Alex Ando.

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img Two Issei women (ddr-densho-166-17)

This postcard depicts a portrait of a Nisei woman and her niece. The aunt, Yone Kaita, was an owner of the Maneki Restaurant in Seattle, Washington. She sponsored her niece, Masaye, to come to the U.S. to waitress at the restaurant.

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview (ddr-densho-1000-213)

Nisei female. Born April 9, 1925, in Malden, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, before being removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. From Minidoka, relocated with family to Utica, New York. Worked in Japan for the U.S. Army of Occupation, and for the Tokyo General Army Hospital …

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vh Kay Aiko Abe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-232)

Nisei female. Born May 9, 1927, in Selleck, Washington. Spent much of childhood in Beaverton, Oregon, where father owned a farm. Influenced at an early age by parents' conversion to Christianity. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, worked to establish a successful …

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-145)

Nisei male. Born July 29, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Wrote 'Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle' as a Master's thesis, published in 1939 as one of the first academic works on the Japanese immigrant community. Incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Member of the Evacuation and Resettlement Study which studied the incarceration and resettlement …

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