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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-221)

Envelope and letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he discusses the ease in which all the solider took to studying and wonders if its in part because many of the soldiers are college graduates. He then discusses in detail the ways Nisei soldiers interact with locals and the widespread dating that is …

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-236)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he talks about the press a Marine office gave about Nisei soldiers learning Japanese in Minnesota and using it in the Pacific theater, the announcement of the formation of 442nd/100th Battalion, a recent proposal to relocate Japanese Americans into Midwestern states in defense and agricultural jobs, …

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-243)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he describes plans to visit areas around the San Francisco Bay while he is temporarily station there, a concern locals will report his unit to the FBI, and a desire to be transferred to the front soon.

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doc Letter from Yoshito Shibata to Yuri Domoto (ddr-densho-356-216)

Envelope and letter addressed to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata. In the letter Yoshito writes about his memories of Easter and the possibility of how he will celebrate this year, inquires about Yuri's plans, his visits to Minneapolis and St. Paul, where he and other soldiers are asked if they are Japanese or Chinese, and if …

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doc Life Magazine with comments from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-214)

July 7th, 1941 edition of Life Magazine Defense Issue with handwritten comments by Yoshito Shibata addressed to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada. The comments are in large part a daily notation about life in the Army, however, at times they are comments on the contents of the magazine.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-251)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he inquires about the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps being opening to Nisei and if Yuri or their mutual friend Tak were thinking about joining. Hints at his interesting work, but notes that he can not share it due to the censor.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-247)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he informs her that a backlog of letters were delivered to his unit causing him awe at the importance of communication while in the army, he also talks about visiting his hometown and offers to stop by the Domoto's nursery to check in on things for …

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doc Mailed menu (ddr-densho-356-228)

Menu for restaurant Miyako located in New York City. (referenced in letter ddr-densho-356-224)

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doc Note on train menu (ddr-densho-356-215)

Train menu from Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder route. On the back of the menu is a message to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata. In the message Yoshito informs Yuriko that the train is crossing into Idaho and he is headed to Fort Snelling in Minnesota and that he will write her again once he …

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doc Belated Birthday Card to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-218)

Envelope and belated birthday card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata. The card unfolds several times revealing a large inner message. On the back of the card when completed folded is a message from Yoshito in which he tells Yuri about his transfer to Camp Crowder on Easter Sunday, including a quote from another Nisei …

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img Service station (ddr-densho-359-649)

Men pose for photograph at a service station. Caption beneath the photograph in the album "Reo Shibata". Eddie Otsuka is on far left, his brother, Roy Otsuka, on far right

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Harry Emerson Fosdick (ddr-densho-356-229)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Reverend Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick of The Riverside Church in New York City. Reverend Dr. Fosdick wrote to Yuriko as Sergeant Yoshito Shibata visited the church during his furlough to New York City and provided her name and address to them as part of his required registration to visit the …

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doc Letter from Welly Shibata, a Nisei journalist working in Japan, to Tomoye Nozawa (ddr-densho-410-243)

News of seeing Henri in Japan and his time there, how to find books in English related to Japan

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doc Returned letter to Yoshito Shibata from Yuri Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-265)

A returned letter addressed to Yoshito Shibata from Yuriko Domoto Tsukada, in the letter Yuri apologizes for the delay in sending her wedding announcement and describes her wedding, finding an apartment in Boston, her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada, work, and taking Masters courses at Simmons College.

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img Two men walking on street (ddr-densho-426-1388)

Note on back: Throw this snap away after seeing. Its a terrible print but that's all I have now. Minoru Shimoda and Welly Shibata on Motomachi [?] Kobe. Part of a set of photos included with object ddr-densho-410-356

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 2, No. 79 (June 29, 1929) (ddr-densho-96-108)

Selected article titles: "Clouds Clear as Japan Sanctions Anti-War Treaty" (p. 1), "Shinko Shogyo Nine Will Play Against Courier All Stars" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Pave Pathway for Third Generation, Declares Shibata" (p. 4)

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Narrator Minoru J. Shibata

Nisei male. Born 1928 in San Francisco, California. Spent most of childhood on Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and the rest of the family moved to Ogden, Utah, to farm. Served in the Army Air Corps in Japan during the U.S. …

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doc Letter from W.T. Shibata to Henri and Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-115)

Has moved to Tokyo from Osaka, enjoyed his trip to SF, thanks them for the gifts

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doc Draft of letter to Yoshito Shibata from Yuri Domoto (ddr-densho-356-250)

Draft of a letter to Yoshito Shibata from Yuri Domoto Tsukada in which she talks about the dusty weather at Amache, the pain of evacuation, her family's joy at hearing from him, and notification of the birth of a nephew.

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img Group of women with soldier (ddr-densho-356-129)

Photograph of a large group posed outside, barracks visible in the background. Inscribed on the back: "Miye Kajiska, Mary Hatemiya, Mitsuko Nakamura, Hizie Hisoki, Huodi Shibata, Yoshi Kawamura, Pauline Suyshiro, Mio Maeda, Grace Shinzu, Mary Oi, Matsuni Makaida"

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img Sagamiya confectionery (ddr-densho-13-1)

The Sagamiya confectionery was located at 524 Main Street in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, now Seattle's International District. Sagamiya closed in the early 1970s. Left to right: Yoshi Mamiya, Shuzo Asaba, Nobujiro Shibata, Kinzo Asaba, and Rick Mamiya.

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doc Letter to Kaneji Domoto from Yoshito Shibata with clipping of news article (ddr-densho-329-492)

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img Men and women stand inside the Sagamiya Confectionary (ddr-sbbt-1-22)

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img Group of students from Broadway High School in Seattle (ddr-densho-474-202)

First row left to right: Mutsuo Hashiguchi, Riku Hashiguchi, Edna Claire Wenner Anshutz, Fumi Okada Teraoka, Unknown, Unknown, Robert Lockwood Perry, Unknown Eleanore M Bushnell, Inez Lucy Brown Bushnell, Lincoln Beppu. Back row left to right: Kokichi Shibata, Unknown, William Wataru Ihashi, Unknown

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av Alice Uyeda Interview (ddr-densho-400-23)

Alice Uyeda was born on February 19, 1920, in Baldwin Park, California. Alice was the youngest of three children to Buhei and Sawaye Ito. Her father was a truck farmer in Baldwin Park. On December 7, 1941, when World War II broke out, Alice was working in Glendale, California. She and her family went to Utah …

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