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img Mary Mon Toy backstage with Robert Ryan (ddr-densho-367-79)

Mary Mon Toy is backstage at the premier of the movie "Berlin Express." Mary was one of the star live performers before the movie. She performed in front of an audiencec of 4,000 people in Boston, Massachusetts.

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doc Relocation Advisory Board Member List (ddr-densho-356-973)

List of all members of the Relocation Advisory board, broken down by affiliation.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 3 (January 21, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-3)

Select article titles: "Carnegie Grant to History Project Lauded" (p.1); "Paratrooper wins Bronze Star, nabs six Viet Cong in fist-swinging melee" (p.1); "White River Valley JACL commended for beng part of community picture" (p.1).

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img A U.S. Army combat photographer poses with his camera (ddr-njpa-2-183)

Caption on reverse: "WINS BRONZE STAR: Army photographer M/Sgt. Frank Cordeiro, Jr., of Honolulu readies his camera in Korea, where he recently received the Bronze Star Medal for his combat photography. He is assigned to the Eighth Army public information office. Cordeiro, whose parents like in Kailua, Oahu, and whose wife, Joyce, and four children live …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 3 (July 16, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-29)

Selected article titles: "Issei, Nisei yen debt claimants in U.S. deserve returns first" (p. 1), "Refugee Relief Act in operation for Japanese, 34 get entry visas" (p. 1), "Canadian Nisei chess star chalks up win over Russian grant master" (p. 3).

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img All-star judo team at Lost Angeles tournament (ddr-densho-259-600)

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doc Application for award of star or life rank (ddr-densho-390-127)

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img Hisaye Yoshitomi steering log raft at Star Lake (ddr-densho-383-26)

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doc Bronze Star Medal award to William J. Sakai (ddr-csujad-55-2459)

Certificate for the Bronze Star Medal, awarded to William J. Sakai for "meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2565

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doc Lincoln Star: "Muny Pool Policy On Negroes Hit" (ddr-densho-468-198)

Newspaper article describing efforts by Ishikawa (misidentified as Filipino) et al to desegregate Lincoln, NE, municipal swimming pool

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img Risaku Kanayo receiving her late son's Silver Star (ddr-densho-1007-313)

Pvt. Walter Kanayo fought in the 2nd Battalion of the 442nd. The man in the photo may be Chaplain Corwin H. Olds, CPBC. Caption on back.

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doc Star Bulletin review of The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1373)

Photocopy.

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img Shuzuko Kina receives her late brother's Silver Star (ddr-densho-1007-311)

Pfc. Tomaki Shimabukuro fought in the 2nd Battalion of the 442nd. The man in the photo may be Chaplain Corwin H. Olds, CPBC. Caption on back.

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doc The Newell Star, Special Edition (November 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-102)

Special publication titled "Second Japan Sailing: Departure of Family Groups Set by Justice Department."

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doc The Newell Star, Special Edition (May 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-16)

Includes article, "Best Memorandum on Forming Representative Committee: Outline for Procedure Presented" (pp. 1-3).

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doc The Newell Star, Sepecial Edition (December 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-104)

Special publication including article titles "Director Dillon S. Myer: Personal Visit Completed; Tuleans Are Complimented," "Old Friends Reunited," "Relocation Opportunity: Southern Pacific Company Bids for Tule Workers," and "Last Two Weeks."

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doc The Newell Star, Special Edition (October 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-92)

Special publication titled "Complete Relocation and Closing Program Is Outlined in Notice."

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doc Manzanar Free Press Relocation Supplement Vol. 1 No. 19 (August 22, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-387)

Selected article titles: "Job Opportunities Told by Representative from Connecticut" (p. 1), "YWCA to Establish Registry for List of Housing, Jobs" (p. 1), "Swimming Star Returns to Hawaii as Teacher of Physical Education " (p. 3), "Los Angeles Living Conditions Improved" (p. 4).

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img Close-up of bronze star, Marksmanship and Rifleman pins (ddr-densho-539-35)

Includes description of items

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img [Men in military uniform on military vehicle] (ddr-csujad-1-20)

Three Japanese American men in military uniform pose together, sitting on a military vehicle with a white star symbol. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_01_02_014

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doc Christmas card (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sako (December 23, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-54)

Christmas card to Mollie Wilson from Sako (December 23, 1944). Blue/brown card with illustration in brown/red/green of the Three Wise Men on camels following the North Star. Envelope is postmarked December 23, 1944 from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.

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doc Amache YWCA Advisory Board Meeting Minutes (ddr-densho-356-831)

Minutes from the Amache YWCA's Advisory Board Meeting on June 26, 1943. This meeting covered reports on Hospitality House activities, conferences, harvest camp, carnival, and financials. It also covered business on staff, membership forms, blue star mothers, selection of chairman and officers, and the next meeting date.

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Narrator Mits Takahashi

Nisei male. Born October 22, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where father was a prominent member of the Japanese Gardeners Association. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army, and served in Italy with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Received …

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img Lynn Crosh next to a 522nd sign (ddr-densho-22-19)

Caption in album: "Miss Lynn Crosh. War correspondent for the 442nd Combat Team reporter of the Honolulu Star Bulletin. When she visited our Bn in Donauworth. Miss Lynn Chrosh was one of very few women war correspondents and any American woman in the front lines during the war."

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doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project Fourth Community Council, 17th session (March 27, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-20)

The council minutes feature the plans for awarding the Silver Star for Mrs. Aoyama late son's service. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-01_049

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