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doc Future (ddr-csujad-48-14)

Term paper by Yoshio Kusayanagi for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Yoshio presents a very idealistic view of the needs for good individuals to overcome evil and injustice in the world. He highlights the need for everyone to do their part to win the war, by …

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img Dentists of Rivers Community Hospital (ddr-csujad-11-196)

A photograph of the dentists at the Rivers Community Hospital at the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona. Each of the dentists' names are provided as well as their hometowns. Standing, left to right: Dr. Obo Sakaguchi- Los Angeles, Dr. Kawamura- San Jose, Dr. Kiyoshi Sonoda- Los Angeles, Dr. C. Nishi- San Francisco, Dr. Masao Sugiyama- …

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doc Letter from Jokichi [Yamanaka] to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, June 16, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-149)

A letter from Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. This letter is mailed by Masao Okine, who is stationed as a Nisei soldier in Japan, via the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Jokichi informs Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine that Masao Okine brought their letters and gifts …

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doc Poston hi-light (ddr-csujad-55-1838)

Album created by students in Mrs. Courage's Junior Core Class at Poston incarceration camp. Includes introduction, facts about Poston, vital statistics, community council, school code, attendance rules and procedures, community enterprise, home life and block life, first sand storm, Dust of Poston (poem), Mom, Pop, and Me (poem), Red Cross, county fair, Night in Poston (poem), …

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img Japanese newspaper clipping (ddr-csujad-38-18)

A Japanese newspaper clipping about the outbreak of World War II. It reports that Japanese prime minister, Koiso, declared the war and encouraged the people to fight against Allies of World War II. The caption reads: I still do not know why General Tojo started the war on the U.S., attacking the Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt' …

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img Second Lieutenant Vorobyov (ddr-csujad-38-481)

A photograph of Second Lieutenant Vorobyov and Sgt. Sakamoto eating corn. The annotation reads: Second Lieutenant Vorobyov speaks in Japanese well. He said that he attended Waseda University in Japan. His wife was a Russian descendant and beautiful. He drank with us at a party. He was invited by a police chief. He was transferred to …

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img Moji Port (ddr-csujad-38-446)

A group photograph of the U.S. soldiers, including George Nobuo Naohara. It was taken when they departed the Moji Port in Japan for Korea. The captions read: We are about to board on the ship. President Truman issued the order. General MacArthur was the Commander. 24th Infantry Division was sent to Pusan. The Korean War broke …

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doc Personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-44)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including social and cultural differences, personality conflicts, friendships, social interactions, school, dogs, memories, reflections on camp life, weather, a friend in the military visiting his parents in camp, hobbies, and opinions about other people and daily life. Each entry …

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doc What my future holds (ddr-csujad-48-15)

Term Paper by Yaye Shimizu for period III Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Yaye begins be discussing the possibility of relocating out of Manzanar, she notes that her father is interned in Louisiana and wants them to stay settled in the camp. However, she wants to …

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doc Nisei's future (ddr-csujad-48-23)

Assignment by Ben (last name missing due to torn upper right corner) for period III Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Ben believes the future of the Nisei is a dark one, because they are being held as prisoners of war even though they are American citizens. …

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doc Tribute to Michi Weglyn by Toshiko Kawamoto, February 21, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-168)

A tribute to Michi Weglyn written by Toshiko Kawamoto in which she talks about her husband Dave Kawamoto who was one of the 63 men at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to refuse induction into the military. According to Toshiko Kawamoto her husband had been taken to the Heart Mountain incarceration camp a few weeks shy of …

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img Sniper training (ddr-csujad-38-498)

A photograph of sniper training in a field. The caption reads: Sniper training [in Japanese]. The annotation reads: 24th Infantry Division Headquarter consisted of 1,000 personnel, including G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, and military police, car mechanics, and others. There were too many clerical offices to remember. Military exercises were occasionally held. Even clerical staff had to …

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doc Letter from Ise Sugita to Mrs. Okine, March 23, 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-236)

A letter from Ise Sugita to her aunt, Tomeyo Okine. In the letter, Ise thanks Tomeyo for her warm welcome when she visited the Okines'. She writes about the congregation at a temple where she saw the Okines but did not have a chance to talk to them. She gives congratulations on Masao's marriage, admiring his …

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doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, October 22, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-96)

Masao Okine writes from the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp. The letter describes the school situation in which the US Army demands that the students need to complete the study and training in a shorter period of time. He also …

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doc Letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura to Kiyoko Noda, April 30, 1949 (ddr-csujad-10-3)

A letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura, an internee in the Crystal City Internment Camp, Texas, to his grandmother, Kiyoko Noda, in Lima, Peru. He includes updates on day to day life in the Crystal City camp, including the event on the Emperor's birthday [April 29] and a play performed in the camp. He details the Boy Scouts …

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doc Letter from Frank Herron Smith to C. I. O. Reporter, Station KYA, San Francisco, May 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-3)

Letter to popular local radio reporter requests that he speak out against injustices perpetrated against Japanese American citizens during World War II. Smith notes his responsibility for "the care of our 37 Japanese churches," states that he is concerned that church members are not being allowed to work in canneries in Sacramento by the union, and …

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doc Five Japanese in Sebastopol (ddr-csujad-22-1)

Essay written in December 1975 for Dr. Hector Lee's American Folklore class. Researcher interviewed five Japanese Americans: Mr. Kiyoshi Akutagawa, born in 1898; Mr. Hiroshi Taniguchi, born in 1898; Mr. Kichizo Morita, born in 1902; Mr. Y. Ito, born in 1905 and Mr. George Okamoto, born in 1919. This object does not include the paper in …

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img Lumbering (ddr-csujad-38-288)

Photographed are male incarcerees lumbering. The handwritten note on the back side reads: We would bring the wood into the camp and prepare for the winter. We will cut 5000 acres of trees. We cut ___ acres last year. We will cut 10,000 acres total. [In Japanese]. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at …

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img Lucy Nishina and Emiko Sasaki (ddr-csujad-38-270)

Photographed are two young female children, Lucy Nishina and Emiko Sasaki, siting in front of a barrack, "I. Sasaki, S-09-F," at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. The handwritten note on the back side reads: Lucy and Emiko, taken Nov. 1. 1942. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at the Jerome camp to Mitzi Masukawa …

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doc Niseis problems today (ddr-csujad-48-32)

Assignment by Mitsuko Mitsui for class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Mitsuko starts by stating the questions relating to the future, and that the answers are nothing but rumors that don't help to solve any of the problems. The Nisei are said to be a people without a country, …

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doc Assignment (ddr-csujad-48-25)

Assignment by Tetsuro Yamaguchi (most of name missing due to torn upper right corner, full name determined via class roster) for L10 History class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Tetsuro recounts a memory from the summer when his brother went to help his sister with a broken radio and …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-58)

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 academic dress and a man in suits. Also include a photograph of a Japanese family, capturing a man in suits holding an infant, a …

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doc Letter from Kiyoko Matsuura to Kikuko Noda, January 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-10-2)

A letter from Kiyoko Matsuura, an internee at the Crystal City Internment Camp, to her mother, Kikuko Noda in Lima, Peru. In the letter, she describes the celebration of the New Year [1945] at the internment camp and expresses her appreciation for the gifts sent by her mother. According to her letter, it appears that Kiyoko …

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img Vicki Ikeguchi, 4 years old, wearing kimono and twirling a parasol (ddr-csujad-52-8)

A young girl wearing a floral printed kimono, standing in front of a white fence with vegetation behind it. The caption printed with the image in the newspaper reads, "Wearing her 'visiting' kimono and twirling a parasol, 4-year-old Vicki Ikeguchi, 1707 Pacific Ave., poses a trifle reluctantly for the cameraman. There are said to be 400 …

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img Some of the first arrivals to the assembly center at Tanforan Race Track, near San Francisco in 1942 (ddr-csujad-52-4)

A LaserPhoto copy of an Associated Press image, taken in 1942, shared in 1981. Caption on photo reads "These were among the first Japanese to be moved into the newly built assembly center at Tranforan Race Track, near San Francisco in 1942. The people here were watching a horse race at the track." A message from …

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