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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-359)

Wishes his mother a belated Mother's Day; hopes their move goes well; is assigned to telephone duty today; the sun tan uniform fits him and he had the patches and stripes sewn on; they had his favorite dish for lunch, hamburger. Parents' note on envelope back: 361 Wednesday May 22, 1946

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img Charles and Anne Lindbergh receiving gifts (ddr-njpa-1-1174)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Communications Minister Koizumi Presents Colonel Lindbergh with the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class. Col. Lindbergh, accompanied by Councillor Neville of the American embassy and his wife Anne, visited the Ministry of Communications at 9:50 a.m. on the 10th to be conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 58 (January 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-212)

Selected article titles: "Optometry: Resignation Closes Service" (p. 1), "Director Bennett Inducts Councilmen for New Term" (p. 1), "Sushi Sale Successful" (p. 1), "Editorial: Councils Sworn In" (p. 2), "Nisei, Chinese Work in N.Y." (p. 2), "Nisei in Canada Pioneer for Place Under the Sun" (p. 4), "Expatriation of Disloyal Urged" (p. 4).

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 36 (May 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-216)

Selected article titles: "Embargo On All Shipments Threatened Unless Coal Cars Unloaded Immediately" (p. 1), "Evacuee Property Office: Service For Business of Problems" (p. 1), "Language School Candidates Must Report For Interviews" (p. 3), "Mrs. Roosevelt Visits Gila: Says Relocate Loyal Nisei" (p. 3), "Dedicate Cross On Castle Rock Sun." (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 20 (May 27, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-20)

Selected article titles: "Move Underway to Repeal Law Evacuating Canada's Japanese" (p.1), "CRA Asks Court to Evict JACL from Sun Bldg" (p.1, 7), "Asian Americans Pledge $200,000 to Aid Democrats Next Four Years" (p.1), "'Quality Education' as Seen for 3rd World Students" (p.4), "Aid for A-Bomb Survivors" (p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 1 (July 1, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-27)

Select article titles: "League plans definitive Issei history" (p.1); "Visiting novelist from Japan compares 'children of setting sun' with U.S. beatniks" (p.6); "78-year-old Issei among few survivors of first shipload of Japanese to Hawaii" (p.7); "'Japanese go home' incidents reported by Nisei newspaperman in wake of Eisenhower's visit to Japan being postponed" (p.8)

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img [Group photo] (ddr-csujad-56-212)

A group of Japanese American incarcerees standing in sun, wearing coats. Same group in 'Group Photo'. Page 21 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-021

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img [Group photo] (ddr-csujad-56-205)

Group of Japanese American incarcerees standing in sun, wearing coats. Same group in 'Group Photo II'. Page 14 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-014

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-358)

Asks them to send a sun tan hat with a blue braid, because he is back in infantry for the time being; may go to Germany to go to Information and Education Section School; if he doesn't go he will go to Rome for a trip. Parents' note on envelope back: 360 Wednesday May 22, 1946

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av Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1715)

Nozawa discusses being court-martialed for refusing to serve in the military while the internment camps were operating, the long fight for honorable discharge after the fact, and his reasons for trying to hard to reverse the dishonorable discharge given to Nisei who refused to serve. Original title: 222, II JA #54, Hugh Nozawa, Sun. Feb. 2

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img Tazu Kawamoto (ddr-csujad-11-189)

Tazu Kawamoto is photographed sitting in the sun. This photo might have been taken at the Gila River incarceration camp. From page 72 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_72_001

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. I No. 19 (November 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-141-19)

Selected article titles: "New Hospital Opening Set: Dedication Ceremony Sun." (p. 1), "Constitution to be Previewed" (p. 1), "'Santa' to Visit Nisei Soldiers" (p. 1), "Blackout Signal for Rivers Told" (p. 1), "Liberals Fight for the Nisei" (p. 2), "Relocation Out for Repatriates" (p. 3), "Forty Vie for Queen Title. Voting Tuesday for Finalists" (p. 4), …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 114 (September 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-200)

Selected article titles: "Urban League is Planned for S.F."; "On the Other Hand"; "Nisei Wife Commends Editorial in Chicago Sun"; "Temple Hostel Favored by Angeleno Returnees"; "Deed Covenants Declared Illegal"; "Yamamoto Back Home, Resumes Law Practice"; "FEPC Plan Being Pushed"; "Powerful Group Presses Action"; "Osato to Star in Play"; "Returnee News"; "Intention to Wed"; "Final Review …

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av Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1712)

Ogawa discusses being the last person to surrender from his interpreter school, working with American soldiers in Japan after the war, trusting an American soldier to take his personal belongings back to Tokyo, and his thoughts on post-war Japan. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #51, Masaru Ogawa, …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 6 (March 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-187)

Selected article titles: "16 Year Olds May Quit School to Work" (p. 1), "Work: 68 Depart From City" (p. 1), "Red Cross Drive is Slated For Next Week: Goal is $1250; Proceeds Will Be Used in Project" (p. 1), "Honda to Give Farewell Message to Y.B.A. Sun." (p. 1), "Packing Shed Job Offers" (p. 1), "Colonist …

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img Issei man at house of Japanese Consul General (ddr-densho-259-553)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Senichi Tomihiro He's standing on a sloping lawn in front of a fine house, and in front of this house is a tall white flagstaff. The flag on the staff could be the Japanese rising sun flag. If it is, then that house probably belonged to the Japanese Consul General …

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img Group at a picnic with canopies (ddr-ajah-6-745)

Caption below photo: a gathering of Isseis and their Nisei children outdoors, under several fancy, striped canopies, wearing fine clothing. Perhaps a picnic with beers or alcohol. Bowler hats worn by the men. One man wearing a white jacket with the Japanese sun on the back. Location is likely somewhere in the Alameda to NIles vicinity …

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av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1700)

Fukuhara discusses the possibility of meeting his brother (who was in the Japanese army) on the battlefield, the mental struggles soldiers faced in Japan, and his thoughts on draft resisters. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 215, II JA #39, Harry Fukuhara, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1701/

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av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1697)

Fukuhara discusses his service in the Pacific theater, working with ATIS, and his first landing. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Last few seconds are an accidental recording from the Kiyofumi Kojima interview. Original title: 212, II JA #36, Harry Fukuhara, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1698/

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av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1698)

Fukuhara discusses his service in the Pacific, being mistaken for a Japanese soldier, interviewing a gravely wounded prisoner of war, and POWs he interviewed just before their death. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 213, II JA #37, Harry Fukuhara, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1699/

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av Interview with Shigeo Yamada, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1707)

Yamada discusses attending Keio University, being drafted into the Japanese navy, serving on the cruiser Yahagi, a "suicide mission" to occupied Okinawa, and learning Japanese in America as a child. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #46, Shigeo Yamada, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1708/

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doc Tulare News Vol. I No. 26 (August 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-197-26)

Selected article titles: "Gila to House Turlock, Tulare, Sanger. To House 10,000" (p. 1), "Administration Heads to Give 'All Star' Show" (p. 1), "New Meal System" (p. 1), "Latin Class" (p. 1), "History of the State of Arizona" (p. 2), "Evacuation Plans Mooted" (p. 2), "Gila Relocation Area Explained. Chief Campbell's Viewpoint" (p. 2), "'Obon' Festival …

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doc Photograph and short article regarding Keio baseball player (ddr-njpa-4-915)

Caption on front [translation]: "Ichiro Matsumori. (Academic year) Law school, 2nd-year politics major (Alma mater) Kobe Third Middle School (Birthday) 2 February 1919 (Age) 22 (Field position) Catcher (Height) 5 shaku, 6 sun (Weight) 17 kan (Hobbies) music, reading Apparently a Keio boy, he is a handsome youth with a strong physique and strong shoulders. He …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 113 (September 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-199)

Selected article titles: "Sun Advocates Full Prosecution"; "Births Reported"; "On the Other Hand"; "Marriage Licenses"; "Girl Declined Prom Date"; "Fair Play Committee Asks Placer Growers About Employing Returnees"; "'Water Rocket' Winner"; "Evaders Indicted"; "33 Niseis Enrolled at Pasadena Jr. College"; "3500 of 10,000 Evacuees to Return to Washington"; "Four Shots Fired from Car Into Two Nisei …

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av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1699)

Fukuhara discusses how he approached interviewing prisoners of war, his relationship with Caucasian soldiers in the military, and the risk of being captured by the Japanese military. Video starts at 0:25. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 214, II JA #38, Harry Fukuhara, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1700/

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