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img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi and Martha Nozawa with unidentified man looking at a box of flowers (ddr-densho-410-522)

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doc Letter from T. Takahashi and Family to Rev. Wendell L. Miller, May 14, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-5)

Personal letter written from the Santa Anita Assembly Center; thanks Miller for his "kind treatment and wonderful assistance in our evacuation" and mentions that his or her mother is now recovering with them after suffering from worry and tiredness. Takahashi states that their life was previously too materialistic, and that this is a "God-given opportunity ... …

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img Akira Fukunaga receiving an award (ddr-njpa-5-609)

Caption on reverse: "Certificate of Merit: Akira (Sunshine) Fukunaga, Home Insurance Company solicitor and 442nd Infantry veteran, receives the first National Association of Insurance Agents' educational diploma to be awarded in Hawaii from Territorial Insurance Commissioner Sakae Takahashi, himself a veteran of Hawaii's famous 100th Infantry Battalion. Milton R. Bigham, acting president of the Board of …

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img Tule Lake orchestra (ddr-csujad-55-2212)

Black and white photograph of the Tule Lake orchestra at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right (front row): Terry Irakawa, Shizu Ishida, R. Ishiyami, Emi Matsumoto, Mr. A. Umemoto (conductor), Yuichi Takahashi, Sachi Matsui, Miya Nagata, Ruth Temmu, Grace Matsuda. Second row: Shichio Nishida, Hayashi, Hayuo Motoyama, Hamachi, Richard Tanaka, Morioka, Tom Matsuda, …

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Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)

img Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)

Caption below image reads, "NO VACATION--Hotoru Matsudaira, right, a feisty 79-year-old grandmother, told a federal commission Thursday that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was anything but a 'three-year vacation,' as described by Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif. 'He is a Canadian and he lived in the East all during the war. He is …

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av Democracy Under Pressure: Japanese Americans and World War II (ddr-densho-1024-40)

Documentary film on the wartime experience of Japanese Americans from the San Diego area, including their exclusion and subsequent incarceration at Santa Anita Assembly Center and Poston , as well as their return home. The story is told through the eyes of former inmates Ruth Takahashi Voorhies (born 1923) and Ben Segawa (born 1930), along with …

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img 442nd Regimental Combat Team training (ddr-densho-114-113)

Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss., Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii, and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …

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img Korekiyo Takahashi and Mineo Osumi (ddr-njpa-4-1822)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Navy Minister Osumi meets with Minister of Finance. Emphasis on establishment of national defense policy. Minister Osumi visited Takahashi, Minister of Finance, at the Ministry of Finance at 2:30 p.m. on the 12th. Minister Osumi explained the plan for a secondary supply and the improvement of weapons. Additionally, he explained in detail …

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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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img Nisei soldiers crossing the Rhone River (ddr-densho-164-25)

Nisei soldier's caption: The Rhone River. As we headed for the Vosges, we crossed the river. The vacation at Marseilles couldn't last forever. The gas and vehicle shortage gave us three weeks of rest, but finally in the latter part of September we headed for the Vosges Mtn. near the German, Swiss border. Battling the inclement …

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img Kaneo Nakamura (ddr-njpa-4-1181)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Boxer Kaneo Nakamura returns home. Featherweight titan. Boxer Kaneo Nakamura, who is affiliated with the Japan Boxing Club, returned to Tokyo on the 6th. This boxer went to America with Kawada Takahashi and other boxers on the Japan Boxing Club's first trip to the U.S. He fought in the U.S. and returned …

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Japanese style room, with three women sitting inside, and a man and two women in kimonos standing outside. Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi standing on right (ddr-densho-426-1806)

img Japanese style room, with three women sitting inside, and a man and two women in kimonos standing outside. Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi standing on right (ddr-densho-426-1806)

Photographer stamp on back: Haas-Schreiner Photo

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av Tanforan: From Race Track to Assembly Center (ddr-densho-1024-61)

Documentary film on Tanforan , a former horse racing track that became the site of a wartime " assembly center " for incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. The film includes interviews with many former inmates of Tanforan, some of whom lived in what were once horse stalls, including Maya Nagata Aikawa, George and Michiko …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 90 (July 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-243)

Selected article titles: "4th of July 1943: Festival Program" (p. 1), "Editorial Page: Fight For Democracy" (p. 2), "Fourth Program Starts Today: Sumo, Ball Games, Talent Shows, Dances on 3 Day Schedule" (p. 3), "12 Farm Workers" (p. 3), "Registration For English" (p. 3).

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img Nisei soldier with family (ddr-densho-37-753)

Original WRA caption: Former S. Sgt. Henry H Gosho, Mrs. Gosho (seated) and their eighteen month-old daughter Carol Jeanne are shown with a few of the new Yorkers who attended a dinner in his honor on September 12, 1945, at the Toyo Kwan Restaurant in New York City under the auspices of the new York Chapter …

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Mikado's Middies Due Here June 27. Fourteen of Most Influential Japanese of Seattle Named on Entertainment Executive Committee. (June 7, 1914) (ddr-densho-56-253)

doc Mikado's Middies Due Here June 27. Fourteen of Most Influential Japanese of Seattle Named on Entertainment Executive Committee. (June 7, 1914) (ddr-densho-56-253)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 7, 1914, p. 27

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doc Property storage list (ddr-sbbt-2-37)

A lists of names and locations for stored property. Yoshimura, J.; Nomura, S.; Okamoto, M.; Ujimoto, N.; Yamanaka, K.; Mizuta, S.; Matsui, J.; Tsutsumi, N.; Yoshimura, M.; Miyake, Y.; Miyake, H.; Izui; Shioyama, K.; Matsuda, Haruye; Hirokane, T.; Iwamura, K.; Suzuki, Y.; Kuromiya, S.; Edamura, H.; Kokita, K.; Takahashi, T.; Morinaga, T.; Shimizu, N.; Fukuhara, H. …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 20 (April 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-200)

Selected article titles: "Evacuees On Leave May Obtain Financial Aid: Information Leaflet to Be Issued Those Departing" (p. 1), "Block 18 Serves As Model" (p. 1), "Project Red Cross Goal Topped By Over $500" (p. 1), "Sen. Chandler Proposes Evacuee Farm Labor" (p. 1), "Artists, Here's Your Opportunity!!!" (p. 1), "Bus to Reno Sets Baggage Limit …

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doc They Work for Victory: The Story of Japanese Americans and the War Effort (ddr-densho-483-137)

Pamphlet on Nisei in the United States during World War II. Includes photograph.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 19 (May 11, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-19)

Selected article titles: "Sen. Kuchel meets Bay Area JACLers, community leaders" (p. 1), "Population Study of Midwest Japanese Due" (p. 1), "Three Television Networks in All-Out Effort to Avoid Offending Minorities in Songs, Some Banned, Changed" (p. 1), "Eisenhower Has Bill OK'd by Congress Permitting Use of Mongolian Labor" (p. 1), "Magnuson urges claims bill passage" …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 55 (January 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-141)

Selected article titles: "Work Troubles Heard By Fair Practice Board" (p. 1), "March of Dimes Dance Slated" (p. 1), "6 Headed For Points East Return to Project; Bus Encounters Snow" (p. 1), "City Fathers Hear School Problems" (p. 3), "Low Delinquency" (p. 3), "Ministers' Pay" (p. 3), "Hospital Patients Thank Nurses' Aid" (p. 3), "Boy Scouts …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 33 (August 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-284)

Selected article titles: "Congratulations: Miss Akiko Mikami Hopes For Good Showing in WACS" (p. 1), "Rules Given For Use of Compensation Time" (p. 1), "Shortage of Containers" (p. 1), "Those Leaving Asked to Stay on Jobs Till End" (p. 1), "1,136 Leave On Indefinite Between July '42 - Aug. '43" (p. 1), "Editorial Page: Much Depends …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 19 (October 26, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-419)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake: Co-op Declares Refund of 10.9% to Patrons" (p. 1), "Publication Shortages!!" (p. 1), "Exchange Ships Commence to Sail for Home" (p. 2), "Chinese Immigration Bill Pending Before Congress" (p. 3).

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doc Crystal City Chatter Issue 67 (ddr-densho-537-76)

Issue 67 includes an article about the 10th Peru-Kai reunion, an essay about the Peruvian Japanese experience, letters to the editor, and more.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 59 (January 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-145)

Selected article titles: "Annual Co-op Membership Meeting Sat." (p. 1), "'Gay Desperado' Is Next Film" (p. 1), "$84 is Donated to Junior Red Cross" (p. 1), "Block Depots Are Opened" (p. 1), "College Level Registration: Psychology Class Sign-up is Friday" (p. 1), "National Confab Minutes: JACL Meeting is Next Thurs." (p. 1), "First Aid Class Will …

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