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img Aerial view of naval drydocks (ddr-csujad-43-258)

Aerial photograph number 5838 of Terminal Island, San Pedro and Long Beach. Note on the back side reads: Naval Drydocks, Terminal Island, San Pedro, California. Long Beach Entrance Channel, Retractable Pontoon Bridge, looking east toward Long Beach. Contract Noy-8012. Aerial. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_063_001

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img Seaside Avenue looking south southeast (ddr-csujad-43-256)

Photograph number SP-5992 of Seaside Avenue on Terminal Island. Note on the back side of photograph reads: Looking south southeast from the south side of Seaside Avenue. Five hundred feet easterly from Tuna Street, showing existing fire station in right hand background. Terminal Island, Calif. [California]. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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img Yuguchi Market (ddr-csujad-43-13)

Photograph number 946 of Yuguchi Market on Terminal Island. A man is pictured walking outside the store. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Habitation near N.A.S. [Naval Air Station] and N.O.B. [Naval Operation Base] Roosevelt Base T.I. (Terminal Island). Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_020

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vh John Kats Marumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-322)

Nisei male. Born 1927 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. Lived in Japan for a short time in 1941. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Compton after the Japanese Americans were excluded from Terminal Island. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked …

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-17)

Ritsuko Terayama (left) and Sumiko Furuta as they leave the island on a ferryboat. (Lucille Galbraith, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC). On March 30, 1942, Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island became one of the first groups to be excluded, presumably because of their proximity to the Puget Sound Navy Yard (Terminal Island, near Los Angeles, …

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Narrator John Kats Marumoto

Nisei male. Born June 24, 1927, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. Lived in Japan for a short time in 1941. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Compton after the Japanese Americans were excluded from Terminal Island. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/552/

img Terminal School (ddr-csujad-43-111)

Photograph number 1295 of two buildings on Terminal Island. The building to the left is Terminal School. Sign reads: East San Pedro Tract 181A. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_142

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Narrator Susumu Iwasaki

Nisei male. Born June 18, 1927, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island before being removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Joined the Military Intelligence Service, working as an interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Married in Japan and eventually returned to California.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/385/

img Seaplane at Catalina Terminal (ddr-csujad-43-191)

Photograph number 2540 of the Catalina Terminal on Terminal Island. Two men are standing in front of a seaplane. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Sea-plane Base, Santa Catalina, California. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_03_009

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img Corner of Tuna Street (ddr-csujad-43-17)

Photograph number 950 of the corner of Tuna Street and most likely Albacore Street on Terminal Island. Cars pictured in front of houses along the street. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Habitation near N.A.S. [Naval Air Station] and N.O.B. [Naval Operation Base] Roosevelt Base T.I. (Terminal Island). Negative scan. See this object in the California …

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img Terminal School (ddr-csujad-43-11)

Photograph number 944 of the Terminal School on Terminal Island. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Habitation near N.A.S. [Naval Air Station] and N.O.B. [Naval Operation Base] Roosevelt Base. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_017

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img Houses on Terminal Island (ddr-csujad-43-184)

Photograph number 2163 of houses on Terminal Island. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_082

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img Street view of Terminal Island (ddr-csujad-43-19)

Photograph number 952 of houses and cars on Terminal Island. Men in suits and hard hats pictured walking near the cars. A small airplane can also be seen in the background. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Habitation near N.A.S. [Naval Air Station] and N.O.B. [Naval Operation Base] Roosevelt Base T.I. (Terminal Island). Negative scan. See …

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img Franco Italian Packing Company Warehouse (ddr-csujad-43-27)

Photograph of Franco Italian Packing Company Warehouse on Terminal Island. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_046

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Narrator Sachiye Okamoto

Nisei female. Born 1937 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, 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 Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/775/

Narrator Miho Shiroishi

Nisei female. Born 1932 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, 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 Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/776/

img Japanese Baptist Church (ddr-csujad-43-136)

Photograph number 1479 of the Japanese Baptist Church on the corner of Terminal Way and Ways Street on Terminal Island. A military truck can be seen next to church. Sign reads: 252A1. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_030

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img Minatoya Cafe, Coney Island Cafe, and Harbor Sheet Metal Works Tin Shop (ddr-csujad-43-24)

Photograph number 1098 of Minatoya Cafe, Coney Island Cafe, and Harbor Sheet Metal Works Tin Shop on Terminal Island. Two men are pictured walking in front of the tin shop. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_042

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vh Wilbur Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-455)

Nisei male. Born April 26, 1929, in Pasadena, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, family lived for a time in a hostel in Des Moines, Iowa, before returning to California. After the war, became an attorney and longtime community activist.

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img Airport Market on North Seaside Avenue (ddr-csujad-43-18)

Photograph number 953 of Airport Market on the corner of North Seaside Avenue and Scranton [Walk] on Terminal Island. A man in a suit is pictured standing in the doorway of the market and a woman is standing outside. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Habitation near N.A.S. [Naval Air Station] and N.O.B. [Naval Operation Base] …

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Narrator Chiyoko Chiyo Omachi

Nisei female. Born July 12, 1926, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island where father worked as a ship builder. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Pennsylvania with relatives before attending college in New York. Family resettled in Chicago, Illinois, after the war, where …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/942/

img Street view of Terminal Island (ddr-csujad-43-218)

Photograph of houses on Terminal Island. Sign reads: Plot no. [number] 6 29 42. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_009

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img Street view of Terminal Island (ddr-csujad-43-243)

Photograph of houses on Terminal Island. Sign reads: Plot No. [number] 6 29 42. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_036

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img Catalina Terminal (ddr-csujad-43-190)

Photograph number 2539 of the Catalina Terminal hanger on Catalina Island. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_03_008

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Narrator Misako Shigekawa

Nisei female. Born January 2, 1909, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California, attending the University of Southern California before World War II and graduating with a degree in pharmacy. Married and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After being removed from Terminal Island, moved to …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/439/

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