Search Results | Densho Digital Repository

doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-165)

Tad watched "None but the Lonely Heart"; Mail from home were delayed and Tad kept waiting for mail call and pay day. Parents' note on envelope back: 168 Monday April 16, 1945 PM

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-535-165/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-37)

Excerpt: "The first and most important reason for writing is to tip you off that if you receive a call from Father Daisuke Kitagawa, I have sent him." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-37/

doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. V No. 40 (November 11, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-218)

Selected article titles: "7th Army ' Lost Bt.' Rescued by Nisei in 442D" (p. 1), "No School on 13, 14 as Teachers Convene" (p. 1), "Congregation Will Hear the Call to Action Sun." (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-143-218/

doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 85 (October 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-335)

Selected article titles: "Call for Farm Laborers Made. Schools to Reopen if 75 Volunteer" (p. 1), "Five More Colonists Arrested" (p. 1), "Caucasian Pen-Pals" (p. 1), "An Editorial: The Fight for Tolerance" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-335/

img Kosho Otani in military uniform, saluting another officer (ddr-njpa-4-1640)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Lieutenant Otani welcomed by [?]. Kasho Otani, who belongs to the Nishi Honganji sect, received an honorable call. He arrived in Kyoto with his wife and daughter at 8 a.m. on the 4th. The photo was taken at Tokyo Station."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1640/

doc Stockon El Joaquin Vol. I No. 8 (June 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-196-8)

Selected article titles: "Coupon Books: Center-ites Buy 6079 to Date" (p. 1), "Jobs Available!!" (p. 1), "Squeals from the Hog Barn! Works Division Keeps Busy" (p. 3), "6 A.M. Roll Call is Cancelled!!" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-196-8/

vh Fred Matsumura Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-46-8)

The call for volunteers: joining up with the U.S. Army

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews. Beverly Kashino, one of the interviewers, is Shiro and Louise …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-46-8/

vh Chester Tanaka Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1007-6-10)

Memories of a close call during combat (audio only)

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-6-10/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-41)

Excerpt: "This is intended as a timely greeting in lieu of a phone call or telegram. I hope it will find you having a pleasant, cozy Christmas 'on the home front'!" Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-41/

doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-55)

Tad had field exercises that day and had to call an ambulance when one of the men injured themselves. The night before, the company did night drills. Tad got paid again, $43.60 in total. Parents' note on envelope back: (57) Saturday Nov. 4, 1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-535-55/

doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXI No. 30 (December 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-598)

Selected article titles: "Mass Exclusion Terminated! Notice for All Residents of the Center by Headquarters Western Defense Command" (p. 1), "Center Will Remain Open for a Year" (p. 1), "Call Ambulance at P.D. After Office Hours..." (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-598/

doc Poston Information Bulletin Vol. I No. 7 (May 20, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-7)

Selected article titles: "Extra! Poston, City of the Future, Triples Population!" (p. 1), "Typhoid Inoculation" (p. 1), "Call for Nurses" (p. 1), "Badminton" (p. 1), "Dance!" (p. 1), "Questions and Answers Asked by Residents of Poston" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-7/

doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 32, No. 2, February 1995 (ddr-sjacl-1-425)

Newsletter covering the following topics: 1995 Seattle JACL President, Cal Takagi; Chapter collects fund for Kobe earthquake victims; American Jewish Committee with call for a conference of Asian American and Jewish communities to identify areas of common interest.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-1-425/

vh Henry Bruno Yamada Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-105-3)

The call for volunteers in Hawaii: joining the U.S. Army

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-105-3/

doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XVII No. 16 (January 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-463)

Selected article titles: "Special Car to Leave Every Tuesday for Chicago" (p. 1), "Poston Scouts Engaged in Center Wide Recruit" (p. 2), "Law Office to Aid in Filling of Questionnaires" (p. 2), "Want the Hospital? Don:t Call Fire House" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-463/

doc Reveille Volume 1, Number 1 (ddr-densho-390-133)

The inaugural issue of Reveille includes articles about the Scout Christmas party, athletic and outdoor events, scout number changes, Lil' Neebo illustrator Chris Ishii, a call to join the scouts, a short story, and more. One article mentions 14 boy scouts saved a flag from a mob during the Manzanar riot.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-133/

img Repatriates arrive in Japan (ddr-densho-397-355)

The caption in the photo album reads "Landing of repats at Hakata harbor ... Mr. Kido of Repat Ctr comes down having made arrangements. We call him 'Charlie'. Mar '47". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-355/

vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-316-8)

Parents receive a phone call from Japan days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-316-8/

img Boy Scout troop (ddr-densho-259-62)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Boy Scout troop that Kay and Ches [Yasui] belonged to. It was taken inside of the scout cabin This cabin probably was located in the area we used to call 'Paradise Park', which was on the west side of [Hood River] just about at the area where Interstate Highway 84 now …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-62/

doc Coram Nobis Exhibit DD (ddr-densho-405-32)

Transcription of phone call between Capt. Fisher and Mr. Wechsler. This document was Exhibit DD in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-32/

img Takiko Mizunoe and Shirley Temple posing with others (ddr-njpa-4-742)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Takiko meets Shirley Temple. May 30, 1939. When Takiko Mizunoe made a port call at Hawaii she met Shirley Temple in Lanikai, a suburb of Honolulu. Shown in the photo taken May 19th, from left, Miss Kai, Temple, Mizunoe, and Mr. Murayama."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-742/

doc Postcard from unknown to Yoneo Ono, June 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2032)

Postcard from unknown to Yoneo Ono in the Poston incarceration camp depicting a Rocky Mountain landscape and a poem, "The call of the trail." Includes greeting from unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2135

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2032/

doc Resolution by the Native Sons of the Golden West (ddr-densho-67-91)

A list of resolutions adopted by the Native Sons of the Golden West. They believe that the War Relocation Authority and Dillon Myer cannot properly control the internees at Tule Lake and suggest the U.S. Army take over. Also call for the permanent ban on Japanese immigration as well as the execution of Japanese in charge …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-91/

doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 34, No. 10, October 1997 (ddr-sjacl-1-550)

Selected article titles: "Pike Place Market Project Gets Underway" (p. 1), "Call for Artists: Public Artwork Commemorating the Japanese American Farmers at the Pike Place Market" (p. 1-2), "'The Take of Otokichi' and Building Common Bonds" (p. 1-2), "Taking Advantage of Roth IRA" (p. 3), "Health Series for Elderly Continues" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-1-550/

Narrator Ramsay Yosuke Mori

Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/546/

Filters

Narrator Ramsay Yosuke Mori