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doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 19, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-124)

A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. This letter is written in Japan where Masao is stationed as a U.S. military soldier and mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. Masao describes his stay in Japan, being transferred from Sagamihara, Kanagawa, to Tokyo, possibly being …

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img Soldiers from Allied Translator and Interpreter section dancing with civilians in post-war Tokyo (ddr-densho-1007-98)

Caption on back

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Narrator Yoneko Watanabe Okamoto

Nisei female. Born 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. Immigrated to the U.S. with parents at age five, and grew up in Hollywood, California. During World War II, incarcerated at the Pomona assembly center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp to resettle in Philadelphia, California.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 22 (December 6, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-49)

Selected article titles: "Masaoka Challenges Idaho's Citizens to Repeal Alien Land Law in Talk at IDC Meet" (p. 1), "FBI Hunts for Ex-Gis to Identify Tokyo Rose's Voice" (p. 1), "New Site for National JACL Offices Discussed by Board" (p. 1), "National Campaign Opened To Outlaw Race Restrictions in American Bowling Group" (p. 2), "Three Renunciants …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 25, (December 21-28, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-50)

Select article titles: "The Trial of 'Tokyo Rose'" (p.1); "Stuff 'Zero Hour' Aired from Tokyo" (p. A-5); "EX-Nisei Recalls Pledge to Flag" (p. A-8); "Model Minority" (p.B-1); "Nihon No Monogatari" (p. B-3); "National JACL Constitution" (p.B-8). The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to better …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4376 (October 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-87)

Selected article titles: "Berkeley, Calif. Proves 'Test Tube' for Postwar Racial Problems"; "To Investigate Attack on Evacuee in Wyo."; "Nisei Find Selves Stuck in Japan"; "'Guaranteed Housing' Asked for Relocatees"; "YBA Goblin's Frolic"; "Cal. Equalization Board Finally Yields to Issei Demands"; "Nisei Wins Scholarship at College in Boston"; "Local Nisei Bowling League"; "Bears Meet Zebras in …

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vh Frank H. Hirata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-271)

Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 11 (March 18, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-11)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Law Unfair, Says Fujiyoshi" (pp. 1, 6), "Politics, Music Interest Horiuchi" (pp. 1, 5), "Movie Review: 'Tokyo Pop' Looks, Laughs at Modern Japan" (p. 2), and "Asian American Identity Crisis in 1990 Census" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 13 (April 2, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-13)

Selected article titles: "'Tokyo Rose' Accusers Told to Lie" (pp. 1-2), "Seattle JACL Committee Started Move to Eliminate E.O. 9066" (p. 1), "Editorials: Supreme Court Decisions" (p. 2), and "'Go for Broke!' vs. 'Farewell to Manzanar'" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 7 (February 19, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-7)

Selected article titles: "EO 9066 Proclaimed 40 Years Ago" (pp. 1-2), "Immigration Raids to Continue; Ten Aliens Voluntarily Go Home" (pp. 1, 8), "Redress Phase 3: Remembering 9066" (p. 2), and "School Discipline in Tokyo Falling" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,263, Vol. 97, No. 19 (November 4, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-43)

Selected article titles: "'Cultural ignorance aggravates tensions,' Shimomura tells Japanese" (p. 1), "U.S. civil rights commission technically decomissioned" (p. 1), "Little Tokyo volunteers serve under 'quality health care' motto for needy" (p. 3), "Asian Indians advocate acculturation" (p. 5).

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img Radio repairman (ddr-densho-114-141)

Original caption: Tec 4 M. Mori of Chicago, Ill., radio repairman with the Allied translator and interpreter section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, works at repairing a radio in the repair shop. 9-3-46.

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img Farming in bombed out areas (ddr-densho-299-12)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1871. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Utilization of every available plot / of ground - use of the soil between / the foundations of bombed out areas / for growing foodstuffs. Tokyo. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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img Crops growing in a flood plane (ddr-densho-299-24)

Caption in reverse: "FEC-49-1868. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of land on flood plane of the / Tamagawa River, Tokyo for growing / wheat and vegetables. Quite common / now in urban districts. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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img Spanish Ambassador Santiago Mendez de Vigo (ddr-njpa-1-425)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) September 10, 1936. [illegible] the former Spanish ambassador departed on the [illegible] at 3 p.m. on the 10th [illegible]. Photograph: 1. (from right) Kobe Consul Costello [?], Ambassador Vigo, Councilor Morena [?], and the ambassador's wife."

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 56 (August 8, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-43)

"Ex-Navy Officer Wires Governor in Montana for Permission to Wed Japanese Girl in Tokyo" (p. 1), "Protest Canada's Program to Deal with Japanese Evacuation Losses" (p. 1), "Emperor's Gold Fish Unimportant, No Longer Under Law in Japan" (p. 4).

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 81 (September 29, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-143)

"Lawyers Tell What We Can Ask For Loss" (p. 1), "$2,650 Set as "Fair Share' of Jackson Street Area in 1949 Community Chest Push" (p. 1), "Text of Complaint Filed Against "Tokyo Rose' in Oct. 7 Treason Trial" (p. 4)

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doc Masataka Ota, a Diet representative (ddr-njpa-4-1499)

Caption on front [translation]: "Masataka Ota. (Seiyu - reelected). Writer, born in Shizuoka prefecture, Tokyo University Law School alumnus, Doctor of Economics, Ministry of Finance, Vice-President of the Hochi Newspaper. Elected three times (51). Shizuoka 3rd district, Feb 20 1936."

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doc Masataka Ota, a Diet representative (ddr-njpa-4-1498)

Caption on front [translations]: "Masataka Ota. (Seiyu - reelected). Tokyo University alumnus. Former Chief of Tax Office. Waseda University, instructor at Chuo University. President of Hochi Newspaper, Doctor of Economics. Elected twice (47). Representative of Shizuoka. 3rd district, Feb 20 1932."

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img ATIS Parade Outside NYK Building (ddr-one-2-392)

Black and white photographic print of group of female military personnel marching with flag during ATIS (army translation intelligence service) parade near NYK building in Tokyo, the back of man with hat is visible in the foreground and trucks in background.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 15 (October 9, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-40)

Selected article titles: "Kawakita Given Sentence of Death in U.S. Court. Judge Mathes Grants Motion of Defense for Appeal of Verdict to Highter Tribunal" (p. 1), "Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mrs. d'Aquino for Wartime Radio Tokyo Broadcasts" (p. 1), "Seven

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ds Pacific Citizen, Vol. 57, No. 2 (July 12, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-28)

Selected article titles: "11 State Legislatures Adopt Civil Rights-Type Measures" (pp. 1-2), "Washington Newsletter: Slow Congressional Pace" (p. 2), "Tokyo Topics: Nisei in Japan" (p. 3), and "Rep. Roybal Urges 1963 Commemoration Honoring Japanese American Servicemen" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 22 (June 10, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-22)

Selected article titles: "Americans Charge Reverse Bias Against Japanese Firms in U.S." (p.1, 5), "Earl Warren Memoirs: 'It Was Wrong'" (p.1, 4), "Census Questionnaire Questioned" (p.1-2), "Ideas from Community Sought for Little Tokyo Redevelopment Update" (p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 22 (June 6, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-22)

Selected article titles: "To the Point: At Arlington" (p. 1), "Vietnamese: A Resilient People" (pp. 1-2), "Indochinese Refugee Issue: Views of Two Ministers" (p. 2), and "Japan-U.S. Friendship Act May Help Future Little Tokyo Cultural Center" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 5 (July 29, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-29)

Selected article titles: "Evacuation Was a 'Bum Deal': Buchanan" (p.1-2), 'Carter Appoints Four Nikkei to High-Level Posts" (p.1, 4), "Japan to Raise 1,000,000,000 Yen for Li'l Tokyo Cultural Community Center" (p.3), "The Bakke Case" (p.5).

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