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Teenage incarceree spending Sunday afternoon in various activities such as ironing, playing cards, etc. at Granada incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-37)

img Teenage incarceree spending Sunday afternoon in various activities such as ironing, playing cards, etc. at Granada incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-37)

Teenage incarceree spending Sunday afternoon in various activities such as ironing, playing cards, etc. at Granada incarceration camp. August 30, 1942. Photo by Tom Parker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_f02

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doc Letter from Thomas Shuzo Yamamoto to Mr. Henri Waegell, May 20, 1947 (ddr-csujad-55-2314)

Correspondence from Tom Yamamoto [= Thomas Shuzo Yamamoto] to Henri Waegell regarding Yamamoto's personal information, future education plans, current politics in the San Francisco bay area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2420

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img Royal Ambassador Boys' Camp (ddr-densho-462-284)

Group photograph of attendees and staff at the Royal Ambassadors Boys' Camp. In the second to last row, in the center is Tsutomu Tom Fukuyama, in his life guard's uniform on the left of the other two lifeguards. Caption on the image: Royal Ambassadors Boys' Camp; Ocean Park, Maine - Third Period - 1943 / Photo …

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img Sorelles Beach Outing (ddr-one-1-397)

Black and white photographic print of Sumi "Sue" (Kaga) Hasegawa playing the ukulele for Aki (Shiraishi) Dong as she is buried in the sand at a beach outing planned by the Sorrelles (a high school social group). Three Nisei men sit around Aki (Shiraishi) Dong, from front to back: Yoji Kiso, Shig Tada, and Tom Fujii.

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img Portraits of the 1939 White River Valley Civic League officers (ddr-densho-277-88)

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img Portraits of the 1933 White River Valley Civic League officers (ddr-densho-277-84)

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doc Letter from Henry Ikemoto to Eddy Murakami, Tom Nakata, Hifumi Saimo, George Tamura, Seiya Tanaka (ddr-csujad-1-62)

A letter regarding the order of copies of photographs taken at the 1995 mini-reunion at Las Vegas. Includes handwritten marginalia. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_02_06_005

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img Signing of the Washington State Employees Compensation Bill by Governor John Spellman (ddr-densho-10-163)

Caption on reverse: "Gov. John Spellman signing ESSB 3163, Wash. State Redress Bill - May 13, 1983 ($5000 redress for 34 former state employees, J.A.). L-R: Back row: Rep. Gary Locke, Paul Ellis, Rep. Art Wang, ?, Tom Takemura, Sen. George Fleming, Mako Nakagawa, Ron Sims, Michi Maebori. Front row: Cherry Kinoshita, Gov. John Spellman, Miye …

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img Ninomiya family in their barracks room at Granada incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-3)

Ninomiya family in their barracks room at Granada incarceration camp. Tosh Ninomiya was responsible for documenting the history of the Granada center. December 9, 1942. Photo by Tom Parker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_003

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img Self-organized harikuri band, string quartet, at Jerome incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-18)

Self-organized harikuri band, a string quartet at Jerome incarceration camp. Guitar, Joe Iwasaki; first mandolin, Johnny Yamashita; violin, Seichi Ono; second mandolin, Yutaka Motsuda. March 12, 1943. Photo by Tom Parker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_018

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img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-60)

Original caption: PREPARATION FOR PARADE OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM (JAPANESE AMERICAN TROOPS) TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON THE 15TH JULY 1946. Color bearers polishing metal of staff are left to right: M/Sgt. Mitsuomi Tanaka, Honokaa, Hawaii, T/Sgt. Hiroshi Yamamoto, Brigham, Utah, and 1st /Sgt. Tom Harimoto, 3745 Maunaloa Ave, Honolulu. Fort Belvoir, …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 41, No. 8, August 2004 (ddr-sjacl-1-520)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Tom Ikeda, JA of the Biennium, will be awarded at Honolulu National Convention; Chapter social with Lake Washington JACL at Muckleshoot Casino; Chapter at ID Fair; Bill Tashima recounts the story of May Namba personally delivering paper cranes to the Minidoka Pilgrimage in Twin Falls after forgetting to pass them on …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-309)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance in front of a small audience inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Obon dancers from left to right: Tom Shigeto Tamiyasu, and Arthur Ojiro “Art” Sasaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) …

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doc Employment application (ddr-densho-424-518)

For Mickey Susumu Yoshimoto, with note on back, redacted

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vh Jun Kurumada Interview (ddr-densho-1013-5)

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1913, in Richfield, Utah. Grew up primarily in Ogden, Utah. Attended the University of Utah and then UC Berkeley for dental school. Established a dental practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, prior to World War II. During the war, was president of the Salt Lake City chapter of the Japanese American …

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vh Yoshio Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1014-1)

Nisei male. Born July 12, 1921, in San Diego, California. Grew up in San Diego, and was attending the University of California at Berkeley on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California. Was selected to leave camp to attend Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Drafted into the military, completed Officer Candidate School, …

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vh Harry Umeda Interview (ddr-densho-1014-10)

Nisei male. Born May 12, 1915, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents ran a successful farm. Drafted into the military in 1941, prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Served in the Military Intelligence Service, interrogating Japanese prisoners of war in New Guinea and the Philippines. After returning to the U.S., settled in …

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vh Daniel Inouye Interview (ddr-janm-13-5)

Nisei male. Born September 7, 1924, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Served in the all-volunteer, all-Nisei, 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, lost his right arm in action and earned the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war, became an attorney, then a six-term senator for Hawaii. Sat on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Committee on …

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doc Japanese Evacuees (ddr-densho-462-8)

Notes for sermon 'The Christian Church behind barbed wire'. Notes reference Min Yasui's poem, testimony by Martha Higashita

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img Men in suits (ddr-densho-359-1536)

Left to right: Sadao Masuko, Toshiyuki Okano, unidentified man, Phil Okano

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vh Mary Schroeder Interview (ddr-densho-1000-387)

White female. Born December 4, 1940, in Boulder, Colorado. Senior Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Gordon Hirabayashi's 1983 coram nobis case, Judge Schroeder authored the opinion which vacated both Hirabayashi's curfew and exclusion convictions on proof of the allegations of governmental misconduct.

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vh Floyd Shimomura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-466)

Sansei male. Born March 13, 1948, in Winters, California. Grew up in the Winters area where parents worked on a farm they had run before World War II, when they were incarcerated at the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Graduated from UC Davis School of Law, and worked in various capacities for the State of California. Elected …

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vh Fred Shiosaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-190)

Nisei male. Born August 23, 1924 in the area of Spokane, Washington, known as Hillyard. Grew up in a multi-ethnic Hillyard area where his parents owned the Hillyard Laundry. When World War II began, was a senior at Rogers High School. Went on to attend Gonzaga University and then volunteered for military service, joining the 442nd …

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vh Yoshihiro Uchida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-411)

Nisei male. Born April 1, 1920, in Calexico, California. Grew up in the Orange County area. Drafted into the army during World War II, while family was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Father and brothers were all transferred to Department of Justice camps, and eventually went to Japan. After military service, Mr. Uchida returned …

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vh Lon Inaba Interview (ddr-densho-1000-537)

Sansei male. Born September 15, 1955, in Yakima, Washington. Grew up in the Yakima area, where several generations of family members had run a farm since before World War II. Prior to the war, since Japanese immigrants were barred from purchasing land, Lon's grandfather and great-grandfather had leased land from the Yakama Indian tribe. After they …

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