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The Tsubota family (ddr-densho-252-109)
img The Tsubota family (ddr-densho-252-109)
(Left to right) Minoru Tsubota, Cherry Chieko Tsubota nee Okura, Charlene Tsubota. Caption on Post-it: "Minoru Tsubota, Cherry Chieko Okura Tsubota, Charlene Tsubota."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-109/
Minoru Tsubota (ddr-densho-252-90)
img Minoru Tsubota (ddr-densho-252-90)
Caption on Post-it: "Uncle Min, Minoru Tsubota."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-90/
Family portrait (ddr-densho-252-107)
img Family portrait (ddr-densho-252-107)
(Left to right) Minoru Tsubota, Chieko Tsubota nee Okura, Charlene Tsubota. Caption on Post-it: "Minoru Tsubota mar[ried] Chieko (Cherry) Okura, dau. Charlene."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-107/
The Tsubota family (ddr-densho-252-110)
img The Tsubota family (ddr-densho-252-110)
(Left to right) Minoru Tsubota, Cherry Chieko Tsubota nee Okura, Charlene Tsubota.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-110/
Young couple (ddr-densho-252-149)
img Young couple (ddr-densho-252-149)
(Left to right) Cherry Chieko Tsubota nee Okura and Minoru Tsubota.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-149/
Young couple (ddr-densho-252-139)
img Young couple (ddr-densho-252-139)
(Left to right) Cherry Chieko Okura and Minoru Tsubota. Caption on Post-it: "Minoru Tsubota. Cherry Chieko Okura. Engaged? Newly married?"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-139/
Young couple (ddr-densho-252-150)
img Young couple (ddr-densho-252-150)
(Left to right) Cherry Chieko Tsubota nee Okura and Minoru Tsubota. Colorized image.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-150/
Young boy's stage performance (ddr-densho-105-5)
img Young boy's stage performance (ddr-densho-105-5)
Minoru Tsubota performing at the Kadoyama Hall in Kent.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-5/
Minoru
vh Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview (ddr-densho-1000-149)
Nisei male. Born December 1, 1918, in Kent, Washington. Became interested in music in junior high school, and played in various music groups. Upon graduating from high school, worked for a manufacturing plant, and then volunteered for the army. Separated from unit along with other Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and eventually served …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-149/
Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-105-13)
img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-105-13)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota, Warrant Officer (Junior Grade) with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-13/
Nisei couple in a cemetery (ddr-densho-105-17)
img Nisei couple in a cemetery (ddr-densho-105-17)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota and wife at the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Battle of Biffontaine, France. This ceremony was held at the Quequement Cemetery.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-17/
Nisei soldier's Purple Heart (ddr-densho-105-20)
img Nisei soldier's Purple Heart (ddr-densho-105-20)
Purple Heart awarded Minoru Tsubota, Warrant Officer (Junior Grade), 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Combat wounded in Cerebia, Italy, Aug. 24, 1944.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-20/
Senninbari,
img Senninbari, "thousand-stitch belt" (ddr-densho-105-8)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota's mother made this senninbari in Tule Lake. It is known as a thousand-stitch belt, and was created to protect a soldier going into battle. Each of the thousand knots was sewn by a different woman. On the belt is stitched Min's Buddhist name, the traditional Buddhist chant of "Namu Amida Butsu," and a …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-8/
Nisei boy scout (ddr-densho-105-11)
img Nisei boy scout (ddr-densho-105-11)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota is a member of Boy Scout Troop 450 of Kent, Washington. Rank: Tenderfoot.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-11/
Issei man driving a car (ddr-densho-105-1)
img Issei man driving a car (ddr-densho-105-1)
Minoru Tsubota's father.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-1/
Daughter of a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-105-14)
img Daughter of a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-105-14)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota's daughter, Charlene Sumiko Tsubota. Born March 6, 1944, pictured at 5 months old. Min was sent overseas with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team four days after her birth. This photo was sent to Min while in combat north of Rome, Italy.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-14/
Baby in front of grocery store (ddr-densho-105-2)
img Baby in front of grocery store (ddr-densho-105-2)
Minoru Tsubota's family's grocery store in Kent, Washington. Child in front is Min's brother, Henry Hiroo, mother Fusano is standing in back.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-2/
Nisei couple in front of tour bus (ddr-densho-105-16)
img Nisei couple in front of tour bus (ddr-densho-105-16)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota and wife Cherrie at the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Battle of Biffontaine, France.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-16/
Nisei serviceman's wife (ddr-densho-105-15)
img Nisei serviceman's wife (ddr-densho-105-15)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota's fiance, Cherrie Okura, at age 19. They were married March 31, 1943, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-15/
Nisei couple at a memorial (ddr-densho-105-18)
img Nisei couple at a memorial (ddr-densho-105-18)
Minoru "Min" Tsubota and wife Cherrie at the dedication of the National Japanese American Memorial in Washington, D.C. The sculpture is called "The Barbed Wire Cranes" by Nina Akamu.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-18/
At the Price Cafe (ddr-densho-252-146)
img At the Price Cafe (ddr-densho-252-146)
(Left to right) Minoru Tsubota, Cherry Chieko Tsubota nee Okura, Toshiko Yoshihara nee Okura, unknown, Ferry Hiroko Taniguchi nee Okura, Fred Wataru Taniguchi. Caption on Post-it: "Taken in remodled [sic] dining room of Price Cafe...3 Okura dau[ghter]s & husbands."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252-146/
Tsubota Collection (ddr-densho-105)
Collection Tsubota Collection (ddr-densho-105)
The Tsubota collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Minoru "Min" Tsubota, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. The photographs document Minoru's life growing up in Kent, Washington, through his incarceration at Tule Lake concentration camp, and finally through his military service.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105/
Minoru
vh Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-149-10)
Dealing with emotional loss of brother, father, and sister all within a short time span
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-149-10/
Minoru
vh Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-149-3)
Mother's background: accomplished musician, led a comfortable life in Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-149-3/
Minoru
vh Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-149-43)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-149-43/
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