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vh Tommy T. Kushi Interview (ddr-manz-1-47)

Nisei male. Born February 1, 1924, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin, where family operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and settled in Chicago, Illinois.

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vh Sachi Hiromoto Interview (ddr-densho-1010-13)

Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the small communities of Clarksburg and Courtland before the war. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Sacramento area.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Magazine Section Vol. I No. 5 (December 1942) (ddr-densho-65-430)

Selected article titles: "When Peace" (p. 4), "Dawns" (p. 5), "This is Our Colony" (p. 7), "Corn on the Cob" (p. 8), "I'll Always Remember..." (p. 9), "Tule Lake of Yesterday" (p. 13), "Looking Back" (p. 19), "Prose n' Odes" (p. 21).

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 30 (July 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-78)

Selected article titles: "On 1 Condition: Swtz. to Look After Japanese Interests" (p. 1), "Assistance Granted to Resettlers in Need" (pp. 1-2), "Ration Books Now Issued at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 2), and "At Gym: 'Grand Student Recital' Aug. 3" (p. 4).

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 18 (May 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-67)

Selected article titles: "Baseball Season Opens Tomorrow: Director to Throw First Ball" (p. 1), "War Dept.: 442nd Makes Big Gains in Italy" (pp. 1-2), "Center Firemen Help Quell Tule Lake Fire" (p. 1), and "'May Day' Set for This Sunday" (p. 4).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 3 (July 22, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-30)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Soldiers Charge 50 Miles in 4 Days" (p. 1), "Mass Appeal Filed by 63 In Draft Case" (p. 1), "Produce Interests Oppose Evacuees' Return" (p. 2), "ACLU Terms Evacuation Most 'Catastrophic' of All Inroads on Civil Liberties" (p. 6), "Sabotage Stories Sheer Bunk, Says Newspaperman" (p. 6), "Appeals Board Plans Hearings At …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 6 (July 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-255)

Selected article titles: "Merrill's Marauders Backs Nisei Soldiers Fighting in Burma Front" (p. 1), "Property Owned by Aliens Escapes Tax" (p. 1), "Twenty-Six Aliens Removed From Tule" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Nisei Fail to Go for Physicals" (p. 1), "Deny Sabotage Acts by Canadian Nisei" (p. 1), "Workers Accidentally Wounded by Farmer" (p. 1), "'Think of …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 20 (November 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-184)

Selected article titles: "Calm Prevails at Tule Lake; Situation Termed Tense. Best to Make Official Report" (p. 1), "Fair Employment Practice Group Bans Race Discrimination in Work" (p. 1), "Relocation Grant Rule Liberalization to Aid Future Large Family Resettlement" (p. 1), "Movies on Cities Will be Shown" (p. 1), "Japanese Government Probe Told as Army Expands …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 14 (April 29, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-18)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Battalion Fighting on Anzio Beachhead" (p. 1), "Army Says Nisei Will Not Be Used in Combat Against Japan" (p. 1), "Young Japanese Alien Gets American Citizenship Through Service in United States Army" (p. 1), "Student Relocation Program Successful, Reports Hibbard" (p. 2), "WRA Reopens Isolation Camp in Arizona. Leupp Will House Troublemakers …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 10 (September 8, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-36)

Selected article titles: "Army Revokes All Coast Exclusion Orders. Proclamations By Gen. Pratt, Stimson End Military Ruling Which Implemented Evacuation" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei Group Organizers Face Fraud Charge in Seattle" (p. 1), "Five Tule Lake Youths Freed From Camp Jail" (p. 2), "Protest Canadian Program for Repatriation of Evacuee Group" (p. 2), "U.S. Coast Guard Revokes …

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img George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-250)

A photograph of George Nobuo Naohara taken at the Tule Lake camp in California. It was given to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. The handwritten note on the back side reads: 1944. August 30th, Tule Lake Camp, 7116-a, George Naohara.; The photo was taken on August 30, 1944. From Nobuo to …

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doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-37)

This page of the scrapbook shows documents from two distinct periods of Hisa's wartime life. At the top is the form where Hisa formally requests to drop out of high school after her father is forced to move to the Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp after being branded a trouble maker. While not directly …

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doc Semi-annual report, January 1 to June 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1654)

Report covering the "relocation program," leave clearance, nisei and the armed forces, closing of Jerome incarceration camp, Tule Lake incident, segregation movements to Tule Lake, Spanish Consular visits, community government, business enterprises, welfare, education, community activities, legal, evacuee property, health and sanitation, fire protection, internal security, military police, agriculture, industries, motor transport and maintenance, construction and …

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vh Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-265)

Nisei male. Born February 14, 1920, in Kent, Washington. Grew up in the nearby town of Auburn, where parents ran a farm. Family was involved Auburn Buddhist Church. Graduated from the University of Washington in 1942 and removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Recruited out of Tule Lake to teach …

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vh Satsuki Ina Interview (ddr-densho-1000-474)

Sansei female. Born May 25, 1944, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Her parents, both Kibei, grew up in San Francisco, California. During World War II, they were incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. They signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," renounced their U.S. citizenship, and were transferred to Tule Lake when it …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 9 (April 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-84)

Selected article titles: "48 Hunt Men to Report For Induction April 27. Group to Leave for Ft. Douglas, Utah; 9 Still on Reserve List" (p. 1), "New Board On Relocation Formed Here" (p. 1), "Draftee May Get Defect Statement From Dr. Neher" (p. 1), "Ban On Italian Aliens Lifted " (p. 1), "Nisei Discharged For N.J. …

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doc [Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center, January 12, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-33)

Meeting minutes of incarceree led Tule Lake Camp government. Discusses plans for incarcerees to go back to work toward the end of the martial law period in the camp, a hunger strike, and the official formation of the Co-ordinating Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0033

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doc Tule Lake recreation center community affairs report for the period August 20, 1942 to September 20, 1942 (ddr-csujad-26-11)

Summary of community youth recreation activities at Tule Lake before school began including descriptions of administration, leadership and training, the "Community Activities Commission," advisory board, planning board, staff, organization, and activities. Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc [Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center, January 22, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-16)

Minutes of divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center. Describes formal recognition of Co-ordinating committee by Camp Director Raymond Best and Military Police Commander Colonel Verne Austin, release 26 prisoners from army stockades, and details of employment and work opportunities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0016

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doc [Revolt at Tule Lake: Crop workers blamed for riots; Honolulu Japanese led the mob, 1943-11-04] (ddr-csujad-2-41)

Newspaper article about protests at Tule Lake Camp in November, 1943 which led to martial law being in place for three months. Article describes camp administration refusing to listen to incarceree demands and violence against staff. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0041

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doc Envelope from the Tri-State High School, Tule Lake Project, to Mr. Allan Minoru Hida, Granada Center (ddr-csujad-55-1990)

Envelope from the Tri-State High School, Tule Lake incarceration center to Mr. Allan Minoru Hida, Granada Center. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1993

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doc Letter from Harvey M. Coverley, Project Director Tule Lake Project, to Miss Aie Yokota, April 5, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-212)

Correspondence from Harvey Coverley to Aie Yokota regarding her selection as a member of the Order of Merit, a system of recognition for outstanding service from incarceree workers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0214

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doc Card from Junior Class, Tri-State High School, Tule Lake, to Mrs. Eada Silverthorne, June 16, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1931)

Thank you card from the Junior Class at Tri-State high school at Tule Lake incarceration camp to Mrs. Eada Silverthorne. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1934

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vh Warren Koichi Suzuki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-410-8)

Being transferred to Tule Lake

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 Interior.

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vh Kiwamu "Kiyo" Tsuchida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-405-12)

First impressions of Tule Lake

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 Interior.

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