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vh Tokio Yamane Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-432-7)

Confined in the Tule Lake stockade without receiving medical treatment (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview. 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 …

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vh Tokio Yamane Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-432-6)

Being beaten up by War Relocation Authority personnel in Tule Lake (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview. 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 …

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vh Tomiye Terasaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-122-10)

First impressions of Tule Lake concentration camp, finding ways to pass the time (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical …

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1002-7-32)

Answering "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and being taken to the stockade in Tule Lake concentration camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews …

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[Minutes of the regular joint meeting of the advisory council and the Co-ordinating committee of the Tule Lake Center, March 3, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-30)

doc [Minutes of the regular joint meeting of the advisory council and the Co-ordinating committee of the Tule Lake Center, March 3, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-30)

Meeting minutes between incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp government and the Advisory Council. Includes discussion on prisoner release from army stockades, the creation of a Young Men's Association and the transfer of incarcerees from Poston Camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0030

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Narrator Tommy T. Kushi

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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Narrator Sachi Hiromoto

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/726/

Narrator Sumi Uyeda

Nisei female. Born 1932 in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the small town of Penryn, California, where mother was a barber. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Penryn.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/804/

doc Incarceree luggage tags (ddr-densho-25-14)

Japanese Americans were allowed to take only what they could carry to the camps. In most cases, a person could take two bags. Each bag was marked with an identification tag. These tags belonged to Mae Iseri who was initially detained at the Pinedale Assembly Center in California. Mae and her family were later incarcerated at …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 11 (March 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-119)

Selected article titles: "Citizenship Bill Given Congress" (p. 1), "300 Minidokans Volunteer for Service in Army" (p. 1), "JACL Leaflet Points Out Nisei Opponents" (p. 1), "Newly Furnished USO Lounge Open to Visiting Servicemen" (p. 3), "Editorial: Need for a Juvenile Court" (p. 4), "Two Youths Plead Guilty in Court" (p. 6), "WRA Vocational Retraining Program …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 26 (January 1, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-1)

Selected article titles: "Sgt. Kuroki, Nisei War Hero, Returns to U.S." (p. 1), "War Department Announces Names of 26 Nisei Killed, 56 Wounded on Italy Front" (p. 1), "WRA Arranges Special Bus for Poston Travel" (p. 3), "Camp Conditions Satisfy Spanish Investigators" (p. 3), "Jim Crow Tendencies Among Japanese Americans Evacuees May Hamper Resettlement" (p. 5), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 11 (March 17, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-11)

Selected article titles: "Army Reveals Combat Team of Japanese Americans Now Part of 44th Artillery Group" (p. 1), "Fire Damages Japanese Hall in Valley City" (p. 1), "Anti-Evacuee Group Demands Resignation of WRA Director" (p. 2), "Segregee Bloc Broken Up at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 2), "Vandalism Aimed at Evacuee Reported in Pasadena Area" (p. 3), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 17 (October 27, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-43)

Selected article titles: "War Department Credits Nisei Graduates of School With Major Role in Pacific War" (p. 1), "WRA to Terminate Services at Tule Lake Camp on Feb. 1" (p. 1), "2 More WRA Camps Close Before Deadline. Central Utah, Minidoka Become Ghost Towns as Final Groups of Evacuees Leave for Coast" (p. 3), "Fantastic Rumors …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 10 (September 13, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-37)

Selected article titles: "Renunciations of Citizenship Under Duress Held Invalid. Federal Judge Restores Full Rights to Four Petitioners In Los Angeles Test Case" (p. 1), "Outline Procedure to Obtain Permit for Trading in Japan" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Orders Release of 330 Tule Lake Renunciants" (p. 1), "Alien Property Office Outlines Way for Recovery of Deposits" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 18 (May 12, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-19)

Selected article titles: "First Japanese American From Hawaii Appointed to U.S. Military Academy" (p. 1), "Assembly Committee Approves Bill to Return Escheat Funds" (p. 1), "House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Restore Citizen Rights of Two Nisei" (p. 2), "Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Review Citizen Status of Tule Lake Renunciants" (p. 3), "Group Identification Tendency …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 10 (September 4, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-35)

Selected article titles: "Hito Okada Reelected JACL President. Close Races Mark Contests in First Popular Election in History of Organization" (p. 1), "Kawakita Convicted on Eight Counts in Treason Trial" (p. 1), "Myer Notes Discrimination Against Nisei Group on Wane" (p. 2), "Japanese Court Affirms U.S. Citizenship of Stranded Nisei" (p. 6), "Circuit Court Ruling Seen …

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doc [Significant factors in requests for repatriation and expatriation] (ddr-csujad-2-57)

Report on the influx of repatriation to Japan requests from Manzanar Incarceration Camp. Report describes camp life in Tule Lake compared to Manzanar, special concerns with Kibei and Issei individuals, the draft, and family dilemma related to repatriation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0057

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-57/

Letter from B.Y. Read, Colonel, AGD, Adjutant General, Office of the Commanding General, Headquarters Western Defense Command, to George Naohara, September 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-568)

doc Letter from B.Y. Read, Colonel, AGD, Adjutant General, Office of the Commanding General, Headquarters Western Defense Command, to George Naohara, September 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-568)

A letter from Office of the Commanding General, Headquarters Western Defense Command, to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated at the Tule Lake camp, California. It notifies him of Public Proclamation no. 24 and the rescission of exclusion. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_021

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doc Envelope from War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior, to George Naohara, September 27, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-569)

An envelope from War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior, to George Nobuo Naohara in Chicago, Illinois, where he has been reestablishing his life after leaving the Tule Lake camp, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_022

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img Nisei men, women, and children carrying furniture (ddr-csujad-44-51)

A photograph of a long line of Nisei men, women, and children, incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, carrying desks and chairs. The line stretches into the distance and past a row of barracks. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0051

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img Nisei men in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-12)

A group photograph of eleven young Nisei men posing outside in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are in two rows. The back row is standing and the front row is kneeling. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0012

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img Nisei women standing outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-44)

A photograph of five young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are standing outside posing together for the camera. Barracks are visible behind them. Photo inscription on back: "Can you recognize me? -Mary." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0044

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img Group of People Gathered Together (ddr-csujad-13-11)

A photograph of people gathered together in the Tule Lake incarceration camp. The caption on back of photograph reads, "All the Japs that quickly gathered as soon as family difficulty took place. They were quickly dispersed." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tul_01_01_006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-13-11/

doc Note from Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to George Naohara, December 11, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-572)

A note from Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp in California. It requires George to answer all questions in DSS form 304A. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_15_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-572/

img Nisei women standing outside with barracks in the background (ddr-csujad-44-7)

A photograph of two young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. One is standing slightly in front of the other. They are outside and barracks can be seen close behind them and in the distance. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0007

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-7/

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