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Narrator Darlene Mukoda

Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …

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doc Pacific Citizen Vol. 21 No. 10 (ddr-densho-121-1)

Selected article titles: "Army Revokes All Coast Exclusion Orders" (p. 1), "Japanese American Soldiers Among First U.S. Troops to Land on Japan's Home Islands" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei Group Organizers Face Fraud Charge in Seattle" (p. 1), "Harper's Article Says Coast Evacuation of Nisei Citizens "Our Worst Wartime Mistake"" (p. 1), "Nisei Sergeant Reported Killed on Day …

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av American Fish (ddr-densho-1024-55)

Short dramatic film about two Nisei women who run into each other at a grocery store and the dance that ensues when neither can remember who the other is. Humorous at first, the tone shifts when one asks about "camp" and other replies that she was in Tule Lake , invoking stereotypes of the camp and …

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doc Fresno Grapevine Vol. I No. 15 (July 11, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-15)

Selected article titles: "Victory Gardens Cultivated by Agriculture Department" (p. 1), "English Classes for Kibei Begun" (p. 1), "'Hose Say Can You See?' 300 Feet a Faucet" (p. 1), "Residents Can Still Obtain Security Aid" (p. 1), "225 Register for Draft" (p. 1), "Editorial: We Still Have Friends" (p. 2), "Editorial: Issei Express Loyalty" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 23 (November 5, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-22)

Selected article titles: "Army to Evacuate 'Some' Hawaiian Japanese. Non-Productive Group Will Be Moved to Resettlement Areas On Mainland, Says Emmons" (p. 1), "National WRA Director Will Discuss Relocation Problems at Special JACL Conference" (p. 1), "Army Praises Work of Federal Agencies During Evacuation" (p. 2), "Friendly Attitude of 3 Eastern Mont. Counties Given Praise" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 2 (January 15, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-3)

Selected article titles: "No Movement Of Tule Lake Troops Planned" (p. 1), "Federal Freeze Order on Evacuee-Owned Properties Lifted" (p. 1), "Evacuee Boilermen, Janitors End Six-Day Strike at Hunt" (p. 1), "Inquiries Disprove Charge Evacuees Buying Choice Farm Land, Says Denver WRA Office" (p. 1), "Japanese Aliens Still Ineligible For Armed Forces" (p. 2), "Vigilance Against …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 22 (June 24, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-26)

Selected article titles: "First Nisei Volunteer from WRA Center Killed in Action Recently on Italian Front" (p. 1), "150 Letters From Pasadena, Promising Jobs, Housing for Evacuees, Sent to Washington" (p. 1), "Hammer Attacks on Two Aliens at Tule Reported" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Takes Cases Of Draft Delinquents Under Advisement as Arguments End" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 4 (January 26, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-4)

Selected article titles: "Rep. Angell Asserts Hawaii's Nisei Do Not Present Barrier to Statehood for Territory" (p. 1), "Secretary Knox's Report on Hawaii Sabotage Disclosed. False Rumors of Fifth Column Activity in Hawaii Stifled Opposition to Coast Evacuation" (p. 1), "Issei Citizenship Issue Discussed by JACL Official" (p. 1), "700 Evacuees Relocated by WRA Office" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 21 (November 29, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-48)

Selected article titles: "Urge JACL Chapters Adopt French Town of Bruyeres" (p. 1), "Two Renunciants File Suit to Regain Rights. Coercion at Tule Lake Center Charged by Spokane Couple" (p. 1), "National JACL Will Enter Restrictive Covenant Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court" (p. 1), "House Committee Will Study Restrictions on Japanese Aliens Residing in Hawaii" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 21 (May 22, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-21)

Selected article titles: "Justice Dept. admits 'mistake' of evacuation. Remarks made at ceremony ending administrative program for renunciants" (p. 1), "Lack of civil rights in U.S. seen as threat to world peace" (p. 1), "Tule Lake WRA camp on the block for sale to bidder" (p. 1), "Mas Yamashita first Idaho Nisei named to Military Academy" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 14 (April 3, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-14)

Selected article titles: "Walter bill liberalizes Immigration Act" (p. 1), "Nisei newcomer in Arizona successful in nursery business" (p. 1), "Tule Lake center may be youth honor camp" (p. 1), "UCLA medical research reports success with measle vaccine, Nisei doctor aids" (p. 1), "Bent on suicide, Nisei speeds into busy intersection kills one, maims two" (p. …

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doc Kibei's view of Life in relocation camps during World War II (ddr-csujad-38-582)

A term paper prepared by Eileen Naohara Yoshimura, a daughter of George and Mitzi Naohara, for Professor Donald Teruo Hata's "Basic History 100" course at CSU Dominguez Hills Department of History. It focuses on the experiences of George Nobuo Naohara. She interviewed him about his time spent at the Tule Lake camp. See this object in …

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doc Card from George Naohara to Mitzi Naohara, February 14, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-416)

A Valentine's Day card from George Nobuo Naohara to "Mitsuko" who is Mitzi Masukawa Naohara. He probably wrote from the Tule Lake camp in California where he was incarcerated to her while she was incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 37. See this object in the California …

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img Nisei men grouped around the back of truck (ddr-csujad-44-48)

A photograph of seven Nisei men, incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, grouped around the back of a large truck. The truck is loaded with furniture and boxes. Three men are in the truck bed. Four men are on the ground bending over a crate. A barrack is visible behind them. See this object in the California …

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doc [Report of the informal interview of the divisional responsible men and the detained stockade internees] (ddr-csujad-2-53)

Report from the incarceree-led government at Tule Lake Incarceration Camp. A transcript from an interview of the "Divisional Responsible Men" and their attempts to challenge the status-quo in the camp. Discusses hunger strike due to the army stealing incarceree items and attempts to release prisoners from the army stockades at the camp. See this object in …

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doc Memo from Harry L. Black, Advisory Committee, to Mr. [Raymond R.] Best, February 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-91)

Memorandum regarding meeting with Co-ordinating Committee. Concerns meeting to discuss Committee's recommendation to release "18 additional detainees from the stockade." The memo on "Executive Office of the President, Office for Emergency Management" letterhead, also discusses employment of incarcerees from Manzanar and Tule Lake and moving incarcerees out of and into various housing blocks. See this object …

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Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)

doc Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)

This official correspondence confirms that Tsugitada Kanamori had worked at the Tule Lake incarceration camp for 6.5 months and had earned a total of $131.86 as of November 30, 1945. Issued by R.R. Best, Project Director and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority. See this object in the …

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img Football players (ddr-csujad-44-38)

A photograph of twelve young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players. They are posing in two rows in front of a barrack. Six young men are standing in the back row behind six young men kneeling on the ground. Photo inscription on back: "B Football." See this object in the …

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img Girls' basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-37)

A photograph of eight young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably girls' basketball team members. They are standing in two rows in front of a barrack. Four women are in each row, with one row standing in front of the other. Photo inscription on back: "Girls' Basket ball." See this object in …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 20 (March 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-217)

Selected article titles: "Myer Releases Analysis Report on 'Kibei' Problem" (p. 1), "Fox Reveals Facts About Army Test" (p. 1), "Explains Policies on Clothing Allowance" (p. 1), "Dies Asks Removal of Myer and Best" (p. 1), "New Seasonal Leave Regulation Limits Future Use of Permits" (p. 1), "Final Trainload Reaches Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Evacuees Establish …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 136 (November 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-222)

Selected article titles: "Assessment of Damages Sought"; "Discuss Employment for Nisei Veterans"; "$50,000 Ranch in Escheat Case"; "They Drew a 'Draw' in Wrestling Bout Here"; "Seek War Veteran"; "Insurance Advice Given"; "Name Seven for Honor Medals"; "Birth of a Child Told"; "School Overflow is Problem in Morgan Hill"; "Cal. To Accept Produce Claims"; "Labor Body Condemns …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4379 (October 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-90)

Selected article titles: "Aliens in Hawaii Think Japan Won the War; Await Fleet"; "Some Tuleans Don't Believe Japan Lost War"; "Chicago Nisi Enlists for Occupation Duty"; "'Atomic' Turnips Replace 'Japanese'"; "12th Annual Tri-State YBI Confab Slated for Dec. 28-30"; "S.F. Returnees Move Into Housing Project"; "Returnees Resettle in Long Beach"; "D.U. Students to Hear Eminent Psychologist"; …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4289 (March 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-2)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Loyalty Told as Hawaii Newspaper Calls for Statehood"; "Tule Lake Trio Sentenced"; "AFL Union Suspends Member for Anti-Nisei Talk"; "Nisei Indicted for Desertion From CPS Camp"; "Graves Bearing Enemy Names Desecrated"; "'Real Friendship' from California Man"; "Lost Battalion Thanks Nisei"; "Sacramento Evacuee Killed in Chicago"; "WRA Denies Plan to Unite Enemy Families"; …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4380 (October 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-91)

Selected article titles: "Sacramento Bee: Tule Lake Japanese Still Pose Problem"; "Minidoka Closes Ahead of Schedule"; "Returnee Accused of Tried Attack"; "Choate is WRA Officer in Sacramento"; "Miyasaki-Kikunaga Betrothal Announced"; "Savage and Snelling Graduates Act as 'Eyes and Ears' of Army"; "Nisei Receive Scholarships"; "Nisei Driven Car Injures 2 Seriously"; "Sewing School to Begin Classes Next …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 6 (ddr-densho-156-246)

Article titles: "Jap Wife Killer Ordered to Gas Cell This Winter"; "Cleric Favors Jap Centers"; "Aliens are Warned on Curfew Law Violations"; "Fair Buildings to House Japs"; "Jap Woman Charged with Bribe Attempt"; "Items from Tule Lake"; "State Needs 3,429 More Beet Workers"; "Letters to Editors"; "'Loyal Alien' Status Likely for Many Italians in California"; "Mexico …

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