2211 items
2211 items
Narrator George Kikuta
Kibei male. Born March 3, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. At only a few months of age, removed to the Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps, California. Expatriated to Japan with family during World War II. Grew up in Japan before returning to Los Angeles for high school. Later studied accounting, and became one of the …
Narrator Ed Yoshikawa
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1925, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Michigan. Drafted into the military and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. After military discharge, moved to …
Narrator George Katagiri
Nisei male. Born September 22, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland where parents ran a small grocery store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, was drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation. …
Narrator Eiko Yamaichi
Nisei female. Born October 25, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Snoqualmie, Washington, where father worked for the Weyerhaeuser company before the war. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Later transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Gila River concentration camp, …
Narrator Misa Taketa
Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the South Park area, south of Seattle, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Ontario, Oregon, for a time, before living …
Narrator Lillian Horita
Nisei female. Born November 9, 1929, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a cleaning business. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, then to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend school in Des Moines, Iowa, before eventually …
Narrator Joe Seto
Nisei male. Born 1924 in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma, where father worked for a produce business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work harvesting sugar beets for a sugar company. Drafted into the army in 1945. …
Narrator Hope Omachi Kawashima
Sansei female. Born April 2, 1937, in Auburn, California. Grew up in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, lived and attended school in Nebraska for a few years before returning to Loomis. …
Narrator Sab Akiyama
Nisei male. Born April 7, 1924, in Oak Grove, Oregon. Grew up in the Hood River, Oregon, area, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army during the …
Narrator Misa (Oiye) Mihara
Sansei female. Born November 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, where parents ran a restaurant. Spent early years at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, where family was held. After leaving camp, moved to Seattle, Washington. Became an accomplished violinist, performing at an early age. Studied music at the University of Washington, then went on to become …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 16 (October 20, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-42)
Selected article titles: "U.S. Army Reveals Work of Nisei in Pacific. Japanese Americans in ATIS Provided U.S. With Human 'Secret Weapon' During War" (p. 1), "Federal War Agencies Modify Remove Special Restrictions Against Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Police Kept Close Watch on Nisei Caught by War in Japan" (p. 1), " Tule Lake Group Will Initiate …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 21 (July 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-95)
Selected article titles: "New Leave Rulings Made. Revised Trial Indefinite Regulations Are Clarified. Evacuees Out on Season, Short-term May Not Convert Leave Into Test Permit" (p. 1), "Southern California Methodists Push Return of Evacuees to West Coast Area" (p. 1), "Jerome Center Closes on July 1" (p. 1), "6 Granadans Found Guilty. 14 Colorado WRA Center …
Narrator Sarah Sato
Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was …
Narrator Osamu Mori
Nisei male. Born July 13, 1928, in Wilmington, California. Grew up in San Pedro, California, where parents operated a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Family answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and was …
Narrator George M. Yoshino
Nisei male. Born February 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Grew up in Bellevue, where parents operated a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. While in camp, obtained temporary leave to work for a railroad company. Volunteered for the military, and served with the Military Intelligence …
Narrator Masako Murakami
Sansei female. Born March 27, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Parents were both Kibei from Seattle, Washington, and Bakersfield, California. Grew up in San Francisco, California, where father was in sales. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After father signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to the Tule …
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Konishi Family Collection (ddr-densho-362)
Photographs of Konishi family while incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp. The Konishi family consists of Frank Masao Konishi, Shizue Konishi, Tom Konishi, and Marie Michiko (Konishi) Coon. The family's address while at Heart Mountain concentration camp was 12-11 C. Tom Konishi was separated from his parents and sister when he answered "no" on questions 27 …
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Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-8)
Japanese Americans harvesting sugar beets on the Lundeen farm. The Tom Matsuoka family relocated permanently to Montana. Other workers were from Tule Lake concentration camp who received permission to leave during the sugar beet harvest. Front (left to right): Ray Marks, Gus Lundeen, and John Matsuzawa. Back: Rulee Matsuoka (child on far left), unidentified, Itaro Ito, …
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Memo from the office of John J. McCloy (ddr-densho-67-58)
Memo from the office of John J. McCloy to an unknown recipient regarding transfer of Hawaiian Kibei to Tule Lake. Author states that Kibei cannot be transferred due to lack of facilities and the fear that the Kibei will add to a growing militant section of internees. This would be problematic because the Japanese military might …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 10 (March 11, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-10)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Nisei Volunteers Near Ten Thousand" (p. 1), "WRA Reports 301 Evacuees Volunteer for Combat Service at Minidoka Relocation Center" (p. 1), "Nisei Evacuee Arrested After Return to San Francisco" (p. 1), "Details of Plan to Return 200 Evacuees to Former Homes In Arizona Left in WRA Hands" (p. 2), "Bainbridge Island Evacuees …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 23 (July 1, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-27)
Selected article titles: "63 Heart Mountain Evacuees Found Guilty of Violating Draft Act; Face 3-Year Terms" (p. 1), "One Thousand Drafted from WRA Centers. More Than 3000 Called Up for Service From Relocation Camps" (p. 1), "Repatriation Appeals of Tule Lake Group Disclosed by Spain" (p. 1), "Young Evacuee Commits Suicide at Jerome Camp" (p. 1), …
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Structural report, institutional adjustments, V: educational institutions (ddr-csujad-26-20)
Essay observing education levels, types of students, and establishment of education programs at Tule Lake for English speaking students. Includes descriptions of programs for various age groups including nursery, primary, secondary, adult education, college and the Student Relocation Council. Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). See this object …
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Nisei men sitting outside with building in the background (ddr-csujad-44-6)
A photograph of three young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. Two of them are crouching on the ground and the third young man is sitting on the edge sidewalk outside a building. They are positioned in a half circle facing each other. Another building with several windows is in the background. See this object …
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Nisei men's basketball team standing in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-21)
A photograph of eleven young Nisei men standing in a row in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members and standing shortest to tallest from left to right. The young man on the far left at the front of the row in holding a basketball at his side. See …
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Incarcerees Digging (ddr-csujad-13-6)
A group of people are photographed digging in the ground in a large expanse of land inside the Tule Lake incarceration camp. The housing barracks or some of type of structure are also pictured in the distance. Caption on back of photograph reads, "Jap inmates [sifting] to collect stones to make necklaces. Tulelake Calif (Nov 43)" …