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Betty Fujimoto Kashiwagi Interview (ddr-densho-1010-2)
Nisei female. Born February 9, 1929, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where parents operated a boarding house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In 1943, transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, then, when that camp closed, to the Rohwer concentration camp, …
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Ed Yoshikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1014-11)
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 …
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Jessie Hatsue Akiyama Okazaki Harry Interview (ddr-one-7-59)
Nisei female. Born October 24, 1925, in Parkdale, Oregon. Grew up in Parkdale, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, before transferring with family to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend sewing school in New York before …
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George Katagiri Interview (ddr-one-7-24)
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. …
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Sab Akiyama Interview (ddr-one-7-48)
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 …
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Hitoshi H. Kajihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-30)
Nisei male. Born March 12, 1928. Incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Served as fundraising chair for the Japanese American Citizens League's Legislative Education Committee from 1984 to 1985 and raised over half a million dollars for the redress effort. Became president of the National JACL in 1986.
(This interview was conducted at the Voices …
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Hannah Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-493)
Nisei-Sansei female. Born 1938 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the town of Christopher, now part of Auburn, Washington, where parents ran a grocery store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to the Fort Missoula internment camp, Montana. The rest of the family went to the Puyallup Assembly …
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-494)
This interview is with two sisters, Mary Kato and Frances Kajita Nishi. Ten years apart in age, they grew up in Mosier, Washington, where their parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, the family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following …
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Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-459)
Sansei female. Born December 4, 1935, in Sawtelle, California. Grew up in Huntington Beach, California, where father worked as a chauffeur. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Tuna Canyon Detention Station. He rejoined the family at the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the family was …
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Taneyuki Dan Harada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-306)
Kibei male. Born June 17, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles before moving to Japan and attending school. Returned to the U.S. in 1938, and was attending high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While …
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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-145)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Wrote 'Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle' as a Master's thesis, published in 1939 as one of the first academic works on the Japanese immigrant community. Incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Member of the Evacuation and Resettlement Study which studied the incarceration and resettlement …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 26 (December 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-158)
Selected article titles: "Allowances for Clothing are Compiled" (p. 1), "Moore Arrives to Assume Duties as Project Attorney" (p. 1), "Meat Rationing Planned by WRA" (p. 1), "Irrigator Asks Contributions for Yule Issue" (p. 1), "Kettle of Water on Stove Will Help to Prevent Cold - Neher" (p. 3), "Recruits from Tule Lake for Savage Listed" …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 34 (December 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-122)
Selected article titles: "JACL Makes Christmas Whiter for Colonists" (p. 1), "2,500 Gifts Received Here" (p. 1), "Coverly is New Director" (p. 1), "Ol' Saint Nicholas Visits Colony Nursery School Christmas Party" (p. 1), "Dispatch Vacation" (p. 1), "Holiday Santaround" (p. 1), ""Sayonara" Mr. Shirrell" (p. 2), "Tulean Dispatch Staff Members Express Holiday Greetings to All …
Narrator Harry Ueno
Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. …
Narrator Taneyuki Dan Harada
Kibei male. Born June 17, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles before moving to Japan and attending school. Returned to the U.S. in 1938, and was attending high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While …
Narrator Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi
Sansei female. Born December 4, 1935, in Sawtelle, California. Grew up in Huntington Beach, California, where father worked as a chauffeur. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and taken to the Tuna Canyon Detention Station. He rejoined the family at the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the family was …
Narrator Hannah Hirabayashi
Nisei-Sansei female. Born 1938 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the town of Christopher, now part of Auburn, Washington, where parents ran a grocery store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to the Fort Missoula internment camp, Montana. The rest of the family went to the Puyallup Assembly …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 1 (February 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-78)
Selected article titles: "Issuance of All Seasonal Leaves Halted" (p. 1), "House Rejects One, Passes Other Nisei Bill" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Evacuee Arrested on Liquor Charge" (p. 1), "Child Dies of Burns Suffered in Ash Pit" (p. 1), "Absentee Ballots of Seattle Ready" (p. 1), "Director D.S. Myer Clarifies Nisei Men Draft Situation" (p. 1), …
Narrator Tom Matsuoka
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
Narrator Art Shibayama
Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work …
Narrator Betty Fumiye Ito
Nisei female. Born March 29, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and spent childhood in Medina and Bellevue, Washington. While in high school was a member of the Bellevue Strawberry Festival's Queen's Court. In 1939 married Kenji Ito, a prominent Japanese American lawyer who practiced in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, recounts her experiences as her …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 24 (December 18, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-49)
Selected article titles: "Arizona Law Declared Invalid. State Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Lower Tribunal In Japanese American Case. Acting Justice Hall Writes Decision of High Court on Cases Challenging Legality of Restrictions on Normal Business Operations" (p. 1), "William Carr Upholds Rights of Loyal Japanese Americans" (p. 2), "FBI Control Asked By State Senator For Tule …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 5 (February 3, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-5)
Selected article titles: "New approach on fair housing law detailed: Rumford Act doomed because of provisions unacceptable by majority of California voters" (p. 1), "Tule Lake still leased to U.S., says N.Y. writer" (p. 1), "D.C. JACL backs up marriage law repeal" (p. 1), "Issei-Nisei success within one life span impresses Japan envoy" (p. 1), "San …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 21 (June 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-20)
Selected article titles: "Work Corps Leaves for Idaho. Sugar Beet Field Call 200 Volunteers" (p. 1), "New WRA Men Report to Work" (p. 1), "WRA Official Visits Camp" (p. 1), "Unoccupied Blocks Opened to Relieve Housing Problems" (p. 1), "Help Us Live Up to Our Name... The Free Press" (p. 2), "The Free Press Belongs to …
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Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 8 (ddr-densho-121-14)
Selected article titles: "Nisei GIs Help Demilitarize Japan" (p. 1), "Repatriate Group Sails for Japan from San Pedro" (p. 1), "Alberta Will Demand Removal of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Seven Draft Case Leaders Win Release" (p. 1), "Report Notices for Release From Detention Received for Some Renunciants in Tule Lake" (p. 2), "Canadian Internees May Be Permitted …