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vh Katsumi Okamoto Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-24-12)

Visiting Twin Falls, Idaho

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vh Helen Amerman Manning Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-147-12)

Visiting town of Twin Falls, Idaho, on weekends, encountering prejudice

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img Maggie Narimatsu (ddr-densho-328-151)

Caption in album: "Maggie at Twin Falls, Idaho / 1948."

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img Portrait of Ronald Seiki Miyasato (ddr-densho-320-21)

Caption: "September 1943 / Twin Falls, Idaho / Seiko Miyasato / Internment Camp."

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img Flag dedication (ddr-densho-37-682)

Original WRA caption: Dedication of the project flag and flagpole in the administration area. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho and by civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho.

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img "Mother" in front of an FSA camp cottage (ddr-densho-300-17)

Caption in album: "Mother. 1945. Taken at FSA Camp Cottage #38. Twin Falls, Idaho."

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-146-24)

Encountering prejudice while in Twin Falls, Idaho, buying goods for the Japanese Americans in Minidoka

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img Two soldiers, one with nose patch (ddr-densho-201-377)

Caption on front: "Me [Masuo Sakagami], Jim Takeoka Twin Falls, Idaho. Nose patch basketball post."

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vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-155-10)

Family decides to move to Twin Falls, Idaho, following the Japanese Americans to Minidoka concentration camp

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vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-155-13)

Memories as a child in Twin Falls, Idaho: visiting playmates inside the Minidoka concentration camp every weekend

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img Mits Sakurada hunting (ddr-densho-201-720)

Caption in album: "Blackfoot, Idaho / Mits Sakurada / I trained in Camp Blanding Flo. / Was in same C. Co 442nd he live in Twin Falls, Idaho."

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img Masao Sakagami hunting (ddr-densho-201-721)

Caption in album: "Blackfoot, Idaho / New Year Day 1947 / I trained in Camp Blanding Flo. / Was in same C. Co 442nd he live in Twin Falls, Idaho."

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vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-155-11)

Father experiences prejudice in Twin Falls, Idaho, as a result of his support of the Japanese Americans in the concentration camp

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doc Petition for Reuniting Family in Internment Center (ddr-one-5-176)

Photocopy of a declassified form filled out by Keizaburo Koyama requesting that he be reunited with his family in Minidoka in Twin Falls, Idaho.

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img Flag dedication (ddr-fom-1-907)

WRA caption on reverse: "Dedication of the project flag and flag pole in the administration area conducted by Hunt Boy Scouts. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho, civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho, and the Military Police Escort Guarge Company. At left is high school choir. At right are …

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-32)

Excerpt: "Instead I must go down for a visit from the Twin Falls Young People which is now starting..." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Offer of Employment form (ddr-densho-280-4)

This form documents the employment of six workers from the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' camp at a sugar beet farm in Twin Falls, Idaho. On the back side of these forms there are assorted drawings and calculations.

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img "R.T.C. 208 Co. B, 2nd Platoon, Camp Blanding Florida, Aug. - Dec. 1943" (ddr-densho-201-404)

Caption on reverse: "1st Row: George Tanagi Seattle, John Tanaka - Idaho Falls, Joe Ono - , Nobu Sakaguchi - , Satoru Sakuma, Mt. Vernon, Wash., Tamio Sakata, Roy Ono - Los Angles [sic], Mits Sakurada - Blackfoot Idaho, Ted Tadehara. 2nd Row: Emo Suzuki, Frank Shiota, Roy Ono, Ishida, Ernist [sic] Seko, Shiozaki - Idaho …

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vh Kenji Onishi Interview Segment 23 (ddr-one-7-62-23)

Leaving camp to work in Twin Falls, Idaho

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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Narrator Emery Brooks Andrews

White male. Born November 14, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. Son of Reverend Emery Andrews, the Japanese Baptist Church minister in Seattle for many years. After the Japanese Americans in Seattle were removed to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, Emery Brooks moved with family to Twin Falls, Idaho, to minister to Nikkei in camp. Visited Japanese American friends …

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Narrator Connie Thorson Chandler

White female. Born 1938 in Denver, Colorado. Father worked for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time WWII broke out, so family lived in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, in 1942. Mrs. Chandler was a child at the time, and attended elementary school in Minidoka. Moved to Twin Falls for junior high and high school years before …

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vh Brooks Andrews Interview (ddr-densho-1001-7)

White male. Born November 14, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. Son of Reverend Emery Andrews, the Japanese Baptist Church minister in Seattle for many years. After the Japanese Americans in Seattle were removed to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, Emery Brooks moved with family to Twin Falls, Idaho, to minister to Nikkei in camp. Visited Japanese American friends …

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vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview (ddr-densho-1000-155)

White male. Born November 14, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. Son of Reverend Emery Andrews, the Japanese Baptist Church minister in Seattle for many years. After the Japanese Americans in Seattle were removed to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, Emery Brooks moved with family to Twin Falls, Idaho, to minister to Nikkei in camp. Visited Japanese American friends …

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vh Connie Thorson Chandler (ddr-densho-1000-159)

White female. Born 1938 in Denver, Colorado. Father worked for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time WWII broke out, so family lived in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, in 1942. Mrs. Chandler was a child at the time, and attended elementary school in Minidoka. Moved to Twin Falls for junior high and high school years before …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 2 (July 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-252)

Selected article titles: "Idaho Seasonal Workers Beaten by Buhl Youths at Twin Falls" (p. 1), "D.S.C. Bestowed on Korean American" (p. 1), "Peterson Tells Ethnic Problems" (p. 1), "Fidler Opposes Espionage Film" (p. 1), "New Bill to Exclude Nisei From Voting" (p. 1), "Urge Citizens to Register for Voting" (p. 1), "Californian Negates DeWitt Statement" (p. …

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