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Relocating a People (ddr-densho-356-1012)
Brochure encouraging employers to hire Japanese Americans held in WRA camps.
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K. Morgan Yamanaka Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-329-32)
Thoughts on the U.S. government and redress
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-265-23)
Working for the U.S. government during the occupation of Japan
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Eddie Owada Interview Segment 1 (ddr-manz-1-37-1)
Family background: father's immigration to U.S. as a government photographer
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Grace Hata Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1003-10-20)
Finding a job in Japan working with the U.S. government
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Hitoshi "Hank" Naito Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-286-31)
Deciding to work for the U.S. government in Japan (audio-only)
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Paul Satoh Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1021-9-18)
Lack of recognition of atomic bomb survivors by the U.S. government
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Grant Ujifusa Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-133-9)
The difficulty of convincing the U.S. government to agree to monetary reparations
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-265-25)
Working for the U.S. government and serving as a Buddhist minister in Japan
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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-148-30)
Leaving for Japan on the SS Gripsholm, part of the U.S. government-sponsored "exchange"
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Yuriko Furubayashi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1021-7-22)
Thoughts on not receiving funds from the U.S. government as an atomic bomb survivor
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Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-55-5)
Learning that the U.S. government also removed the native Aleuts from their homes during WWII
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Akio Hoshino Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-26-17)
Reflecting on the U.S. government's actions, "We did receive an apology... sign of a good government"
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U.S. government freight waybill, WRA4-144-46-BL (ddr-csujad-42-114)
A U.S. government freight waybill which documents the shipment of Fumio Fred Takano's belongings. The shipment is ordered by the War Relocation Authority and two boxes are transported by Universal Carloading Co. from the Gila River incarceration camp in Arkansas to Chicago, Illinois, where Fumio is going to reestablish his life. See this object in the …
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Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-130-4)
Upon hearing of the Pearl Harbor attack, believing that the U.S. government would speak up and protect Japanese Americans: "but I was wrong"
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Statement of Release (ddr-densho-446-145)
Ai Chih Tsai employed by Columbia University in U.S. Naval Military Government Translation Unit from Oct 1, 1944, through December 31, 1944
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Denson Tribune Vol. II No. 28 (April 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-144-158)
Selected article titles: "Dependency Benefits Elucidated" (p. 1), "Easter Egg-Hunt Tomorrow" (p. 1), "U.S. Citizens Eligible for FSA Loans" (p. 1), "Government Storage Urged" (p. 6).
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Yoshihara Collection (ddr-densho-126)
The Yoshihara Collection consists of several documents from the 1940s, including a poem written in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, an application for U.S. citizenship, and government-issued identification cards.
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George Koshi Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1008-1-19)
Working as a civilian attorney for the U.S. government
Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.
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Memo from J. Daniel Hanley (ddr-densho-67-60)
Memo from J. Daniel Hanley to undisclosed recipient regarding evacuating Peruvian Japanese to the U.S. Discusses previous communications with the American Embassy in Lima including recommendations to the Peruvian government.
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"Today And Tomorrow: The Fifth Column On The Coast" (ddr-densho-67-1)
Article written by Walter Lippmann for the Washington Post. Calls on the U.S. government to take action against persons of Japanese ancestry in military zones, aliens and citizens alike.
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Photograph of B. R. Chamberlain next to his car in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-112)
Photograph of Albert R. Chamberlain standing next to a government 1940s era car in Death Valley National Park. The U.S. Government license plate is E024. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0197
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Gordon Hirabayashi talks press before the first day of trial against the U.S. government (ddr-csujad-52-39)
Caption under image reads, "HEADING FOR COURT--Gordon Hirabayashi talks to reporters Monday on his way to the Federal Courthouse in Seattle for the first day of a trial in which he seeks to prove the U.S. government suppressed, destroyed and altered evidence attesting to the loyalty of Japanese-Americans in order to justify their wartime internment." See …
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-92-34)
The U.S. government fails to award the 442nd Regimental Combat Team well-deserved Congressional Medals of Honor
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.