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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4353 (August 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-65)
Selected article titles: "Rocky Mountain News: Japanese American Heroes"; "Sato & Nobusada Organize Fish Processing Firm"; "Nisei Officer Wins Navy Cross"; "Union Fair Play is National"; "U.S. Nisei Troops Honored in Italy. Japanese Americans Selected to lead V-J Day Parade in Leghorn Celebration"; "U.S.-Born Japanese Makes Good"; "Court O.K.'s Paying by Japanese Bank"; "L.A. Examiner News …
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Mas Okabe Interview (ddr-manz-1-131)
Nisei male. Born 1929 in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents operated a restaurant. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, in 1945, then went to Japan with family. Lived in Japan for a time …
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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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Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle (ddr-njpa-1-185)
Caption on reverse: "Smiling Jimmy. Brigadier General James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, who led the U.S. bombers in the air raid on Tokio [sic], had this big smile for the camera at a dinner in New York City at which he was made a life member of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor. (Not for use …
Narrator Mas Okabe
Nisei male. Born December 2, 1929, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents operated a restaurant. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, in 1945, then went to Japan with family. Lived in Japan for …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 135 (November 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-221)
Selected article titles: "Protest Housing for Returnees"; "'Feel No Resentment'"; "Heart Mountain Camp in Wyoming Closed Saturday"; "Secure Factory Job"; "Los Angeles to Correlate Efforts with WRA, Fila. To Mert Crisis in Housing"; "Rex Bites Woman"; "Rise of Nisei Delinquency Seen"; "Dance Tickets for New Yorkers Put on Sale"; "Births Reported Here"; "Funeral Service Held"; "Nimitz …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-269)
Article titles: "Mexican Workers Arrive on Coast"; "969 Jap Evacuees Labor on Colorado and Nebraska Crops"; "FBI Searches 20,000 Homes"; "Marriage Was Invalid"; "Japanese Sentenced for Leaving Assembly Center"; "Jap Captives Ask to Join U.S. Airforce"; "Pro Nazis Deserve to Lose U.S. Citizenship"; "Mayor Stewart Raps Sale of Milk to Japs"; "Farm Labor Shortage Magnified by …
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Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., Frank Knox, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on the deck of a warship (ddr-njpa-1-556)
Caption on reverse: "American naval chiefs in South Pacific. Three American naval leaders get together on the deck of an American warship during an inspection tour of South Pacific bases by Secretary of Navy Frank Knox. Left to right: Admiral Willliam F. Halsey, Jr., commander of South Pacific forces; Secretary Knox and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, …
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Yo Shinoda for Grace Umezawa (ddr-ajah-8-11)
In this video, Yo Shinoda talks about her mother, Grace Kuniye Umezawa. Grace was born in Alameda, and was the first Japanese American girl to graduate from Alameda High School. During World War II, removed to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Grace worked as a teacher at the navy language school in Boulder, Colorado. AFter the …
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Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher (ddr-njpa-1-896)
Caption on reverse: "4/18/44. U.S. Commander of Western Carolines attack. Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher of the U.S. Navy commanded the powerful American carrier task force which blasted Japanese bases in the Western Carolines in the Central Pacific during a three-day assault, late in March, 1944. Units and planes of the task force sank or damaged …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 4 (July 27, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-30)
Selected article titles: "Truman Urges Action on Evacuee Claims Bill" (p. 1), "Federal Court Rules Alien Japanese Girl May Enter U.S. As Wife of American Soldier" (p. 1), "Study of Social, Economic Adjustments of Evacuees to Be Continued by Federal Agency" (p. 3), "Navy Intelligence Opposed Evacuation from West Coast, Says Former OWI Official" (p. 3), …
Narrator Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox
Sansei female. Born February 20, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, her father, an Issei, was a curator at the Harding Museum in Chicago. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her parents decided to volunteer to go early to Manzanar to help set up the camp. After leaving Manzanar, the family …
Narrator John A. (Jack) Svahn
Caucasian male. Born May 13, 1943, in New London, Connecticut. Moved frequently as an adolescent since father was in the U.S. Navy. Attended high school in Honolulu, Hawaii, then college at the University of Washington. Served in the U.S. Air Force, then attended the University of the Pacific McGeorge Law School and Georgetown University School of …
Narrator Hiroko Nakashima
Kibei female. Born 1927 in Spokane, Washington. Went to Japan at the age of twelve with her mother and sister to visit relatives and gain a "Japanese education." Was in Japan when World War II broke out, remaining there for the duration of the war. Returned to the United States soon after the war ended, married …
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U.S. officers decorated for campaigns against Japan (ddr-njpa-1-570)
Caption on reverse:: "U.S. officers decorated for campaigns against Japanese. Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb (right), Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, presents the Legion of Merit decoration to Brigadier General De Witt Peck, USMC (left), and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Dailey, USMC (center). The award to Gen. Peck was for …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 106 (September 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-41)
Selected article titles: "Deny Tie-up With Japanese"; "On the Other Hand"; "Quota Met With "Under 26" Men"; "Block Sale of Realty Properties in City"; "Hawaiians Thank Minnesota Governor"; "Due Process of Procedure"; "U.S. Reciprocal Exchange Urged"; "$133,000 Expended on Council Scholarships"; "This is Way Army Certificate of Exemption Issued to Two Reads"; "Frost Threat Said to …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4338 (July 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-52)
Selected article titles: "Intolerance-American Vintage: U.S. Army Publication -- Third Recon. Group Coverage Florence, Italy -- June 23, 1945"; "Anderson Scores Anti-Nisei Firms"; "Ten Japanese Aliens Returned to Hawaii"; "ACLU Renews Appeal to Navy to Lift Nisei Ban. Baldwin Contends Police Was by Field Officers"; "Tofu Factory Set Up in Minn."; "'Relocated Evacuees Muse Sell 'Will …
Narrator Sam Ogo
Nisei male. Born September 1, 1919, in Millwood, Washington, where father worked for SP&S railroad. After serious injury, father quit the railroad and moved family to Spokane, Washington, where they operated numerous hotels. Sent to Japan with siblings in 1933 to attend school. Was only one in the family to return to the U.S. three years …
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John A. (Jack) Svahn Interview (ddr-densho-1000-536)
Caucasian male. Born May 13, 1943, in New London, Connecticut. Moved frequently as an adolescent since father was in the U.S. Navy. Attended high school in Honolulu, Hawaii, then college at the University of Washington. Served in the U.S. Air Force, then attended the University of the Pacific McGeorge Law School and Georgetown University School of …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 14 (October 6, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-40)
Selected article titles: "100th Battalion Wins Second Unit Citation" (p. 1), "Deportation Plan Denounced by Canadian Paper" (p. 1), "JACL Protests Assignment of POWs to Coast Farms. Believes Use of Japanese Prisoners Complicates Normal Return of Evacuee Group" (p. 2), "Only 18,000 Left in Centers, Says Official of WRA" (p. 2), "Gila's Canal Camp, Two Poston …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 7 No. 1 (July 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-353)
Selected article titles: "Returning Nisei Soldiers to be Aided by New Plan" (p. 1), "Sewing Machine Use Available at 16-8-3" (p. 1), "Making Firecrackers Against State Law" (p. 2), "Judge Wilson Voids 'Dummy' Land Sales" (p. 2), "Book on Poston Center Written by Navy Man" (p. 3), "WRA Budget Gets Slashed During New Fiscal Year" (p. …
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Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview (ddr-chi-1-12)
Sansei female. Born February 20, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, her father, an Issei, was a curator at the Harding Museum in Chicago. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her parents decided to volunteer to go early to Manzanar to help set up the camp. After leaving Manzanar, the family …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 1 (January 5, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-1)
Selected article titles: "JACL Protests 'Mistreatment' of Nisei Combat Veterans at Southern California Army Camp" (p. 1), "Marine Corps Opens Ranks To Japanese American Group" (p. 1), "Nisei Accepted by Navy as Ban Lifted" (p. 1), "Ickes Favors Compensation for Evacuee Losses" (p. 1), "Federal Court Delays Action On Tamura Deportation Case; Renunciant Will Get Hearing" …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 96 (August 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-183)
Selected article titles: "Loose Talk is Hit by Navy Captain"; "Girl Training for Career of Nursing"; "Two Extreme Views Held"; "Birth of Boy Reported"; "Clesson Chikasuye Takes Over Watanabe's Practice"; "G.I. Discusses Democracy With a German Woman"; "Seattle Returnees"; "Experimental Designer"; "Race Prejudice Denied as Nisei is Declined Job"; "Lil' Tokio Turned Into Lil' Shanghai, They …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 63 (May 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-152)
Selected article titles: "Report More Men Killed in Action"; "3 Japanese Prisoners Escape from Prison"; "On the Other Hand"; "Nisei Student of Month"; "Despair Hope of FEPC Bill Passage in Ill."; "Native Sons Support Ban on Japanese as Well as Chinese Immigration to U.S."; "Gridley Group Backs Resettlement There"; "Church Function Told by Rector"; "Want Ads …