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doc [Travel permit] (ddr-csujad-5-99)

A travel permit issued by Leave Officer of "Rohwer Relocation Center." It certifies that Tomeyo Okine is permitted to leave for Long Beach, California with the permission of the United States Attorney. Enclosed with the letter (csudh_oki_0098). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_30_003

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av Evelyn Glenn for the Nakano Family (ddr-ajah-8-5)

In this video, Evelyn Nakano Glenn talks about her father's family history. Evelyn's grandparents immigrated to the United States and settled in Alameda, California, in the early 1900s. Akajiro Nakano was one of the founders of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda in 1917. During World War II, they were sent to the Gila River concentration camp, …

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img Issei men in suits wearing Japanese flag lapel pins (ddr-densho-259-344)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men in business suits, all of them wearing Japanese flag lapel pins There are strings of paper flags of many nations strung from the ceiling...I will guess that this was some sort of celebration of Japan's entry into World War I on the side of the Allies, because I …

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img School portrait of a boy in Japan (ddr-densho-259-58)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a schoolboy portrait of [Masuo Yasui] in Japan around [age] 14 or 15. He attended Kojokwan High School, which was located in Nishi (west) Ibara [He] didn't graduate from high school because he emigrated to the United States before then. At best, he may have been the equivalent of an …

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img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-378)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Yasui family of Mosier, showing father, mother, two young girls and a young boy. The bigger girl is Kazuko and the other one is Shizue. The boy is Takaaki 'Frank.' Our families are not related, although Tokujiro and his wife Masashi--and in fact, all of the Yasuis that I've …

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doc Clipping regarding Harry Woodring (ddr-njpa-1-2604)

Caption on front: "A Virginia mayor who holds the record for the longest term of office in the United States: Harry Woodring, 90 years old, a veteral of the Confederate Army, who has been mayor of Danville, Va., for forty-one years, receives a plaque of appreciation of the League of Virginia Municipalities from Mayor J. Fulmer …

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vh Iwao Peter Sano Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-9)

Nisei male. Born June 9, 1924, in Brawley, California. Grew up in Brawley until the age of eleven, when family decided to send him to Japan to be adopted by an uncle and aunt. Attended school in Japan and was conscripted into the Japanese military. After Japan surrendered, was captured as a prisoner of war and …

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vh Donald K. Tamaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-234)

Sansei male. Born May 26, 1951, in Oakland, California. Received law degree from UC Berkeley. In the 1980s, served as a member of the pro bono legal team for Korematsu v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40 year old conviction for refusal to obey exclusion orders aimed at Japanese Americans during World War …

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vh Sarah Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-81)

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 …

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doc Civil Service Commission Notice of Rating (ddr-densho-365-4)

Takeharu Inouye received this Notice of Rating from the United States Civil Service Commission, indicating that he was deemed eligible in his application for a position as a laborer. This was not an appointment to a position, merely a calculated rating of his writing skills and education. Takeharu hoped to find work when he moved with …

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doc Inspection card (immigrants and steerage passengers) (ddr-csujad-38-533)

An inspection card for Koyuta Masukawa. She boarded on the ship, Seattle Maru, in Kobe, Japan, on September 7, 1909, and arrived in San Francisco, California. and was inspected on September 27, 1909 by U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service presumably in Presidio, California, prior to Angel Island Immigration Station's operation. It also includes a …

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doc Major U.S. Combat Unit casualties in Korea (ddr-csujad-38-501)

Page 18 from an issue of "Veterans of Foreign Wars magazine" published in June/July 2000. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_059_001

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doc Action, 1950-1951 (ddr-csujad-38-440)

Chronology of the U. S. military actions in 1950-1951. Pages 13-14 from an issue of "Veterans of Foreign Wars magazine" published in June/July 2000. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_013-014

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doc Voucher for per diem and/or reimbursement of expenses incident to official travel, Form 10-1664a, Harry Bentley Wells (ddr-csujad-48-70)

Voucher for per diem and/or reimbursement of expenses incident to official travel for Harry Bentley Wells. He escorted Messrs. F. Tayama, K. Higashi, J. Masaoka out of and back into military areas by traveling with them to Reno, NV on 11/27/42 and 11/29/42. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9070. See this object in the California State …

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Memorandum from Elmer Rowalt, Acting Director, War Relocation Authority, to all employees of the War Relocation Authority, January 16, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-126)

doc Memorandum from Elmer Rowalt, Acting Director, War Relocation Authority, to all employees of the War Relocation Authority, January 16, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-126)

Memorandum to all employees of the War Relocation Authority highlighting the War Bond savings program and the push to have 90% of employees pledge 10% of their salary and reminding employees that their salaries have been increased by the overtime bill passed by Congress. (6-4069-BU-COS-WP). Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9935. See this object in the …

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doc Community analysis report, no. 8, January 28, 1944 (ddr-csujad-19-58)

This issue is titled as Japanese Americans educated in Japan. The document describes about what happened to the children who grew up in California for a while, then went to school in Japan and finally returned back to California. It emphasizes on what effect did living and growing up in two such different places have on …

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doc Community analysis report, no. 5, June 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-4)

Titled as: Evacuee resistance to relocation. Presents three "fundamental reasons" for the "relocation program" designed to encourage people to move out of the incarceration centers, then describes the "ideal relocation program," which would see "every one relocated before June 30, 1944." Provides statistics on numbers of people who left centers on indefinite leave in April and …

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doc Community Analysis Notes, no. 1, January 15, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-84)

Titled as: From a Nisei who said "No." Account by an unnamed Community Analyst at Manzanar of the "life experience and viewpoints" influencing a young man's "No" response to the Army registration form's Question 28. The account stems from the analyst's notes, reproduced verbatim, from an exchange between the young man and the Hearing Board authorized …

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doc Visitors pass no. 8780, WRA-38, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-557)

A visitors pass issued by O.D. Walters, Project Director. It authorizes George Nobuo Naohara of Utah to visit the Jerome camp in Arkansas and to be inducted to Block 8-10-E on December 3, 1945. WRA-38. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_009

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Letter from Corine Key, Relocation Adviser, Rohwer Relocation Center, to Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director, November 1, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-97)

doc Letter from Corine Key, Relocation Adviser, Rohwer Relocation Center, to Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director, November 1, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-97)

A letter from Corine Key, Relocation Advisor at the Rohwer incarceration camp to Federal Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director in Long Beach, California. It certifies that the Okines are eligible for federal housing on the basis of their sons' service with the U.S. Army. Enclosed with other items: csudh_oki_0099, csudh_oki_0100, and csudh_oki_0101. See this object …

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Envelope from War Department Army Service Forces Office of the Fiscal Director Office of Dependency Benefits [to Seiichi Okine], April 5, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-194)

doc Envelope from War Department Army Service Forces Office of the Fiscal Director Office of Dependency Benefits [to Seiichi Okine], April 5, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-194)

An envelope mailed by War Department Army Service Forces Office of the Fiscal Director Office of Dependency Benefits. It probably encloses a check for a monthly military family allowance to Seiichi Okine. The handwritten notes record the arrival date of the envelope, April 9, 1946, the amount of the allowance, 25.00 dollars, and Masao's name. See …

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doc Postcard from War Department Office of Dependency Benefits to Seiichi Okine, March 12, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-195)

A postcard from War Department Office of Dependency Benefits to Seiichi Okine. It acknowledges receipt of Seiichi Okine's new address. It also includes the instruction on notices of change of address. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_38_002

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Form (ddr-csujad-29-18)

Form to Department of Justice. Claim for damage to or loss of real personal property by a person of Japanese ancestry. Ernest Yamada, applicant. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1949_M01

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