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Letter from C. Wayland Brooks, United States Senator, to Mary Yamasnira re: acknowledgement that Frank S. Okusako was wounded in action, December 29, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-241)
doc Letter from C. Wayland Brooks, United States Senator, to Mary Yamasnira re: acknowledgement that Frank S. Okusako was wounded in action, December 29, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-241)
Correspondence from C. Wayland Brooks to Mary Yamasnira acknowledging that her brother, Frank Okusako, had been wounded in action. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0243
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-241/
Letter from Frank Herron Smith to J. H. Peiper, Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-1)
doc Letter from Frank Herron Smith to J. H. Peiper, Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-1)
Smith urges FBI action be taken to stop injustices done to Japanese American citizens during World War II. Letter mentions correspondence from a Japanese pastor in Livingston, California, near Modesto and Merced, describing "no less than eight shooting incidents in which night-riders have shot into the homes of our church members." Smith also describes shooting and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-21-1/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (ddr-densho-446-299)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (ddr-densho-446-299)
Request for assistance with Ai Chih Tsai's visa application. Request for documentation of Ai Chih Tsai's travel arrangements with UNRRA as well as any record of conversations regarding his return to the US. US Consulate in Shanghai and US State Department must approve Ai Chih Tsai's visa for him to return.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-299/
Letter from William K. Koyama from the Minidoka Concentration Camp to the United States Attorney Carl C. Donaugh asking him to parole his father, Keizaburo Koyama. Page 3 of 4. (ddr-one-5-167)
doc Letter from William K. Koyama from the Minidoka Concentration Camp to the United States Attorney Carl C. Donaugh asking him to parole his father, Keizaburo Koyama. Page 3 of 4. (ddr-one-5-167)
Photocopy of a declassified letter written by Keizaburo Koyama's son, William, to the United States Attorney Carl C. Donaugh asking him to release his father to the Minidoka War Relocation Center. William continues that his mom is in poor health and may not live much longer without being reunited with her husband. He does not wish …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-167/
U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 24 of 26. (ddr-one-5-146)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 24 of 26. (ddr-one-5-146)
Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 98b - 102b of 111. Koyama continues to answer "No" to all questions regarding his or family involvement in foreign governments or their military. He also states that he has never aided an …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-146/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Commander Dowie (ddr-densho-446-167)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Commander Dowie (ddr-densho-446-167)
Draft of letter to commander in Formosa. Tsai just returned from Japan and thanks Dowie for good news of his family in Taiwan. Tsai is working for War Department in D.C.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-167/
Letter from Major Robert S. Loney to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses Chief, Military Branch, Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-446-161)
doc Letter from Major Robert S. Loney to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses Chief, Military Branch, Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-446-161)
Commendation for Ai Chih Tsai
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-161/
Letter from Major Robert S. Loney to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses Chief, Military Branch, Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-446-119)
doc Letter from Major Robert S. Loney to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses Chief, Military Branch, Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-446-119)
Commendation for Ai Chih Tsai
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-119/
Immigration Inspection Form SF2644 (ddr-densho-446-6)
doc Immigration Inspection Form SF2644 (ddr-densho-446-6)
Student visa for Ai Chih Tsai dated September 1, 1938.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-6/
doc "Entering 92d Inf Div Area 1942-1945" (ddr-densho-201-405)
One-hundred-page booklet. Title on cover: "Entering 92nd Inf Div Area 1942-1945." Page three: "October 1942 - June 1945 With the 92d Infantry Division; Published by Information - Education Section, MTOUSA [Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army]; Compiled by Historical Committee, 92nd Infantry Division. Photos Courtesy 'THE BUFFALO' and APS. Drawings- Sgt. Ted Shearer; Maps-S/Sgt. Rodney …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-405/
Data card with identifying information of Keisaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-96)
doc Data card with identifying information of Keisaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-96)
Photocopy of a declassified data card with identifying and biographical information on Keisaburo Koyama to include his aliases, addresses, entry date into the United States, participation in local Japanese American associations, and him being awarded a Foreign Ministers Wooden Cup on the occasion of Japan's 2,600th anniversary in November of 1940. The card makes note of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-96/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 8 (August 23, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-34)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 8 (August 23, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-34)
Selected article titles: "JACL Will Seek White House Support of Proposal for National Naturalization Day" (p. 1), "Hawaii Nisei Veterans Plan Tour to Urge Mainland Ex-GIs To Attend 442nd's Reunion" (p. 1), "Outline Steps for U.S. Entry of Japanese Spouses Under New Immigration Legislation" (p. 2), "Victory Comes Too Late for Issei in Long Fight to …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-24-34/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 23 (June 10, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-23)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 23 (June 10, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-23)
Selected article titles: "U.S. Senate Approves Amended Walter Bill. Resolution Opens American Citizenship to Alien Japanese Residents of United States" (p. 1), "JACL Hails Supreme Court Rulings in Segregation Cases as Victory for Democracy" (p. 1), "Move for Equality in Armed Forces Spell End of All-Nisei Units in Army, Says Masaoka" (p. 2), "Practice of Oriental …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-22-23/
Japanese in Hawaii (ddr-csujad-19-86)
doc Japanese in Hawaii (ddr-csujad-19-86)
An article from "The new republic," vol. 107, no. 11, number 1450 (September 14, 1942), by Blake Clark describes the feeling in mainland United States, that the Japanese in Hawaii cannot be trusted as a result of the many rumors that came out after the attack on Pearl Harbor. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-86/
Trouble among Japanese Americans (ddr-csujad-19-38)
doc Trouble among Japanese Americans (ddr-csujad-19-38)
This is an article from the magazine "The New Republic," vol. 108, no. 5, number 1470, by Isamu Noguchi describing the trouble and unrest among Japanese Americans in the war relocation centers following the entry of the United States in the second world war due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. See this object in the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-38/
Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)
doc Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)
This official correspondence confirms that Tsugitada Kanamori had worked at the Tule Lake incarceration camp for 6.5 months and had earned a total of $131.86 as of November 30, 1945. Issued by R.R. Best, Project Director and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority. See this object in the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-12-24/
Invitation to the reception and tea (ddr-csujad-11-55)
img Invitation to the reception and tea (ddr-csujad-11-55)
An invitation from Toshito Satow, the Consul General of Japan to Miss Tazu Kawamoto to attend a reception and tea in honor of Kensuke Horinouchi, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, presumably as part of the Japan Day celebration. From page 21 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-11-55/
doc "Proclamation and Notice of Dissatisfaction and Demand" (ddr-densho-122-823)
By Kiyoshi Okamoto, addressed to The citizens and voters of the U.S.A.; the Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt; The Hon. Henry L. Stimson; Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmon; The War Relocation Authority; the Department of Justice, the Congress of the United States and any and all the agents or agencies and individuals and groups of individuals that …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-823/
Oregon Buddhist Church 50th Anniversary Celebration Procession (ddr-one-1-52)
img Oregon Buddhist Church 50th Anniversary Celebration Procession (ddr-one-1-52)
Color slide of procession in front of US Customs House in Northwest Portland. Procession led by a color guard of Boy Scouts, carrying the United States flag and the Buddhist flag. Women in kimonos or yukatas follow, then black vehicles with flowers on top, then the Chigo "children's" procession. From left to right: Kenneth "Kenny" Yasutome, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-52/
Speech by Morio L. Fukuto, Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, to the Poston II reunion, August 29, 1987 (ddr-csujad-55-1872)
doc Speech by Morio L. Fukuto, Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, to the Poston II reunion, August 29, 1987 (ddr-csujad-55-1872)
Transcription of a speech given by Morio Fukuto at the Poston II Reunion. Covers the reunion theme of paying tribute to the issei, discriminatory citizenship laws, history of prejudice towards Japanese in the United States, history of Japanese farmers in California, attitudes towards nisei, and the coram nobis movement. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1872/
Letter from Sigeki Hiratsuka to Mrs. [Dorothy] Nakamura, July 2, 1991 (ddr-csujad-55-2065)
doc Letter from Sigeki Hiratsuka to Mrs. [Dorothy] Nakamura, July 2, 1991 (ddr-csujad-55-2065)
Correspondence from Shigeki Hiratsuka to Dorothy Nakamura regarding Hiratsuka's activism in gaining support for restitution payments to incarcerated non-Japanese individuals. Includes a copy of a letter from Hiratsuka to Jim Kolbe, member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 5th congressional district covering the same issue. See this object in the California State Universities …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2065/
Two fatherless families awaiting mass removal (ddr-densho-151-112)
img Two fatherless families awaiting mass removal (ddr-densho-151-112)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Families of two Shinto priests who were interned on December 8, 1942, immediately upon declaration of war. The mother at right has nine American born children and has been in the United States ten years. The mother on the left has been in this country two years, and neither speak English. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-112/

Narrator Charles Olds

White male. Born 1913 in Karuizawa, Japan, to missionary parents. Attended Canadian school in Kobe, Japan, before coming to the United States with his older brother. He attended the University of Chicago School of Social Work, then volunteered to work for the War Relocation Authority (WRA). He later worked as a relocation officer in the concentration …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/119/

Narrator Julie Otsuka

Sansei female. Born May 15, 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Mother was a Nisei who was incarcerated during World War II, and father was a Japanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1950. Grew up in Palo Alto, California, before studing art at Yale University. Later moved to New York, giving up art and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/200/

Narrator Hiroshi Terry Terakawa

Nisei male. Born January 3, 1929, in Kyoto, Japan. Came to United States as a young child with parents. Moved frequently as a child due to father's role as a Buddhist minister, living in places like Walnut Grove and Marysville, California. During World War II, was living in Salt Lake City. Drafted into the army and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/526/
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