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doc US Strategic Bombing Survey Card (ddr-densho-446-396)

ACS Identification Card issued by the US Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS)

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doc Letter from Stan Olson, Immigration and Naturalization Service, to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-213)

Request for date, steamer, and port of last admission to U.S. along with immigration status under which he was admitted.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-213/

Narrator Rose Ito Tsunekawa

Nisei female. Born July 9, 1930, in Salinas, California. Grew up in Salinas, where father ran a successful farm. In 1941, moved with family to Japan. Remained in Japan during World War II and worked as an interpreter. After the war, returned to the United States and presently lives in California.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/542/

Narrator Mary Schroeder

White female. Born December 4, 1940, in Boulder, Colorado. Senior Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Gordon Hirabayashi's 1983 coram nobis case, Judge Schroeder authored the opinion which vacated both Hirabayashi's curfew and exclusion convictions on proof of the allegations of governmental misconduct.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/635/

Collection Nimura Family Collection (ddr-densho-325)

Materials of the Nimura Family spanning from the arrival of Shizuko Nimura to the United States as the picture bride of Junichi Nimura through their life building a family in California. The collection centers on the life of their eldest child, Hisa, born in 1925 and her experience during the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII …

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doc Property Issue Slip (ddr-densho-446-216)

List of equipment issued to ACS for UNRRA assignment

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doc Redress eligibility notification for Mary Ima from General Services Administration (ddr-densho-483-130)

Notice from General Services Administration that Mary Ima was incarcerated during WWII and is eligible for redress payments

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ai-le (ddr-densho-446-166)

Draft of letter to Ai Chih Tsai's elder brother. Ai Chih Tsai just returned from Japan and is now working for War Dept. in D.C. Intends to return to Taiwan and establish mission work, but must wait until U.S. Government's position on Taiwan is clear. Ai Chih Tsai is contacting mission boards.

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Narrator Peggy S. Furukawa

Nisei female. Born March 30, 1928, in San Jose, California. Prior to World War II, sent by father to live in Japan with relatives. Remained in Japan during the war, attending school and working in an airplane parts factory to support the Japanese war effort. Eventually returned to the United States and San Jose.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/648/

img Hiroshi Saito's daughters wearing kimono (ddr-njpa-4-2546)

Caption on reverse: "AMBASSADOR SAITO'S DAUGHTER TO BE CHERRY BLOSSOM QUEEN WASHINGTON.--- Sakiko Saito (left), the 10-year-old daughter of Hirosi [sic] Saito, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, who will be crowed [sic] Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Potomac Park next month, and her 8-year-old sister, Masako, as they appeared under the Japanese …

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doc Information on Internee Behavior Desired by the Department of Justice (ddr-one-5-184)

Photocopy of a declassified chart from Leon T. Weaver, the Camp Commander at Camp Livingston, Louisiana on Keizaburo Koyama's behavior. The chart shows that he scored highly favorable on his general attitude and cooperativeness. He scored favorable for his physical and mental condition and his character around other internees. He was marked "Neutral or Unobserved" regarding …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 19 (May 8, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-19)

Selected article titles: "Rule Restrictive Covenants Unenforceable. Supreme Tribunal Says Courts Cannot Be Used to Enforce Discrimination in Housing" (p. 1), "The Seabrook Story: Issei at New Jersey Farm Settlement Live, Work for Citizenship Rights" (p. 2), "Ishikawa Stresses Disabilities Facing Issei as Ineligible Aliens" (p. 6), "San Francisco Senator Says Alien Land Law Issue Not …

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img Indonesian deportees changing currency (ddr-csujad-27-5)

Caption found with the image reads, "Indonesian deportees having their United States money changed to currency they could use when they arrived 'home'." These Indonesian seamen were being deported by ship from San Francisco, California to Batavia, Dutch East Indies. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ind_01_01_003

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doc [Travel permit] (ddr-csujad-5-98)

A travel permit issued by Leave Officer of "Rohwer Relocation Center." It certifies that Seiichi 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_002

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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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-99/

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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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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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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-81/

av Interview with Manny Goldberg, part 4 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1565)

Goldberg discusses the United States' engagement on Iwo Jima, army distrust of Nisei personnel, trying to capture Tadamichi Kuribayashi, and working with prisoners of war on Iwo Jima. Video starts at 0:52. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 62, II NY #49, 6-85, Goldberg. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1566/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1565/

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