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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-40)

Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-344)

Kenji Morikawa is stationed at General HQ in Tokyo and visited Khe-an and wife. Ai Chih Tsai and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai met with Dowie and Kerr who just returned from Formosa. Great need for medicines and medical care. Great uncertainty about political situation and transition. Concern that "some incident might occur". Rev. Dickson left for Formosa …

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doc W.D. Form 67: Request and Authorization for Civilian Travel at Government Expense (ddr-densho-446-172)

Travel Authorization for Ai Chih Tsai, Research Analyst, from Washington, D.C., to Camp Ritchie, MD, for 30 days.

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to James Lawrence (ddr-densho-468-206)

Thank you on behalf of Nebraskans for Norman Thomas for news coverage

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.64 (ddr-one-5-157)

Unsigned duplicate of 2016.23.64.

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doc Notice of Hearing from the Department of Justice, District of Oregon, Portland for Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-111)

Photocopy of a declassified document from the Department of Justice, Alien Enemy Hearing Board, on the detention of Keizaburo Koyama. The notice tells Koyama that he will go before the Board at the Courts Martial Room, at the Immigration and Naturalization Service Detention Station at Fort Missoula, Montana on February 2, 1942 at 3:30 o'clock. He …

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 3 of 4 (ddr-one-5-155)

Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. This page continues with the assessment of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber felt it was under FBI investigation in 1940 and someone there suggested they conduct their meetings in secret. The report states …

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.67 (ddr-one-5-160)

Unsigned duplicate of 2016.23.67.

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill Becker (ddr-densho-468-218)

Update on requirements to add Norman Thomas to state ballot and efforts to establish Socialist Party in Nebraska. Request for Norman Thomas to speak at convention.

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Ray McConnell (ddr-densho-468-205)

Thank you on behalf of Nebraskans for Norman Thomas for news coverage

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doc Seattle Times: Navy Loading Relief Supplies to Orient (ddr-densho-446-439)

Ai Chih Tsai was one of the co-chairs of a joint effort by Seattle-area churches and the Navy to provided relief supplies to the Orient.

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doc W.D. Form 67: Request and Authorization for Civilian Travel at Government Expense (ddr-densho-446-171)

Travel Authorization for Ai Chih Tsai, Research Analyst, from Washington, D.C., to Camp Ritchie, MD, for 30 days.

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doc Letter of introduction for Kaneji Domoto from J.W. Lankard to LeGrnder (ddr-densho-329-545)

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doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 2 of 6. (ddr-one-5-99)

Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. This page further elaborates that Confidential Informant SE N-1 has, on several occasions, mis-translated Japanese names. In this case, he mistook the name "Iwao Oyama" for Keizaburo Koyama. The informant said that his original source for the names, a Japanese newspaper, has since been destroyed. The informant went …

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doc Typed and notarized letter from Teru Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. Page 5 of 13. (ddr-one-5-232)

Photocopy of a typed letter from Teru Koyama to Edward J. Ennis concerning the rehearing of Keizaburo Koyama's case. Mrs. Koyama details the efforts she and others have made on behalf of her husband. While her husband was incarcerated at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, Mrs. Koyama submitted numerous documents pertaining to her husband's educational history in the …

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doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 8 1944 and 1945 Japanese of Hawaii (ddr-densho-372-8)

Volume 8 divides into five sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Part 1 features archival documents from 1944 and 1945 that depict the winding down of the relocation program. Part 2 features selected pages of a Congressional Record from February 23, 1944 and June 23, 1944 that resulted in the …

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vh Ayame Tsutakawa - Mayumi Tsutakawa - Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn - Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn (ddr-densho-1000-96)

This is an intergenerational, group interview of members of the Tsutakawa family. Ayame Tsutakawa is a Kibei female born 1924 in Hollywood, California, then sent to Japan to live with relatives when thirteen months old. She returned to the United States at the age of twelve. During WWII, she was incarcerated in the Sacramento Assembly Center …

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1636)

Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes "Nisei America" by Riley O'Suga, "What Makes Peter Run?" by Frances Okomoto, "Haiku and Painting" by Ken Yasuda, "Tule in Rhyme" by Iku Wada, "Ramblings" by Eugene Okada, "It's the Little Things of Life" by Sachiko Higashi, "Looking Back" …

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doc Ryo Morikawa Recollections (ddr-densho-446-349)

Autobiography: Ryo's parents, Life in San Diego, 11 months in Japan, Evacuation, Married Life

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill Becker (ddr-densho-468-203)

Update on requirements to add Norman Thomas to state ballot and efforts to establish Socialist Party in Nebraska.

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ai-jin (ddr-densho-446-318)

Exchange news. Ai Chih Tsai wrote to Chungking about getting a Chinese passport. Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai and Ai Chih Tsai are working on business contacts and possibilities for Ai-jin and contacting church boards and government officials to raise funds for educational activities in Formosa. Ai Chih Tsai needs financial help. Will send money to Chiong-hui's siblings …

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Harry Fleischman (ddr-densho-468-207)

Update on attempts to add Norman Thomas to ballot in Nebraska with request for assistance.

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Narrator Lorraine Bannai

Sansei female. Born 1955 in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Gardena, California, surrounded by a large Japanese American community. Influenced by father's role in community and politics, and mother's emphasis on education. Attended University of California, Santa Barbara where she became increasingly aware of Japanese American history, issues of ethnic identity and racial inequality. Attended …

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Narrator Thomas T. Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained …

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img WRA resettlement image (ddr-densho-7-11)

Original WRA caption: "One of the most imposing and beautiful buildings in the city of Milwaukee is the Milwaukee County Building which was built at a cost of $10,000,000. With its well-laid out street, its inviting parklanes, and orderly lawns, Milwaukee not only offers Nisei new homes and new jobs, but gives them the advantage of …

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