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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 27 (ddr-manz-1-25-27)
Grandfather's travels to the United States from South America, description of homemade senbei maker
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Amicus brief filed in the Korematsu case (ddr-densho-35-428)
Amicus Curiae brief filed on behalf of the states of California, Oregon and Washington in the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States of America.
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Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-6)
Photographs of HIsa'a family and friends before the United States' entry into World War II.
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Honorable discharge (ddr-densho-404-436)
Honorable discharge papers for Toke (Tokeo) T. Tagami from the Army of the United States.
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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-148-44)
Returning to the United States: enrolling in St. Mary's teaching hospital as a student nurse
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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-148-1)
Family background: father came to United States from Japan to help with the family business
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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-45-2)
Parents' reasons for immigrating to United States: no work in Japan after Russo-Japan war
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Nobuko Miyake-Stoner Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-242-3)
Influence of father's training as a kamikaze pilot on his attitudes towards the United States
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-23-3)
Family background, Toshio Ito: father's arrival in the United States, working odd jobs in Seattle
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Art Shibayama Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-151-9)
Terrible conditions on U.S. transport ship: taken to the United States, but not understanding why
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Petition for writ of certiorari in Minola Tamesa vd. United States of America (ddr-densho-333-33)
Petition for writ of certiorari and supporting brief for United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Pramila Jayapal II Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-161-2)
Discussion of mainstream stereotypes of South Asian immigrants and their actual experiences in the United States
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Frank Yamasaki Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-131-1)
Family background: mother's immigration to the United States in 1913; growing up one of five children
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Tom Akashi Interview Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-164-45)
Working for the Saga Prefecture military government, encouraged by boss to return to the United States
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George Fugami Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-7-19)
Deciding to return to the United States: no desire to be drafted into the Japanese army
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Roger Shimomura Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-142-42)
Taking a road trip around the perimeter of the United States; racial experiences in South Carolina
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Pramila Jayapal Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-156-15)
First impressions of the United States: surprise at the spaciousness, experiencing snow for the first time
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Soldiers on the deck of a ship (ddr-densho-201-824)
Soldiers on a ship taking them back to the United States. Rock of Gibraltar in the distance.
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Soldiers looking at the Rock of Gibraltar (ddr-densho-201-821)
Caption on front: "Rock of Gibraltar." Soldiers on a ship taking them back to the United States.
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View of the United States Courthouse in Seattle (ddr-densho-10-73)
The Gordon Hirabayashi hearing was held here, in Seattle, Washington in front of Judge Donald S. Voorhees.
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Korematsu v. United States, 584 F.Supp. 1406 (1984) (ddr-densho-405-36)
This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.
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Soldier sitting on the deck of a ship (ddr-densho-201-818)
Caption in album: "General' Kumaki / L.A. California." Soldiers on a ship taking them back to the United States.