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Bronze Star Medal award to William J. Sakai (ddr-csujad-55-2459)
doc Bronze Star Medal award to William J. Sakai (ddr-csujad-55-2459)
Certificate for the Bronze Star Medal, awarded to William J. Sakai for "meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2565
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2459/
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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-194/
Postcard from War Department Office of Dependency Benefits to Seiichi Okine, March 12, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-195)
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
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-195/
Notice of Involuntary Separation (ddr-densho-446-150)
doc Notice of Involuntary Separation (ddr-densho-446-150)
Advice of Personnel Action. Involuntary Separation from Office of War Intelligence since Tsai is a Japanese subject.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-150/
Telegram from U.S. Office of War Information Personnel Office to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-148)
doc Telegram from U.S. Office of War Information Personnel Office to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-148)
Instructions to report for duty as Associate Field Representative (Translator-Chinese).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-148/
Telegram from U.S. Office of War Information Personnel Office to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-155)
doc Telegram from U.S. Office of War Information Personnel Office to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-155)
Telegram asking Tsai to report for interview.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-155/
No family allowance will be authorized or paid until the required evidence as indicated below is submitted (ddr-csujad-55-2352)
doc No family allowance will be authorized or paid until the required evidence as indicated below is submitted (ddr-csujad-55-2352)
Notice regarding authorization of family allowance for servicemen. Covers marriage, birth, adoption, divorce, family dependency, disabled dependents, and foster parents. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2458
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2352/
Family allowance information sheet (ddr-csujad-55-2364)
doc Family allowance information sheet (ddr-csujad-55-2364)
Information sheet explaining family allowances for the dependents of servicemen. Includes data sheet for George Hideo Nakamura. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2470
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2364/
Letter from Herbert C. Sargent to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-146)
doc Letter from Herbert C. Sargent to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-146)
U.S. Office of War Information is processing Tsai's papers for an overseas appointment as a Chinese Translator
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-146/
Letter from Velma N. Baldwin to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-153)
doc Letter from Velma N. Baldwin to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-153)
Inquiring if Ai Chih Tsai is available for an appointment in the Military Intelligence Service as an "Expert"; "work...of an extremely classified nature utilizing your knowledge of Japanese and Chinese"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-153/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Services, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-108)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Services, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-108)
Tsai began working for the War Department five days ago.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-108/
Advance release (Office of War Information), OWI-2712 (November 1, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1908)
doc Advance release (Office of War Information), OWI-2712 (November 1, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1908)
Press release regarding the purpose and process of segregation at Tule Lake, movement of segregants between WRA Centers, security at Tule Lake, unrest among incarcerees, strike and violence, interventions by the administration, and international press. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1911
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1908/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-149)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-149)
I have job offer from U.S. Office of War Intelligence in New York City
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-149/
Letter from Elaine Schulman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-154)
doc Letter from Elaine Schulman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-154)
Check enclosed ($53.47) for compensation for Tsai's services while employed in Office of War Intelligence.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-154/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-152)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-152)
I was discharged from Office of War Intelligence due to "enemy alien" status.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-152/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-147)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-147)
Expecting an offer of employment from the Office of War Intelligence
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-147/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-342)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-342)
[Typed draft] Explains situation with employment in US. Meeting with government officials to learn how best to help Formosa with cultural, education. Describes current job at Camp Ritchie. Doesn't know how to return to Formosa yet, but did write to foreign minister in Nanking.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-342/
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-250)
vh Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-250)
Nisei female. Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for Commission on Wartime Relocation …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-250/
Clipping regarding Howard D. Porter (ddr-njpa-1-1126)
doc Clipping regarding Howard D. Porter (ddr-njpa-1-1126)
Caption: "Release No. D-50. Immediate Release to Times. Howard D. Porter, the Attorney General of Guam and a reserve lieutenant colonel, Monday (April 25) completed a two-week tour of active duty with United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, T.H. A military Police officer, Colonel Porter spent his two-week tour observing and studying operations of the Hawaiian …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-1126/

Narrator Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

Nisei female. Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for the Commission on Wartime …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/18/
Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice to the spouse of a deceased eligible individual, April 7, 1990 (ddr-csujad-42-148)
doc Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice to the spouse of a deceased eligible individual, April 7, 1990 (ddr-csujad-42-148)
A copy of a letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, addressing the spouse of a deceased Japanese American who was forced to evacuate and incarcerated during the war. It informs of the the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and instructs to submit …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-148/
Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice to recipient, May 25, 1990 (ddr-csujad-42-150)
doc Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice to recipient, May 25, 1990 (ddr-csujad-42-150)
A copy of a letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, addressing an identified person who was forced to evacuate and incarcerated during the war and is potentially eligible for the compensation. It informs of the the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-150/
Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 4 of 6. (ddr-one-5-101)
doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 4 of 6. (ddr-one-5-101)
Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. The page starts with a review of the 1928 census which states that Koyama entered the United States in December of 1918 and that he has a wife, a son named Katsumi, and two daughters named Eva and Kes. Myron Johnston, a neighbor of Koyama, tracked Koyama's family …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-101/
Aiko Herzig Interview (ddr-densho-1002-8)
vh Aiko Herzig Interview (ddr-densho-1002-8)
Nisei female. Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for Commission on Wartime Relocation …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-8/
Redress: An Oral History of the Office of Redress Administration (ddr-densho-1020-13)
av Redress: An Oral History of the Office of Redress Administration (ddr-densho-1020-13)
In 1988, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act, a historic piece of legislation that sought, for the first time, to provide a measure of justice to Japanese Americans nearly 40 years after their incarceration during World War II. The Japanese American Redress program that resulted is a little-known success story of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1020-13/
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