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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-360-21)

Joining a different unit

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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-360-24)

Acting as an extra in several movies

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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-360-7)

After wife's passing, renewed desire to serve overseas

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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-360-6)

Positive experience during military training

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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-360-27)

Becoming active in Japanese American veterans organizations

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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-360-22)

A frightening trip by sea

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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-360-5)

The difficulties of boot camp

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vh Robert M. Wada Interview II Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-360-23)

Returning home after military service

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Narrator Robert M. Wada

Nisei male. Born July 12, 1930, in Redlands, California. Spend childhood in Redlands before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to Redlands and continued school. Served with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War.

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doc Memorandum for Exhibit Planning (ddr-densho-1007-1858)

Memorandum from Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga who was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Japanese American exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History for the 1987 bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. The memorandum provided suggestions for improvements to the exhibit and was addressed to other members of the Advisory Committee including Michi and …

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img Group Portrait of Nisei women (ddr-ajah-6-148)

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 8 (ddr-csujad-26-49)

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 Okamoto; "Haiku and painting" by Ken Yasuda; "Tule in rhyme" by Iku Wada; "Ramblings" by Eugene Okada; "It's the little things" by Sachiko Higashi; "Looking back" by George …

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doc Scrapbook page with photo of Koniyo Club members (ddr-ajah-3-337)

Caption below page: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA 1933. Names of women identified

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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 Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VII, No. 4, April 1970 (ddr-sjacl-1-118)

Bulletin covering the following topics: Board passes resolution to oppose Supreme Court Nominee, Harrold Carswell; letter by Fran Wada ?There are more and more Nisei and Sansei who are beginning to realize that we do not ?earn? our acceptance or rights as citizens?they are ours by virtue of our birth;? interesting article on heated discussion when …

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img Haniwa statue to be sold to a U.S. buyer (ddr-njpa-8-4)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Photograph No. 3 October 11, 1930. Haniwa statue from Emperor Nintoku are to be sold away One of a kind treasure in excellent condition for twenty thousand yen. Imperial Household Museum in Ueno Park is holding Haniwa Clayware Exhibit from the 16th to 31st with over 80 items, from various academic …

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img Group of adults and children outside house (ddr-ajah-6-455)

Caption above photo: Alameda, CA Issei mothers and their Nisei children, circa 1918-1920

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 99, No. 4 (July 27, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-29)

Includes Special Women's Concerns Supplement. Selected article titles: "Asian Demos demand recognition from party" (p. 1), "Will Asians get any 'beef' from Mondale?" (p. 1), "NCJAR to appeal dismissal of class-action suit" (p. 2), "Chin killer, defense attorneys say verdict unfair" (p. 2), "Ariyoshi, Noguchi and Wada chosen Japanese Americans of the Biennium" (p. 3), "Little …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. III, No. 8, August 1966 (ddr-sjacl-1-87)

Bulletin covering the following topics: August picnic; protest for TV showing ?Little Tokyo?, a 1942 movie showing JA enemy agents; National JACL Golf Tournament, 150 attendee; Phil Hayasaka Column; Nisei Discussion series report by Human Relations committee (Mrs Frank Wada) ?It seems to me an irony of our times that though we are surrounded by almost …

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img Man and woman with group of children (ddr-ajah-6-352)

Caption below photo: Nisei youth gather at 2418 Buena Vista Avenue, Alameda, CA., the home of Yasutaro and Ineko Takano. The Takanos lived briefly at this address, circa early 1930s

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doc Memo from Co-ordinating Committee to W. [Willard E.] Schmidt, [1944] (ddr-csujad-2-98)

List of names, addresses, family numbers, and start dates of active fielders (in subject line, the job title is spelled "fiedlers" but is elsewhere spelled correctly); start dates of the 32 fielders range from January 13, 1944 to February 4, 1944. Names: Hamada, Isao; Nakanishi, Yoichi; Iwohara, Tsugio; Okamoto, Chiyoko; Keiunji, Masaru; Sakai, Masayoshi; Oda, Yoshitsugu; …

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img Three girls in their quarters at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-9)

Three young women in barracks at Manzanar. One sits at a desk, writing in a notebook. The other two look on, one with her hands on the back of the woman at the desk, the other bends at the waist to wash her hands in a white bowl. Caption on back of photograph reads, "Japanese Girls …

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img Mr. Wakichi Kawamoto and children (ddr-csujad-55-2621)

W. Kawamoto general merchandise store. erso reads: Mr. Wakichi Kawamoto and children, L to R Chiyeko, Matsuko, Wakichi, Takeo. Life history of this store in Florin, CA. This photo of general merchandise store which was opened and operated by Mr. Wakichi Kawamoto in Florin, California some time in early 1900. This establishment was later sold to …

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Letter from residents of Block 9 to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp and Colonel Verne Austin, Commander of Military Police, February 14, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-7)

doc Letter from residents of Block 9 to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp and Colonel Verne Austin, Commander of Military Police, February 14, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-7)

Letter from residents of Block 9 to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp and Colonel Verne Austin, Commander of Military Police requesting the release of four incarerees detained in the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp: Dentaro Tani, Heizaburo Nakada, Goichi Ishimaru, and Toshiaki Oku. Signed names: Tani, Dentaro; Nakada, Heizaburo; Ishimaru, Goichi; Oku, Toshiaki; …

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doc May the committee further recommend the release of the following (ddr-csujad-2-76)

Document presents a list of 52 incarcerees; names are introduced with the text, "May the committee further recommend the release of the following" [presumably from the army stockades]. Nakao, Masaru; Inoue, Tetsuo; Hayashioa, Bob; Tahara, Tom; Saito, Shu; Shingu, Tadashi (Fred); Ogata, Tanji; Fujimoto, Tadao (Wm); Yamamoto, Kazuo; Tanabe, Yaichi; Wada, Shozo; Takaoka, Yoshio; Komiya, Shunichi; …

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