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Dave Tatsuno Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-6)
Nisei male. Born March 31, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Spent difficult childhood years in San Francisco under care of a guardian while family lived in Japan. Graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley before World War II. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and then to Topaz concentration …
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Frank Saburo Sato Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-445)
Nisei male. Born March 16, 1929, in Puyallup, Washington. Grew up in the Sumner, Washington, area, where parents had a produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, attended the University of Washington and the University of Southern California. Established …
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Frank Saburo Sato Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-446)
Nisei male. Born March 16, 1929, in Puyallup, Washington. Grew up in the Sumner, Washington, area, where parents had a produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, attended the University of Washington and the University of Southern California. Established …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 22 (June 3, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-22)
Selected article titles: "Myer Answers Charges Made by Dies Investigator Against WRA's Program of Relocation" (p. 1), "Korematsu Case Recommitted to Circuit Court" (p. 1), "War Department Allows Return to Pacific Coast of Few Nisei Civilians in Special Category" (p. 1), "Warren Signs Bill Designed to Prevent Nisei in Civil Service From Claiming Back Salaries" (p. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 6 (August 18, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-33)
Selected article titles: "Prospects Dim for Early Action on Bill to Grant Issei Naturalization Rights" (p. 1), "President Truman Signs Evacuee Claims Amendment" (p. 1), "Invite JACL ADC Official To Attend Japanese Treaty Conference in San Francisco" (p. 1), "Justice Department Says: Undocumented Hearsay Data Will Not Be Accepted in Processing Evacuee Claims" (p. 2), "First …
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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 …
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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 …
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Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Reparations Administrator, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice (ddr-csujad-42-147)
A letter from Robert K. Bratt, Reparations Administrator, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice to the correspondent, presumably Yoneko Takano, who requests the information on restitution payments. Also includes a letter issued by National Archives and Records Administration to verify the detention of Fumio Fred Takano in the incarceration camp during the war. The …
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Attorney General Dick Thornburgh presents three elderly Japanese-Americans with redress checks (ddr-csujad-52-15)
The caption above the photograph reads, "WASHINGTON, Oct. 9--ON BENDED KNEE--Attorney General Dick Thonburgh [Thornburgh] crouches on bended knee to present $20,000 checks to three elderly Japanese-Americans interned during World War II, during a ceremony at the Justice Department Tuesday. Accepting the checks are, from left: Kisa Iseri, Ontario, Ore., Hau Dairiki, Sacramento, Calif., and Mamoru …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 4 (March 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-81)
Selected article titles: "Drive For Hunt Red Cross To Be Held March 20 to 25" (p. 1), "Gotham Japanese Pledge Support In Red Cross Drive" (p. 1), "Vehicle Exchange Nears Completion" (p. 1), "WRA Celebrates Second Birthday" (p. 1), "21,000 Persons of Japanese Ancestry Now Relocated" (p. 1), "Sgt. Kuroki Thanks Utah's Gov. Maw For Fair …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 134 (November 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-68)
Selected article titles: "McWilliams Says Amendment Prejudiced; Ineffective"; "To 90% of Personnel Combat Badges Go"; "Hawaii was Handled How Situation In"; "FCC Commissioner Resigns His Office"; "War Department Denies Decision Made to Open Coast to Evacuees. Replies to Charge by Wollenberg That Japanese Will Filter Back After Nov. 15"; "No Comment"; "Ten Members of 171st Infantry …
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Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-36)
This page of the scrapbook shows documents from two distinct periods of Hisa's wartime life. At the top of the page is an invitation to a Goodbye party thrown at Tule Lake as people began to leave the camp. At the bottom is one of the forms Hisa had to turn into Tri-State High School in …
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Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview (ddr-densho-1000-149)
Nisei male. Born December 1, 1918, in Kent, Washington. Became interested in music in junior high school, and played in various music groups. Upon graduating from high school, worked for a manufacturing plant, and then volunteered for the army. Separated from unit along with other Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and eventually served …
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Richard Kosaki Interview (ddr-janm-13-1)
Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in …
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Tad Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-82)
Nisei male. Born May 9, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Moved to Seattle with father after parents divorced. Grew up in Seattle's Nihonmachi where father ran a secondhand store. Disinterested in college after seeing a lack of employment opportunities for graduating Japanese Americans. Went to work for Great Northern Railway, laying and maintaining tracks on the West …
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Frank Miyamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1002-1)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Wrote 'Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle' as a Master's thesis, published in 1939 as one of the first academic works on the Japanese immigrant community. Incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Member of the Evacuation and Resettlement Study which studied the incarceration and resettlement …
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John Y. Hayakawa Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-401-19)
Hearing about the end of the war and sounding the fire department siren
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of …
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Charlie Matsubara - Mary Matsubara - Evelyn Togami Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1009-3-23)
Hearing about Department of Justice camps in New Mexico during the war
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the …
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George Morihiro - Jack Sameshima Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1016-6-3)
Memories of war
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Topaz Museum Collection (ddr-densho-1013)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with the Topaz Museum, a volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the original site of the World War II Internment Camp near Delta, Utah, to interpret its impact on the internees, their families, and the citizens of Utah and to educate the public in order to …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 3 (January 22, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-4)
Selected article titles: "War Department Reopens Drafting of Nisei" (p. 1), "Reinstitute Selective Service Procedures on Same Basis As Other American Citizens" (p. 1), "Gen. DeWitt Defends Policy On Evacuation" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Evacuees Repudiate Strike Leadership; Segregees Vote to Return to Work" (p. 2), "Administration of Tule Lake Camp Not Job for Military, Gen. …
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Leave permit for group work, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-555)
A leave permit for group work extension issued by Henry Harris Jr., Relocation Officer, War Relocation Authority, the U.S. Department of the Interior. It certifies that George Nobuo Naohara is allowed to leave the Manzanar camp in California on May 9, 1942 for Salt Lake City, Utah until April 15, 1943. Special conditions are noted in …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-227)
Article titles: "Our Japs Have Gone to Work"; "Relocation Center in Millard County to be Concentrated Into One Large Farming Unit Under Control of War Department for the Duration"; "Japanese and Mexican Labor Needed for Crops Next Year"; "Move Offices Wednesday to Jap Camp"; "Commissary Opens at Japanese Camp"; "'Little Tokyo' May be Named TOPAZ"; "Second …
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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-145)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Wrote 'Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle' as a Master's thesis, published in 1939 as one of the first academic works on the Japanese immigrant community. Incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Member of the Evacuation and Resettlement Study which studied the incarceration and resettlement …
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Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1007-3-5)
Being stripped of weapons by the War Department after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views …