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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 43 (January 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-120)

Selected article titles: "Solon Kimball Studies Center Situation Here. Questions Pertaining to Closing of Center Asked at Joint Meet" (p. 1), "Ore. Licenses Available For Business" (p. 1), "Insurance Data Available on Deceased Soldiers" (p. 1), "Absence of Nisei Names From Honor Roll Stirs Gardenans" (p. 1), "Father Tibesar to Go to Chicago to Help Evacuees …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 22 (December 4, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-47)

Selected article titles: "34 Nisei Killed, 130 Injured on Italian Front. Names of 13 Dead Announced By War Department; Stimson Praises Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Coast Fair Play Committee Backs WRA Jurisdiction On Tule Segregation Camp. Immediate Separation Of Troublemakers Urged By California Group" (p. 2), "Communists Ask Fair Play for Loyal Evacuees. Urge Army Control …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 5 (August 11, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-32)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Army Plans Documentary Motion Picture on Life of Japan War Bride in America" (p. 1), "Senate Passes Compromise Settlement Proposal for Paying Evacuation Claims" (p. 1), "Role of Nisei in Future Set as Panel Topic" (p. 1), "Relocated Japanese Americans Conquer Race Prejudice in Snake River Valley Area" (p. 2), "Anti-Oriental Laws …

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av Edwin (Ed) Sasaki oral history interview (ddr-csujad-9-1)

Oral history interview of Edwin (Ed) Sasaki, a professor of the Psychology Department, conducted by the Public History Institute at California State University, Bakersfield. Professor Sasaki was born in Sacramento, California, in November 1940 and grew up in Weiser, Idaho. He recollects his family's experiences during the World War II, being arrested as a suspect and …

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doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-37)

This page of the scrapbook shows documents from two distinct periods of Hisa's wartime life. At the top is the form where Hisa formally requests to drop out of high school after her father is forced to move to the Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp after being branded a trouble maker. While not directly …

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-50)

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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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-52)

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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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-51)

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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vh George Kazuharu Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-481)

Born August 20, 1938, in Lima, Peru. Parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested George's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 48 (January 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-73)

Selected article titles: "Selective Service Open to Nisei. Reclassification of Citizens to Begin, War Department Announces" (p. 1), "Evacuee Future to be Discussed. 4-Man Relocation Team Will Visit Hunt Feb. 7-10" (p. 1), "Chicago Conference Postponed; Hunt Will Send Delegates" (p. 1), "Colorado Attorney Finds Japanese May Own Property" (p. 1), "17 Year Olds Must Register …

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Collection Shosuke Sasaki Collection (ddr-densho-274)

This collection consists of documents from the personal collection of Mr. Shosuke Sasaki, an Issei who immigrated to the U.S. in 1919. During World War II he was incarcerated in Minidoka, Idaho, and later worked for Standard & Poor's financial institution for many years. His papers document his work with Minidoka's Welfare Department, as well as …

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vh 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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vh 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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vh 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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av The Way Ahead (ddr-densho-1024-57)

On the release of Japanese-American from relocation centers for jobs in the Midwest. Nisei families leave a center. WRA offices locate civilian employment for them. Some Japanese work on a farm in Illinois, others in a candy factory, a machine shop, an egg dehydrating plant, and other industries. The WRA aids families in procuring living quarters.Creator(s): …

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doc 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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doc 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)

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 …

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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)

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 …

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doc 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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img 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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doc 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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doc 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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vh 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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doc 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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