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av Crystal City Pilgrimage (ddr-densho-1024-4)

The first pilgrimage commemorating the largest U.S. Department of Justice multinational family concentration camp during World War II. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Crystal City Pilgrimage. See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-4.

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vh 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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vh 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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vh 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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Collection 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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vh 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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vh 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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vh 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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Narrator Mary Jane Mikuriya

Born December 8, 1934, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born to a father from Japan and mother from the Austria-Hungary region. Grew up in Pennsylvania during World War II, where family was monitored by the FBI. Attended Pembroke College and then worked for the federal government's Department of Education, then as an administrator in the education field. Volunteered …

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vh 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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vh 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

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-40)

Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …

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vh Bruce T. Kaji Interview I Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-289-26)

Social activities after 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 Department of the Interior.

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vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-316-13)

Attending school 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 Department of the Interior.

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vh Hank Shozo Umemoto Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-294-10)

Living "green" before 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 Department of the Interior.

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vh Nancy K. Araki Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-357-4)

Social activities after 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 Department of the Interior.

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vh Walter N. Matsuoka Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1010-3-26)

Finding work after the war

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vh Walter N. Matsuoka Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1010-3-30)

Serving in the Korean War

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vh Mary Montoya Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1009-2-11)

Family's experiences during the war

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vh Ted Hachiya Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-9-3)

Going fishing after the war

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vh Shizuko "Suzie" Sakai Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-4-3)

Celebrating holidays before the war

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vh Joe Saito Interview Segment 26 (ddr-one-7-36-26)

Farming after the war

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