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859 items
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XII No. 5 (April 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-298)
Selected article titles: "WRA Officers to Handle Job Inquiries" (p. 1), "War Department Lowers Standards for Volunteers" (p. 1), "Property Storage Facilities Available" (p. 4).
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Internee of War (ddr-one-5-179)
Photocopy of the front of a folder marked "INTERNEE OF WAR." It's from Keizaburo Koyama and is addressed to the Enemy Alien Control Unit in Washington, D.C. It's stamped "Censored/War Department/S.O.S.-P.M.G.O./By R.L.S. 12-14-42"
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 91 (July 5, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-244)
Selected article titles: "May Use Evacuees in War Jobs: War Department Announces Policy" (p. 1), "Ex-Tuleans, Yukio Ozaki and Jack Moyer, in Army" (p. 1), "Two Adult Bookkeeping Classes Open This Week" (p. 1), "Analysis Office Staff Organized" (p. 1).
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Minidoka Irrigator Extra (January 29, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-165)
Selected article titles: "Army Will Admit Nisei. War Department Plans Completed. Voluntary Induction First New Combat Unit is Contemplated" (p. 1), "Myer's Statement" (p. 1), "Segregation of Loyal Citizens Proposed" (p. 1), "Stafford Comments on War Dept. Move" (p. 2).
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Army Service Forces letter from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division (ddr-one-5-204)
Photocopy of a declassified typed letter to the Director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit in Washington, D.C. from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division. Brigadier General Bryan writes that the Provost Marshal General has directed that the enclosed letters and certificates from Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston Internment Camp be forwarded to the …
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We do or we don't: fire prevention-week Oct. 3rd to 9th, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1094)
Bulletin promoting fire prevention week at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes tips for fire safety in barracks and camp facilities and promoting the purchase of war bonds. Includes text in Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1096
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice (ddr-densho-446-113)
Request for assistance changing Tsai's status to Chinese Formosan, friendly alien, and a path to U.S. citizenship [typed draft]
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Memo to Edward Ennis from J.L. Burling (ddr-densho-67-103)
Memo to Edward Ennis from J.L. Burling on DeWitt's final report and the Korematsu brief. States that the Department of War and the Department of Justice are fighting over a footnote in the Korematsu brief that mentions the Final Report. They eventually compromise in order to reduce departmental tension.
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Memo of a conversation between Col. Bendetsen and Bernard Gufler (ddr-densho-67-80)
Memo of a conversation between Col. Bendetsen and Bernard Gufler. Bendetsen and Gufler discuss the role of the War Department in evacuation -- whether Italian nationals should also be evacuted. Both agree that the Italians should stay where they are. Bendetsen disagrees with the way the Department of Justice is handling evacuation, and suggests that they …
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Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 31 (January 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-32)
Selected article titles: "Army to Accept Nisei" (p. 1), "Officials Laud Action of War Department" (p. 1), "Lights Out Rule to be Observed" (p. 2), "Speaker Stresses Recreation Values" (p. 4).
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Commander Dowie (ddr-densho-446-167)
Draft of letter to commander in Formosa. Tsai just returned from Japan and thanks Dowie for good news of his family in Taiwan. Tsai is working for War Department in D.C.
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Lt. George H. Kerr, Department of War, Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-446-75)
Response to Lt. Kerr's letter: Cashman had previously counseled Tsai to maintain his Japanese citizenship; Cashman recommends Tsai's character and recommends him for service. Also includes discussion of Professor Minoru Tabuchi.
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 218 (July 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-438)
Selected article titles: "Residents Urged to Report War Casualties to Block Managers" (p. 1), "Registration Being Held for Auto Mechanics Training Course" (p. 1), "Vehicle Regulations Announced by Police Department" (p. 2).
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Yaeko Yoshihara Interview (ddr-densho-1001-17)
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, returned to Bainbridge with family.
(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 …
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Ann Fujikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1011-9)
Nisei female. Born in Berkeley, California. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, returned to Berkeley.
(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 …
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Letter from Col. J. R. Lovell to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-162)
Letter from certifying Tsai's employment with commendation for his excellent work of great value to US war effort.
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Catherine Embree Harris Interview (ddr-densho-1000-315)
White female. Born October 30, 1919. Grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, before World War II. After college, took a job with the Office of Indian Affairs, and went to work at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After the war, continued to work for the War Relocation Authority and then other agencies.
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Kato Okazaki Interview (ddr-densho-1001-18)
Nisei male. Born 1923, and grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Drafted into the military during the war and served in Europe and France with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a …
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Rohwer Relocator Vol. I No. 20 (September 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-304)
Selected article titles: "Information on Chicago Housing" (p. 1), "Some Fort Snelling Graduates to Go to Japan" (p. 1), "Jerome Resident Veteran of World War I & II" (p. 3), "Department of Justice Statement Concerning Internees" (p. 4), "Returnees Get Public Housing" (p. 4), "War Departments Sponsors Tolerance Speaker" (p. 4).
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Memorandum from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-124)
Authorization for Tsai to work overtime on assignment for the Military Intelligence Service
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Bill Takemoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-31)
Nisei male. Born and raised on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, joined the Air Force and eventually returned to Bainbridge Island.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …
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Henry Ueno Interview (ddr-one-7-18)
Kibei male. Born December 29, 1928, in Pendleton, Oregon. Father passed away at an early age, and Henry was taken by mother with several siblings to Katsuura, Japan. Attended school in Japan and worked in factories to support the war effort during World War II. Left Japan after the war, and was drafted by the U.S. …
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Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington D.C. (ddr-one-5-249)
Photocopy of a declassified memorandum concerning the change of status for Keizaburo Koyama. On January 1, 1944, Koyama's status changed from being "Interim Paroled" at Santa Fe, New Mexico to being paroled at Spokane and to be inducted into Minidoka War Relocation Project, Hunt, Idaho.