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vh Doreen Rapada Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1001-28-11)

Remembering the return of Japanese Americans to Bainbridge Island after World War II

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vh Angela Berry Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1001-30-4)

The role of the Filipino farmers on Bainbridge Island during World War II

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vh Angela Berry Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1001-30-8)

Thoughts on Bainbridge Island's World War II Japanese American memorial

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vh Earl Hanson Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-160-26)

Memories of Japanese Americans returning to Bainbridge Island, Washington, after the war

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vh Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-299-30)

Interactions with African Americans who had moved into Little Tokyo during the war

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vh Shizue Irei Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-407-3)

Being taught to be afraid of Westerners before the war

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Narrator Grant Hirabayashi

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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Narrator Toshikazu "Tosh" Okamoto

Nisei male. Born October 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Renton, Washington, where father operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Briefly transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army and served in Italy as a replacement …

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Narrator Jimmy Naganuma

Born May 23, 1936, in Callao, Peru. Spent early childhood in Peru, where parents ran a laundry business, and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested Jimmy's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After …

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Narrator Kazumu Naganuma

Born July 28, 1942, in Callao, Peru. Before World War II, parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. When Kazumu was still an infant, the FBI arrested his father and sent the entire family to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …

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vh Art Hansen Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-295)

White male. Born October 10, 1938, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Education History: BA, MA, Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara. Work History: Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton (1966-Present); Visiting Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980; Editor, Oral History Review, 1980-1987; President, Southwest Oral History Association (1991-1992); …

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vh Art Hansen Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-310)

White male. Born October 10, 1938, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Education History: BA, MA, Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara. Work History: Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton (1966-Present); Visiting Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980; Editor, Oral History Review, 1980-1987; President, Southwest Oral History Association (1991-1992); …

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vh Minoru Yasui Interview (ddr-densho-1012-3)

Nisei male. Born October 19, 1916, in Hood River, Oregon. Earned a law degree from the University of Oregon law school and was practicing law prior to World War II. In 1942, deliberately defied the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans in Portland, Oregon, and was arrested. His case was tried, and he was sentenced to one …

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Narrator Ron Wakabayashi

Sansei male. Born November 13, 1944, in Reno, Nevada, where parents had resettled after leaving the concentration camps in Topaz, Utah, and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. Grew up in East Los Angeles. Involved in a number of community social service organizations in Los Angeles, such as Oriental Concern and the Asian American Drug Abuse …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 21 (November 27, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-46)

Selected article titles: "WRA Has No Right to Intern Nisei Citizens, Says Biddle. Attorney General Criticizes Wartime Treatment Accorded Japanese American Group. Relocation Camps Not Designed as Internment Centers, But as Refuge; Upholds Loyalty of Minority; Backs WRA Program of Resettlement" (p. 1), "War Department Reveals List Of Japanese Americans Hurt, Presumably on Italian Front" (p. …

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vh Ronald Ikejiri Interview (ddr-densho-1000-461)

Sansei male. Born December 3, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, parents had been incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Father signed 'no-no' on the so-called 'loyalty questionnaire', renounced U.S. citizenship, and was sent to the Department of Justice camp at Bismarck, North Dakota. Family did not end up expatriating to …

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vh Sam Ogo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-193)

Nisei male. Born September 1, 1919, in Millwood, Washington, where father worked for SP&S railroad. After serious injury, father quit the railroad and moved family to Spokane, Washington, where they operated numerous hotels. Sent to Japan with siblings in 1933 to attend school. Was only one in the family to return to the U.S. three years …

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-61)

Original WRA caption: Residents of Japanese ancestry appear for registration prior to evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration. Updated Library of Congress summary: "Photograph shows Shizuko Ina standing behind others waiting to be assigned a "family number" before being removed from their homes and incarcerated in a detention facility …

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vh Jack Dairiki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-325-7)

Having to stay in Japan because of the impending war with the United States; attending school

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vh Min Tonai Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-302-1)

Helping with a television segment on the World War II history of the Santa Anita racetrack

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vh Larry R. Pacheco Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-397-13)

Seeing a jet for the first time while a prisoner of war in Germany

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vh Rose Nakagawa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1010-9-14)

Arranging for a white family to take care of farm during World War II

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vh Dan Aoki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1007-11-3)

The role the World War II Nisei veterans had on the Hawai'i statehood movement (audio only)

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vh Alice Nishitani Interview Segment 15 (ddr-one-7-43-15)

Hearing about the end of the war and waiting for husband to return from military service

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vh Earl Hanson Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-160-7)

Memories of Japanese families on Bainbridge Island before World War II; visiting friends' homes

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