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Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, Fumio Fred Takano (ddr-csujad-42-106)
doc Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, Fumio Fred Takano (ddr-csujad-42-106)
A notice of assignment issued by War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior. Fumio Fred Takano is assigned to Engineering Section as a plumber foreman. It includes the rate of pay (19.00 dollars) and entrance on duty date. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_55_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-106/
Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-165)
doc Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-165)
Notice of assignment for Masami Iwasa in the Motor Transportation and Maintenance/Motor Repair Unit at the Poston incarceration camp. From WRA-21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0167
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-165/
Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Yokota, Aie (ddr-csujad-55-224)
doc Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Yokota, Aie (ddr-csujad-55-224)
Notice of job termination for Aie Yokota. Form WRA-114. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0226
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-224/
Notice of assignment, WRA-21, Aie Yokota (ddr-csujad-55-222)
doc Notice of assignment, WRA-21, Aie Yokota (ddr-csujad-55-222)
Notice of assignment for Aie Yokota as a Stenographer-Clerk at the high school. WRA-21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0224
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-222/
Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Al Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-3)
doc Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Al Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-3)
Termination of Alfred Tsukamoto's job in the Community Services Section of "Jerome Relocation Center." Payroll title was "Recreation Activities" and rate of pay was $19.00. Form WRA-114. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00004
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-3/
Notice of assignment, WRA-21, Mary Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-6)
doc Notice of assignment, WRA-21, Mary Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-6)
May Tsukamoto's assignment to the Community Management--Activities Section of "Jerome Relocation Center" as a USO YWCA-Field Worker at a $16.00 rate of pay. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00007
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-6/
Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Mary Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-5)
doc Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Mary Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-5)
Termination of Mary Tsukamoto's job in the Community Services Section of "Jerome Relocation Center." Payroll title was USO and YWCA Field Worker and rate of pay was $16.00. Form WRA-114. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00006
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-5/
Notice of assignment, WRA-21, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2173)
doc Notice of assignment, WRA-21, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2173)
Notice of assignment for George Hideo Nakamura as a butcher at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2275
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2173/
Notice of assignment, WRA-21, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2428)
doc Notice of assignment, WRA-21, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2428)
Notice of assignment for George Hideo Nakamura as an assistant butcher shop superintendent, probably at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2534
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2428/
Notice of assignment, WRA-21, Aie Yokota (ddr-csujad-55-213)
doc Notice of assignment, WRA-21, Aie Yokota (ddr-csujad-55-213)
Notice of assignment for Aie Yokota. WRA-21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0215
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-213/
Notice of assignment, WRA-21, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2174)
doc Notice of assignment, WRA-21, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2174)
Notice of assignment for George Hideo Nakamura as an assistant butcher shop supervisor at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2276
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2174/
Notice of assignment (ddr-csujad-55-1981)
doc Notice of assignment (ddr-csujad-55-1981)
Work assignment slip belonging to Adachi for assignment as a waitress at Tule Lake incarceration camp. From the Masako Adachi scrapbook, loose materials. See also sac_jaac_1953. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1984
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1981/
Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Mary T. Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-4)
doc Termination notice, Form WRA-114, Mary T. Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-4)
Termination of Mary Tsukamoto's job in the Community Services Section of "Jerome Relocation Center." Payroll title was Girls' Activities and rate of pay was $16.00. Form WRA-114. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00005
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-4/

Narrator Charles Olds

White male. Born 1913 in Karuizawa, Japan, to missionary parents. Attended Canadian school in Kobe, Japan, before coming to the United States with his older brother. He attended the University of Chicago School of Social Work, then volunteered to work for the War Relocation Authority (WRA). He later worked as a relocation officer in the concentration …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/119/

Narrator Catherine Embree Harris

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.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/545/
Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 74 (March 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-318)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 74 (March 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-318)
Selected article titles: "Terminate Furloughs for Farm Employment" (p. 1), "War Relocation Authority Issues Grants to Hawaii" (p. 1), "Sixty-Five Per Cent Will Welcome Nisei" (p. 1), "Oakland Japanese Get Threats by Telephone" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-125-318/
Unloading luggage (ddr-fom-1-887)
img Unloading luggage (ddr-fom-1-887)
WRA caption on reverse: "The baggage of approximately six hundred evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is taken from the train by truck to their new homes at the Minidoka War Relocation Authority Center."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-887/
Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)
img Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority Center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp shows partially completed barracks.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-423/
Native American at camp site (ddr-densho-37-434)
img Native American at camp site (ddr-densho-37-434)
Original WRA caption: Parker, Arizona. Henry Welsh, Mojave Indian and Chairman of the tribal council on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, which is the site of a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-434/
Japanese Americans meet in an assembly center (ddr-densho-37-583)
img Japanese Americans meet in an assembly center (ddr-densho-37-583)
Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Members of two evacuee families of Japanese ancestry meet at this assembly center located on the Salinas Rodeo grounds. These people will be transferred later to a War Relocation Authority center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-583/
Farmer closing his greenhouse prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-128)
img Farmer closing his greenhouse prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-128)
Original caption: Mission San Jose, California. Ready to close the doors of greenhouse on strawberry truck farm in Santa Clara County. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed in War Relocation Authority center for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-128/
Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-100)
img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-100)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-100/
Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-99)
img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-99)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-99/
Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-132)
img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-132)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Lining up before Japanese American Citizens League auditorium at 2031 Bush Street to register for evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-132/
Family waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-198)
img Family waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-198)
Original caption: Centerville, California. A farming family awaits evacuation bus. Farmers an other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-198/
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