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doc Beau Jack floors angott (ddr-csujad-49-223)

Newspaper clipping about a boxing match between Beau Jack and Sammy Angott that took place in Washington, D.C. An item from: pages 108 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_068_02

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doc Letter from Sue Ogata Kato to Agnes Ogata, March 25, 1945 (ddr-csujad-49-143)

Postcard from Sue Ogata Kato to Agnes Ogata including an image of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. An item from: pages 88-89 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_058_04

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img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-60)

Original caption: PREPARATION FOR PARADE OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM (JAPANESE AMERICAN TROOPS) TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON THE 15TH JULY 1946. Color bearers polishing metal of staff are left to right: M/Sgt. Mitsuomi Tanaka, Honokaa, Hawaii, T/Sgt. Hiroshi Yamamoto, Brigham, Utah, and 1st /Sgt. Tom Harimoto, 3745 Maunaloa Ave, Honolulu. Fort Belvoir, …

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img Matthew Ridgway giving a speech (ddr-njpa-1-1420)

Caption on reverse: "Watch your credit-International News Photos. Washington, D.C.-Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Army Chief of Staff received a thunderous ovation from legionaires when he was introduced at the closing session of the American Legion's 36th Annual Convention. He told the veterans that today's U.S. Army ' will perform any duty required of us, in the light …

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Narrator Lury Sato

Nisei female. Born January 25, 1915, in Montavilla, Oregon. Grew up in Portland and attended college before World War II. During the war, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp with husband and lived in New York and Washington, D.C. Eventually returned to Portland.

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img Stuart S. Murray and two men looking at samurai swords (ddr-njpa-2-216)

Caption on reverse: "HISTORIC SWORD: A Japanese samurai sword which was given to the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon by Manjiro Nakahama about a century ago was presented to Rear Adm. S. S. Murray, commandant of the 14th naval district, at a brief ceremony yesterday afternoon at the Honolulu Academy of Arts by Samuel R. Damon, great …

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doc Army Service Forces letter from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division with date and filing stamps (ddr-one-5-205)

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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img Mike Masaoka arriving in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-970)

Caption on reverse: "Mike Masaoka greeted on arrival here: Mike Masaoka (second from left), national legislative director of the Anti-Discrimination Committee of the Japanese-American Citizens' League of Washington, D.C., is shown being greeted upon his arrival here Saturday evening by plane from San Francisco. Pictured with Masaoka are, left to right: Rep. Joseph Itagaki, Miss Margaret …

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doc Letter from George Naohara to Juan G. de Molina, Minister Counselor in Charge of Japanese Interests, Spanish Embassy, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-570)

A draft letter written by George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. He writes to Spanish Embassy, Washington D.C., and expresses his intention to be expatriated to Japan where his parents reside. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_023

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img Parade for the President (ddr-densho-114-58)

Original caption: PREPARATION FOR THE PARADE OF THE 442nd REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM (JAPANESE AMERICAN TROOPS) TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON THE 15th JULY 1946. Major Sterlin C. Moore, Executive Officer of the 442nd Infantry, orienting his men as to what to expect on the Parade for the President of the United States. Major Moore's …

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 17 (August 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-93)

Selected article titles: "Cannery: Tomatoes are Being Canned" (p. 1), "Gripsholm Group" (p. 1), "Alteration of Travel Grant System Effected by WRA" (p. 1), "Efficiency Program: Wage, Hour Officially Stabilized" (p. 1), "Washington D.C. Area Encouraging. Prospects in Farm and Factory Work Good" (p. 3), "Interested Residents May Apply for Jobs" (p. 4), "Editorials: Influx Into …

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img Portrait of Douglas MacArthur II (ddr-njpa-1-986)

Caption on reverse: "WA-41-3/3/51-INP Soundphoto-Washington, D.C.. The White House announced today that President Eisenhower will nominate Douglas MacArthur II, above, nephew of General MacArthur, as State Department counselor. The 43-year-old MacArthur is a career foreign services officer presently serving as Special Assistant for International Affairs to Gen. Matthew Ridgway, NATO Commander in Paris. INP Photo-Sent 2245 …

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doc [Newspaper clipping titled:] Redress reaffirmed (ddr-csujad-55-2069)

Newspaper clipping regarding amendments to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Article titles include "Bush's signature completes '88 act," "Mineta, Matsui--comments on signing," "Behind the scenes in Washington D.C.," and "Redress amendment co-sponsors." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2172

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 35, No. 3, March 1998 (ddr-sjacl-1-552)

Selected article titles: "Railroad, Mine Workers Ruled Eligible for Redress" (p. 1), "Thanks to All Who Attended Puyallup Day of Remembrance," (p. 1), "'They Still Don't Get It'" (p. 2), "An Update on the Fight to Protect Affirmative Action" (p. 3), "Gotanda's 'Sisters Marumoto' to Play at Seattle Rep" (p. 3), "Japanese American Story to Be …

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vh Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 30 (ddr-janm-13-1-30)

Receiving a fellowship to work in Washington, D.C.; helping with Lyndon Johnson's campaign for presidency

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 …

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img Working at the Regimental Command Post (ddr-densho-114-62)

Original caption: PREPARATION FOR PARADE OF 442nd COMBAT TEAM (JAPANESE AMERICAN TROOPS) TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., 15 July 1946. Issuing out overseas bars at the Regimental Command Post left to right are: 1st Lt. George H. Vogt, 1446 Ridge Road, Webster, New York (Personnel Adjutant), T/Sgt. George Miki, Honolulu, T.H. (Personnel Sergeant Major), Sgt. …

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img A grassland expert receives an award (ddr-njpa-2-735)

Caption on reverse: "GRASSLAND AWARD WINNER: Recognition of his accomplishment with grassland improvement on Maui for 1952 was given recently to Frank Thomas Murphy (left), former county agent by the National Fertilizer Association of Washington, D.C. An engraved silver plaque symbolic of his outstanding achievement in grassland farming was presented to Murphy by associate extension director …

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Kong, Xianxi (ddr-njpa-1-801)

Caption on front [translation]: "Five Million Dollar US Loan Arranged. Minister of Finance Kong Negotiates. [caption under photograph] Kong Xianxi. Washington, D.C. 28th (Domei). Kong Xianxi, minister of finance for the KMT governement, has spent several days meeting American political and economic figures and earnestly persuading them to provide US economic support since arriving on the …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 36 (August 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-287)

Selected article titles: "Relocation Staff to Leave the Middle of Next Week" (p. 1), "Farmers Meeting Tonite" (p. 1), "Tule Exchange Group Named" (p. 1), "At Camp Shelby: New Insignia For Combat Team" (p. 1), "Prospects For Relocation Encouraging in Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Del." (p. 1), "Editorial Page: Rev. Kitagawa's Report" (p. 2), "In Relocating: …

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doc Tribute paid Nisei missing in action (ddr-csujad-49-240)

Newspaper clipping on Nisei from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team paying tribute to those missing action with a tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C. An item from: pages 116-117 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_073_02

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-436)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her future husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about his journey to Philidelpha, including a stop to see Kaneji Domoto (Yuri's brother) who was staying around Baltimore, together Dick and Kaneji visited Washington D.C. to see sights and have dinner. Dick also details the next steps in his journey to …

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vh Fred Hirasuna Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-21-7)

Importance of fundraising and a Washington, D.C. presence in lobbying efforts

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 10 (September 4, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-36)

Selected article titles: "JACL nominates Rep. Inouye as 'outstanding young man'" (p. 1), "40 and 8 fail to eliminate own race bias" (p. 1), "Japanese industrial team winds up U.S. tour with turkey dinner in typical home" (p. 3), "Suggest Washington Office be dropped, National be liaison between chapters" (p. 5), "Watsonville Issei processing apples all …

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img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-59)

Original caption: Preparations are being made for a parade to be held in Washington D.C., on July 15, 1946 by the 442nd Combat Team (Japanese-American troops), temporarily stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. 7-6-46. Mr. Bill Davenport of 1569 Ethel Avenue, Lincoln Park, Michigan, former company commander in the 442nd Infantry, who was discharged last month, is …

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img 442nd Regimental Combat Team parade (ddr-densho-114-184)

Original caption: Preparations are being made for a parade to be held in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 1946 by the 442nd Combat Team (Japanese-American troops), temporarily stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. 7-6-46. Mr. Bill Davenport of 1569 Ethel Avenue, Lincoln Park, Michigan, former company commander in the 442nd Infantry, who was discharged last month, is …

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Narrator Lury Sato