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New Herald Vol. 1 No. 4 (Feb. 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-483-86)
Selected articles titles: "Excursion" (p. 1), "Mrs. Leach" (p. 1), "Washington bound" (p. 2), "The teen-age question box" (p. 2), "Back to Oregon" (p. 2),
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 17 (February 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-106)
Selected article titles: "Situation Called 'Tense' by Council"; "Chicagoans Organize Basketball League"; "JACL Issues Monthly Reporter for Members"; "Commission Would Set Up Fair Employment Boards"; "Larger Benefits Seen"; "172 Returning to West Coast"; "'No Comment!'"; "Posthumously Awarded"; "'Bring Only Grief'"; "'By Mid-Summer'"; "Want Ads Today"; "January 1, 1946 to Mark End: Myer"; "Pastor to Tell His …
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Organizers of an Oahu AJA baseball league posing with trophies (ddr-njpa-2-779)
Caption on front: "LEEWARD OAHU AJA JUNIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE OPENS: Participating in the Dec. 15 opening ceremony of the 1957-58 tourney of The Hawaii Times-sponsored 7-team Leeward Oahu AJA Junior Baseball League at Ewa's Tenney field were, left to right--League founder Manager Ichiro Konno of The Hawaii Times' Waipahu branch, League president Tsuneo Watanabe, Manager James …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 57 (January 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-144)
Selected article titles: "18-Year Olds Are Urged to Register" (p. 1), "Fire Siren Will Indicate if Schools Are Closed" (p. 1), "Ready Markets Can Be Found for Storage Goods -- Robinson" (p. 1), "Colonists Turn to Winter Sports" (p. 1), "Story of Factory Construction Told" (p. 2), "Boy Scouts to Conduct Class: 'Leadership' to be Subject …
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Japanese War Wives Here (November 11, 1948) (ddr-densho-56-1191)
The Seattle Daily Times, November 11, 1948, p. 11
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Photograph of the lathe house for the guayule experiments with snow on the ground (ddr-csujad-47-51)
Exterior view of the lathe house for the guayule rubber experiments under the direction of Walter T. Watanabe, who has a staff of 22 workers at this War Relocation Authority Center. The initial shipment of 100,000 seedlings came from Salinas Experiment Station. This photograph was taken in the winter shortly after a snowstorm in Manzanar. See …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 26, No. 6, June 1989 (ddr-sjacl-1-379)
Newsletter covering the following topics: President?s column-Work is still ahead of us. EEO, Affirmative Action, civil rights for all; Chuck Kato, Ken Nakano, and Dale Watanabe appear on KOMO?s Town meeting about trade friction between the US and Japan on; Ft Vancouver monument to be dedicated, first Japanese settlers in US; Doshi Kai holds retreat; scholarship …
Narrator Wesley K. Watanabe
Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born May 20, 1935, in Tacoma, Washington. Spent early childhood in Kent, Washington, and was removed with family to the Pinedale Assembly Center at age seven. Family was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and then moved to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled and attended grade school and high school in Chicago, …
Narrator Iku Amatatsu Watanabe
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Chicago for a time before eventually returning to Bainbridge.
Narrator Grace Watanabe Kimura
Nisei female. Born May 2, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Boyle Heights, where father was a prominent Baptist minister, establishing his own church. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Obtained student leave to finish high school in Abilene, Texas. Post-World …
Narrator June T. Watanabe
Nisei female. Born 1924 in Venice, California. Grew up in Lawndale, California, where parents farmed. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, married and moved to Bloomington, Minnesota, while husband served in the military. Eventually returned to California.
Narrator Mary Ishimoto Watanabe
Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in San Jose, California. Grew up in Cupertino, California. Attending San Jose State College when World War II broke out. Sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp with the help of the National Student Relocation Council to attend graduate school. …
Narrator Warren H. Watanabe
Nisei male. Born August 12, 1921, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where father worked as the executive secretary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp to attend college and the University of Chicago. Earned …
Narrator Anne Yuki Watanabe
Yonsei female. Born in 1990 in Champaign, Illinois. Father's family is from Canada and her mother is from Japan. Paternal grandparents were incarcerated in Tashme and Lillooet in Canada. After attending college on the East Coast, moved to Chicago and became active in the Japanese American community.
Narrator Ellen Watanabe-Huxtable
Sansei female. Born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up hearing stories of her parents' wartime experiences at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, parents resettled in Chicago, Illinois, where Ellen was born and raised.