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vh Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview (ddr-densho-1000-504)

Born December 8, 1934, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born to a father from Japan and mother from the Austria-Hungary region. Grew up in Pennsylvania during World War II, where family was monitored by the FBI. Attended Pembroke College and then worked for the federal government's Department of Education, then as an administrator in the education field. Volunteered …

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vh Ted Tsukiyama Interview (ddr-densho-1004-22)

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Honolulu, Hawaii. During World War II, was a member of the Varsity Victory Volunteers, then served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service. Following military service, graduated from Yale Law School and became an attorney in Hawaii. Active in community and veterans organizations.

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vh Steve Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1004-15)

Nisei male. Born August 16, 1917. Volunteered for the military in March 1941. During the war, served with the Military Intelligence Service as head of the interrogation section in New Guinea and the Philippines as well as for the war crimes trials during the occupation of Japan.

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vh Don Okubo Interview (ddr-densho-1004-21)

Nisei male. Born January 22, 1919. During World War II, volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and eventually transferred to the Military Intelligence Service. Served as an interpreter interrogating Japanese prisoners of war in Palau.

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vh Shigeya Kihara Interview (ddr-densho-1004-23)

Nisei male. Recruited to teach at the army's language school in fall of 1941. Helped to establish the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Presidio San Francisco and helped with the move to Minnesota. Postwar, established a career teaching with the Defense Language Institute.

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vh Walter Tanaka Interview (ddr-densho-1004-6)

Nisei male. Born February 19, 1918, in Watsonville, California. Drafted into the military before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service and interrogated Japanese POWs in Australia during the war. After the war, served as a linguist and interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation.

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vh Don Oka Interview (ddr-densho-1004-18)

Nisei male. Born January 8, 1920. During World War II, served as a translator with the Military Intelligence Service in Alasaka, Saipan and Tinian.

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vh Roy Uyehata Interview (ddr-densho-1004-7)

Nisei male. Born December 9, 1917. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service in New Caledonia and Guadalcanal.

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vh Kan Tagami Interview (ddr-densho-1004-19)

Nisei male. Born February 21, 1918, in Selma, California. Drafted prior to World War II. During the war, served in the Military Intelligence Service with the Mars Task Force in Burma, and as an interpreter for General MacArthur in Japan.

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vh Frank Fukuhara Interview (ddr-densho-1004-1)

Kibei male. Born August 25, 1924. As a child, sent to live in Japan after father's passing. Attended school in Japan and was drafted into the Japanese military. During the U.S. occupation, was reunited with brother who had been serving with the Military Intelligence Service.

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1004-11)

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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vh Patricia Kiwa Koyamatsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-550)

Sansei female. Born in 1933 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle where father ran a tailor shop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, resettled in Denver, Colorado, for several years before moving to Los Angeles. Returned to …

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img Inaugural opening of Elk Grove Japanese School (ddr-csujad-55-1588)

Sepia-toned photograph of a group of students and adults at the inaugural opening of the Elk Grove Japanese language school. Photograph includes identification of some individuals. From left to right, Yamada, Hatsutaro Ishigaki, Kanjiro Omae, George Haruto Omae, Harry Kaname Omae, Frank Yamada, George Shigeru Matsumoto, Shigeo Sakamoto, Makishima, Robert Masaru Matsumoto, Tsunematsu Sugimoto, Elwood Norio …

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img Japanese Students Club members (ddr-densho-134-18)

Members of the Lincoln High School Japanese Students Club posing for a photo. The club held Japanese dances, tea ceremonies, and other activities. Back row (L to R): Kambe, Uchida, Abe, Kanno, Yamada, Tanaka, Fukano. Middle row (L to R): Sasaki, E. Ota, A. Ota, Hayashi, Kumasaka, Shio, Kambe. Front row (L to R): Sasaki, Suzuki, …

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Collection CSU Northridge Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection (ddr-csujad-45)

The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was built during the summer of 1942 and received its first contingent of Japanese Americans on August 12, 1942. It is located in Park County, northwestern Wyoming. The collection contains Community Camp Council meeting minutes, camp laws, correspondence, the case of People of Heart Mountain vs. Tom Yamada, and other documents.

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doc Letter from Ruth Yamada to Matsuye Koike, July 12, 1943 and an Independence Program (ddr-densho-432-16)

This letter discusses life at Rohwer concentration camp. Matsuye Koike received the letter while imprisoned at Fort Missoula, MT. The letter was "detained alien enemy mail examined."

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doc Girl Reserves (April 22, 1939) (ddr-densho-56-490)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 22, 1939, p. 13

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img Lotus Lumbini Girls pose on a sidewalk (ddr-sbbt-6-87)

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vh Sunao "Phil" Ishio Interview (ddr-densho-1004-8)

Nisei male. Born January 12, 1918, in Berkeley, California. Served in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II.

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vh James C. McNaughton Interview (ddr-densho-1004-3)

White male. Command Historian, Defense Language Institute.

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vh Shoso "Sho" Nomura Interview (ddr-densho-1004-17)

Nisei male. Born October 1, 1918, in Southern California. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Joined the Military Intelligence Service and served with the Dixie Mission, a U.S. Army Observation Group, a U.S. effort to establish official relations with the Communist Party of China and the People's Liberation Army.

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vh John "Jack" Herzig Interview (ddr-densho-1004-10)

White male. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II and worked with Japanese American interpreters during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Husband of Nisei Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, and the couple was instrumental in helping to obtain redress and reparations for Japanese Americans in the 1980s.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 45 (September 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-42)

Selected article titles: "Tamaki Elected Queen" (p. 1), "Hayes Explains Coal Situation" (p. 1), "Canteen 3 Miss Crowned 'Queen Shiz, the First'" (p. 1), "Hayes Explains Coal Situation" (p. 3), "New Flag Pole Installed" (p. 3), "Nursing Course Under Hospital" (p. 3), "Fine Arts Dept. to Give Recital" (p. 3), "S.F. Chronicle Writer Here" (p. 3), …

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img Nisei soldiers resting in a tent (ddr-densho-114-105)

Original caption: Japanese Americans in Army Train to Avenge Pearl Harbor: 100th Infantry Battalion Officers and some of the enlisted men are of Japanese ancestry. American citizens, born in the Hawaiian Islands of unquestioned loyalty and patriotism. Formerly part of the Hawaiian National Guard: As it must to all men, rest comes in a pup tent …

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vh Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-267-5)

Father's penchant for communication and customer service

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