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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-269)

Nisei female. Born May 12, 1925, in Spreckels, California. Moved frequently with family as a child, eventually settling in Gilroy, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Following father's desire to repatriate to Japan, transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, when it …

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img Man and woman standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-218)

Caption below photo: Roberta Yamamoto and Goro Sato, Jerome, Arkansas, May 1943 Goro was from Alameda, CA. Written on photo front: M. Roberta Yamamoto May, 1943

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doc Postcard to Soichi T. Yamamoto from M. Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-11)

Postcard from M. Yamamoto to Soichi T. Yamamoto thanking him for the book. The front of the postcard includes a photograph of students from Hilo Boarding School on M. Yamamoto's front steps. Written on the front of the postcard is "HBS" in blue ink.

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doc New Year's Postcard to Mas Yamamoto from M. Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-21)

Postcard from M. Yamamoto to Mas Yamamoto wishing them a happy new year. The front of postcard includes a photograph of a large group of people outside a church.

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doc Postcard to Soichi T. Yamamoto from M. Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-17)

Postcard from M. Yamamoto to Soichi T. Yamamoto acknowledging his last letter and promising to write soon. The front of the postcard includes a series of three photographs, one of students in a formation on the grounds, another of Taro plants growing in a field, and the third of an unidentified young man outside the Hilo …

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doc Correspondence regarding a possible JACL chapter in Moses Lake and Quincy, Washington (ddr-densho-277-179)

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img Group at a Young Buddhist Association conference (ddr-densho-328-363)

Caption in album: "Inner Mt. Y.B.A. Conference in Ogden / Chiyo Yamamoto, Buster & Mas Miya / Mickey M[?], Terry Ochi / Michi, Etsuko Koga / Rev. Terakawa / Jack Ota."

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doc Property storage list (ddr-sbbt-2-37)

A lists of names and locations for stored property. Yoshimura, J.; Nomura, S.; Okamoto, M.; Ujimoto, N.; Yamanaka, K.; Mizuta, S.; Matsui, J.; Tsutsumi, N.; Yoshimura, M.; Miyake, Y.; Miyake, H.; Izui; Shioyama, K.; Matsuda, Haruye; Hirokane, T.; Iwamura, K.; Suzuki, Y.; Kuromiya, S.; Edamura, H.; Kokita, K.; Takahashi, T.; Morinaga, T.; Shimizu, N.; Fukuhara, H. …

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img 442nd Regimental Combat Team band (ddr-densho-114-185)

Original caption: The 442nd Infantry Regiment band, the only Army musical organization whose members all are Americans of Japanese descent, plays for its regiment at a ceremony in Cecina, Italy. The band leader, M/Sgt. Jun Yamamoto, lives at 1214 Hayes St., Boise, Idaho. 7/30/44.

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doc Coram Nobis Exhibit M (ddr-densho-405-15)

Copy of "United States Naval Administration in World War II." This document was Exhibit M in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.

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img Tule Lake Camp group photograph (ddr-csujad-2-67)

Appears to be group photograph of internal security officers at Tule Lake Camp. Photograph includes Willard Schmidt, Chief of Internal Security at Tule Lake Camp. Includes list of members in photograph. Names from left to right: Seventh Row: Okino, Y., Kato, J., Taniguchi, S., Yoshihara, D., Asada, E., Yamakawa, M., Yoshihara, G., Iwawaki, H., Yokoyama, K., …

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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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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-269-7)

Attending school with few other Japanese Americans

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-269-29)

Regaining U.S. citizenship and returning to California

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-269-21)

Feeling obligated to renounce citizenship due to family's wishes

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-269-6)

Values passed on by parents