250 items
250 items
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Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-118-12)
In this photograph, the school crossing guards are in the front row. Joe Yasutake is in the front row, eleventh from right, wearing a striped shirt.
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Pinning ceremony clipping (ddr-densho-397-34)
Lt. Shigeo Yasutake is presented the Bronze Star by Major General Clayton L. Bissell. Lt. Masayuki Matsunaga is also pictured waiting to receive the Combat Infantryman Badge.
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Mint Box with Phonograph Record (ddr-densho-508-3)
Philco Safety Record with Japanese Transcription stored in a large Mint Box. Translation of the Japanese inscription: "Title - Niagari Newspaper / To Mr. [or Mrs. or Ms.] Yasutake / Date - January 1"
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Group of servicemen (ddr-densho-397-137)
The caption in the photo album reads "Okujo of NYK 1st Lt Minanaski - 2nd Lt Tagami - CWO Tamada - Capt. Yasutake". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.
Narrator Tosh Yasutake
Nisei male. Born June 10, 1922, in Seattle, WA. Father was employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until he was separated from family on December 7, 1941, and interned as an enemy alien. Graduated 1941, Cleveland High School, and attended University of Washington before being removed from Seattle with …
Narrator Joe Yasutake
Nisei male. Born May 25, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December 7, 1941 and interned as an enemy alien. Removed from Seattle with mother, sister and two brothers in 1942. Attended school (fifth through sixth grades) while incarcerated …
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Mitsuye May Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-137)
Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …
Narrator Mitsuye May Yamada
Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 85 (ddr-densho-1000-135-85)
Joe's experience reuniting with father in Crystal City, Texas
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-135-18)
Tosh's and Mitsuye's recollections of brother Joe's birth, live-in nurse
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 71 (ddr-densho-1000-135-71)
Joe's experience attending school in Minidoka; memories of recreational activities
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-135-38)
Description of father's Japanese poetry club, influences on Mitsuye's later work as a writer
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-135-29)
Joe's childhood memories: learning Japanese on trip to Japan
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-135-12)
Moving to the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, memories of neighbors and an amusing Halloween incident
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 82 (ddr-densho-1000-135-82)
Mitsuye's recollections of leaving camp for Cincinnati
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-135-6)
Tosh's birth in Seattle, Mitsuye's birth in Japan
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-135-13)
Memories of elementary school: dealing with the language barrier and perceived cultural differences
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-135-33)
Parents' values: don't bring shame to the family
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 52 (ddr-densho-1000-135-52)
Emotional responses upon returning to the site of the Minidoka camp many years after the war
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-135-15)
Mitsuye's upbringing: raised differently by mother as the only girl, being raised in Japan, and having poor health
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-135-39)
Father's love of literature and reading
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-135-35)
Discussion of issues of identity as Japanese American children
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-135-24)
Mitsuye's memories of attending a girls' school in Japan