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Narrator Mae Matsuzaki

Nisei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, before World War II. During the war, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could be reunited with father. Had several brothers who served in the U.S. military during World …

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Narrator Takashi Moriuchi

Nisei male. Born August 31, 1919, in Livingston, California. Grew up in Livingston and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. Eventually started a family and moved to New Jersey.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1069/

Narrator Darlene Mukoda

Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1078/

doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,232, Vol. 96, No. 12 (April 1, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-12)

Selected article titles: "Delegation set for Japan to explore better relations" (p. 1), "$8,000 raised for Amache Camp shrine" (p. 1), "Redress plan stepped up; readying for CWRIC report" (p. 1), "Civilian casualties was the U.S. goal in A-bombing Japan" (p. 1), "Statue dedicated to Issei pioneers becomes controversy" (p. 1).

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img [Ladies group photo] (ddr-csujad-56-210)

Group portrait of young Japanese American women incarcerated at Camp Amache. Page 19 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-019

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img [Little girls in the snow] (ddr-csujad-56-191)

Original photo of two Japanese American girls holding hands at Camp Amache in the snow. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-058

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img [Ladies group photo] (ddr-csujad-56-222)

A group of young Japanese American girls interned at Camp Amache. Page 8 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-031

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img [Group conversation] (ddr-csujad-56-233)

A group of incarcerees by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 19 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-042

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img [Living in the snow] (ddr-csujad-56-190)

Amache living quarters in the snow with some incarcerees in the background playing around. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-057

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img Adult education program (ddr-csujad-7-16)

Advertisement and schedule of courses for adult education at the Amache incarceration camp. Text in English and Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_The Adult Education Program

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XVIII No. 1 (March 3, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-478)

Selected article titles: "73 Go to Tule Center" (p. 1), "Internee Mail" (p. 1), "More Go to Crystal City" (p. 1), "Editorial: How to Spread a Rumor in One Easy Lesson" (p. 2), "Five Amache Nisei Ignore Draft Call" (p. 2), "Arizona Selective Service Headquarters Release Army Classifications for Eligible Men" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-478/

img Young Sansei (ddr-csujad-29-218)

Photograph titled: "A young Sansei--third generation Japanese American--pictured in a field at the Granada War Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P161

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 34 (March 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-147)

Selected article titles: "11-Point Petition Presented Myer. Restoration of Nisei Rights" (p. 1), "Amache to Receive Portion of Jerome Center's Populace" (p. 1), "Bans Anti-Nisei Bill; Passes Biddle Proposal" (p. 2), "No Rules Prohibit Nisei From any Service Branch" (p. 5), "Draft Rate to be Sharply Accelerated Once Again" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-147/

vh Keith One Interview (ddr-chi-1-10)

Sansei male. Born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Parents' families lived in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, they were sent to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Both parents resettled in Chicago after the war, where they met and Keith was born.

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Collection Colorado Times Collection (ddr-densho-150)

This collection contains several issues of the Colorado Times, a newspaper published in both English and Japanese during World War II. Although not published in an incarceration camp, this paper served as a source of information for residents of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado.

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Narrator Min Tonai

Nisei male. Born February 6, 1929, in San Pedro, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California, where father ran several successful stores. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp returned to California to attend school. Served in Korea and …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/515/

Narrator Phil Shigekuni

Yonsei male. Born March 28, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Following the war, became a counselor in the public school system in Los Angeles. Active in a number of community causes including …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/595/

img [Baseball] (ddr-csujad-56-202)

Incarcerees play baseball at Amache with a large crowd of fellow incarcerees. Page 11 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-011

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img [Japanese American soldier] (ddr-csujad-56-181)

Picture of Japanese American incarceree and soldier standing in front of Amache Honor Roll four-sided board. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-048

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doc Letter from Mom and Dad to Hideo H. Nakamura, January 6, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2373)

Correspondence from "Mom and Dad" to George Hideo Nakamura in Japanese regarding life in Amache incarceration camp. Please see sac_jaac_2480 for English translation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2479

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img Bon Odori (ddr-densho-37-517)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Although music for the Bon Odori held August 14, was furnished by phonograph records and a loud speaker, it was supplemented by the two drummers shown. They are, left to right, Koshiro Kumagai and Jutaro Gondo. The Bon Odori was sponsored by the Granada Buddhist Church.

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img Masonite (ddr-csujad-23-8)

Oil Painting no. 1 of 2 "Masonite" by Geichiro Kare Kuramatsu. Geichiro (Ernest) Kare Kuramatsu was born in Japan in 1885 to a Russian mother and Japanese father. The family moved to Canada, and Ernest saw combat while serving with the Canadian Army in France during World War I. He completed this oil painting in 1943 …

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img Masonite (ddr-csujad-23-6)

Oil Painting no. 2 of 2 "Masonite" by Geichiro Kare Kuramatsu. Geichiro (Ernest) Kare Kuramatsu was born in Japan in 1885 to a Russian mother and Japanese father. The family moved to Canada, and Ernest saw combat while serving with the Canadian Army in France during World War I. He completed this oil painting in 1943 …

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img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-513)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

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img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-514)