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Narrator Toshiko Aiboshi

Nisei female. Born July 8, 1928, in Boyle Heights, California. At an early age, went to live with family friends when father passed away and mother contracted tuburculosis. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. While in camp, mother relapsed and Toshiko again went …

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Narrator Esther Takei Nishio

Nisei female. Born February 20, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Venice, California, where father and uncle ran a carnival concession stand. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. In 1944, was part of a group organized by the Quakers …

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Narrator Cookie Takeshita

Nisei female. Born April 1, 1929, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a gardening business. During World War II, family was ordered to leave Alameda and moved to Cortez, California, before being sent to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend school in Cleveland, …

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Collection Hideo Takeuchi Collection (ddr-densho-204)

This collection consists of photographs from Hideo Takeuchi, who was in the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, during World War II. Mr. Takeuchi was employed as a firefighter while in camp. While in camp, he purchased a Bessel 620 camera though a catalog and built a darkroom and enlarger to process his photographs.

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img [Digging] (ddr-csujad-56-240)

Young Japanese American man with shovel full of sand from the banks of the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 26 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-049

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img [Picnic by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-235)

Fred, Sadayo, Taneko and other Japanese American incarcerees eat a picnic lunch by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 21 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-044

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img [Group photo by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-232)

Natsuki, Dorothy, a non-incarceree woman, and Chiyoko stand in line in front of the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 18 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-041

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img [Portrait in plaid] (ddr-csujad-56-241)

Young Japanese American man incarcerated at Camp Amache wearing a plaid button down shirt and pants standing by the Arkansas River. Page 27 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-050

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doc When American citizens lost their freedom, [newspaper article] (ddr-csujad-56-180)

A newspaper article from the Press Democrat published on September 15, 1977. Interview of ex-incarceree, Murakami. Photos of recently arrived incarcerees and buildings at Camp Amache. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-047

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 37 (March 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-126)

Selected article titles: "City-Wide Cage Tourney Slated"; "Artist Honored"; "New Mexico Girl Enlists in W.A.C."; "Tea Grown in Colorado"; "Executive Woman Named by JACD"; "General Clark's Wife Visits Amache Center"; "Give Favorable Reports"; "Family House Opened in Cleveland, Ohio"; "Want Ads Today"; "Report Findings of Conference"; "Priest, and Nun's Fates"; "Minorities Asking for Job Chances, State …

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doc Boy Scouts of America membership card for Allan Minoru Hida (ddr-csujad-55-1997)

Card for Allan Minoru Hida's membership in Boy Scouts of America at the Amache incarceration camp. Includes Boy Scout oath, law, personal record, offices and special duties, and envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2000

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doc Boy Scouts of America membership card for Allan Minoru Hida (ddr-csujad-55-1996)

Card for Allan Minoru Hida's membership in Boy Scouts of America at the Amache incarceration camp. Includes Boy Scout oath, law, personal record, offices and special duties, and envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1999

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mildred Allen (ddr-densho-356-325)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mildred Allen in which she details the realities of California during the labor shortage caused by the war and forced removal of Japanese Americans and inquires about life in Amache and how she can provide items for Yuriko or others. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting onions (ddr-densho-37-510)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Evacuee and appointed personnel office workers assisting in the onion harvest on the project farm during the volunteer farm harvest program. During the two week period when practically all project offices and sections went "all out" to help bring in the farm crops, more than eighty acres of …

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Narrator Robert Moriguchi

Sansei male. Born November 11, 1931, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, moved to Utah for a time before eventually returning to California and becoming a pharmacist. Served on the board of the Japanese American Citizens League and …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1007/

Narrator Susumu Yenokida

Nisei male. Born June 28, 1925, in Turlock, California. Grew up in the Cortez, California, area. During World War II, was removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. When drafted by the military, refused to report for the preinduction physical, and was tried and jailed for refusing the draft. Served …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/342/

Narrator Mo Nishida

Nisei male. Born August 11, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California and became involved in numerous civil rights organizations and movements postwar. Founded the …

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Narrator Floyd Shimomura

Sansei male. Born March 13, 1948, in Winters, California. Grew up in the Winters area where parents worked on a farm they had run before World War II, when they were incarcerated at the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Graduated from UC Davis School of Law, and worked in various capacities for the State of California. Elected …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/913/

doc Densho eNews, December 2008 (ddr-densho-431-27)

Article titles: "From the Director," "From the Archive: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: The Mitsuye Endo Supreme Court Case," "Densho News: Sushi + Sake = Success," "Free Teacher Trainings: Social Studies CBA Curricula," "Densho Poll, Japanese American Artists," "New to the Archive: Look inside the Archive: New Photo Collections from Amache," "Regional Events: Book Event: Mine …

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img Gary and Nancy Fujita at Granada incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-23-4)

Nancy Kiyoko Fujita and Gary Yoshio Fujita are older children of Henry and Ann Fujita. This 1943 photo appears to have been taken outside of the Fujita's apartment in Block 10-H at Amache. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp028-08-003

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img [Snake charming] (ddr-csujad-56-224)

Cowl and Masaji sit on the ground at Camp Amache, one holding a snake and the other wearing a turban and playing a wooden flute. Page 10 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-033

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 82 (July 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-171)

Selected article titles: "Choking This League Takes Courage"; "On the Other Hand"; "Manhunt is On"; "Nisei Soldier Finds His Father in Okinawa"; "$8000 Damage Caused by Storm in Amache"; "Returnee News"; "2,111 Casualties"; "Joins Staff at Clinic"; "'You're All Foreigners!'"; "U.S. Commissioner as Draft Dodgers; Bonds $2500"; "Business Priming Firm Established"; "Rikimaru Creditors Receiving Notices"; "Shibutani …

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vh Mas Takano Interview (ddr-ajah-1-5)

Nisei male. Born June 15, 1932, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father was a gardener. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Cortez, California, for a few months before being removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California. Drafted into the …

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vh Mary Hamano Interview (ddr-densho-1000-215)

Nisei female. Born July 14, 1921, in San Gabriel, California. Spent childhood in Los Angeles where father operated a shoe repair business and grocery store. Family was removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Resettled in Denver after the war and worked in several businesses in Japantown. Married in 1947 and …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 5 (September 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-405)

Selected article titles: "Are You Doing Your Bit? Help Needed at Factory" (p. 1), "Residents Must Not Make Unauthorized Movements" (p. 1), "'Pacific Citizen' Comments on Dispatch Farewell Issue" (p. 1), "Shortage on Paper Bags" (p. 1), "Gift Copy Awaits Ex-Rohwer People" (p. 2), "'Everything is Okay' Write Former Tuleans in Amache" (p. 2), "Interview: Dispatch …

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