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vh Bill Hiroshi Shishima Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-393-22)

Visiting relatives in Japan while serving in the army

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vh Masamizu Kitajima Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-287-29)

Feeling pressured by peers to return to Japan

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vh Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-299-34)

A memorable encounter with the crown prince of Japan

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vh Kazuo Yamane Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1007-9-2)

Going to Japan as a young person

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vh Kazuo Yamane Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1007-9-3)

Studying in Japan and observing military activities

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko - Hana Shepard - Mae Matsuzaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1007-8-5)

Older brother's work in Japan during the war

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doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 19, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-124)

A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. This letter is written in Japan where Masao is stationed as a U.S. military soldier and mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. Masao describes his stay in Japan, being transferred from Sagamihara, Kanagawa, to Tokyo, possibly being …

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vh Tetsuo Nomiyama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-279)

Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, …

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Seattle Japanese Indicted as Arms Plotters. Exporters and Agents Are Accused by U.S. Jury. Information Charges Conspiracy to Ship Military Equipment to Japan; Failure to Register Is Cited. (January 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-584)

doc Seattle Japanese Indicted as Arms Plotters. Exporters and Agents Are Accused by U.S. Jury. Information Charges Conspiracy to Ship Military Equipment to Japan; Failure to Register Is Cited. (January 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-584)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 28, 1942, p. 1

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img Kameno Ota, a sculptor (ddr-njpa-4-1907)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "July 17, [?]. A woman sculptor. Miss Kameno Ota. Miss Kameno Ota is a beloved pupil of [?]i Hirosuke, who is a leading figure of sculpting and belongs to the school of the Japan Fine Arts Institution Exhibition. Kameno Ota is the authority among women sculptors. I visited her studio called Hongo …

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doc Photograph and short article regarding Iwasaburo Okino (ddr-njpa-4-2023)

Caption on front: "'While Japan looks to America as a model for many modern ideas of life and manners, there is a great need of a constructive interpretation of the best that the West has to offer.' Iwasaburo Okino, famous Japanese novelist, who arrived in San Francisco aboard the Tatsuta Maru recently, added to his above …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 9 (March 1, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-9)

Selected article titles: "Noted Oregonians Honored for Wartime Service to Nisei, JACL" (p. 1); Bill Hosokawa Promoted Post's Exec. News Ed" (p. 1); Shonien 'red carp,' JACL 'pinwheel' on L.A. museum exhibit" (p. 1); No. Calif. Japanese Americans launch $5,000 campaign for Immigration Museum" (p. 1); "Issei, Nisei, Sansei...Sensei" (p. 2); "Seek central camp in Orange …

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doc My future (ddr-csujad-48-16)

Term paper by Shig Katayama for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Shig's greatest wish is to live in a democratic world and be a success in his chosen career. He has intended to attend the college of Pharmacy at UC Berkley and run a small drug …

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doc Social prob: the future (ddr-csujad-48-18)

Term paper by Toshiro Hara for period 5 Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Toshiro discusses his ambition to be a stenographer. With the enforced draft of the armed forces, he believes his best hope is entering and helping to win the war. If Japan wins, he …

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img Portraits of elderly couple (ddr-densho-107-29)

Roy Matsumoto's paternal grandparents. Roy's paternal grandfather, Wakamatsu, was the youngest son of the Matsumoto family. He married his sweetheart and came to Kauai, HI, as a government contract laborer to work in the sugar cane fields. Upon completion of the contract, he came to the mainland United States, leased land in southern California, and operated …

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vh George S. Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-2)

Nisei male. Born March 1, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. Spent prewar childhood in Long Beach, California, but attended grade school and junior high in Japan. Returned to the United States to attend high school. In 1941, was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Camp Roberts, San Luis Obispo, California for basic training. Was …

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Dan C. Gorham (ddr-njpa-1-548)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "American Youth Gorham Graduates From Tokyo Imperial University. Received Education in Japan from Elementary School. Returns to Birthplace of America on Yawata Maru. [Tokyo 1st Domei]. An American youth named Dan C. Gorham (25) was among the two thousand who had their graduation ceremony for Tokyo Imperial University on the 31st and …

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vh Asano Terao Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-108)

Issei female. Born 1897 in Hiroshima, Japan. Graduated from Shintoku Jikka Girls' High School. Married Mr. Shizuto Terao, an Issei who returned to Japan temporarily from the U.S., through an arranged marriage, and immigrated to the U.S. Lived in Seattle until they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to stay with her cousin in the spring …

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vh Asano Terao Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-109)

Issei female. Born 1897 in Hiroshima, Japan. Graduated from Shintoku Jikka Girls' High School. Married Mr. Shizuto Terao, an Issei who returned to Japan temporarily from the U.S., through an arranged marriage, and immigrated to the U.S. Lived in Seattle until they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to stay with her cousin in the spring …

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vh Bruce T. Kaji Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-289)

Nisei male. Born May 9, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles and was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, then was inducted into the army. Joined …

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vh Frank Sumida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-261)

Nisei male. Born August 10, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up primarily in Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a restaurant. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita assembly Center, California, where he participating in running an organized gambling operation. Moved briefly to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before being sent to …

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Narrator Barry Saiki

Nisei male. Born June 21, 1919, in Stockton, California. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan.

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 32 (August 7, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-140)

Selected article titles: "WRA Pushes Resettlement Win Segregation. Center Calm as Details Announced" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer to Address Residents Thursday" (p. 1), "Heart Mountain Gets 'Nod' from Time and Liberty" (p. 1), "Evacuee Attitude 'Bottleneck' in Resettlement, Says Official" (p. 1), "No Guarantee Segregees Able to Go to Japan" (p. 2), "Editorial: A Distinguished Friend …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 49 (December 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-209)

Selected article titles: "FDR Hails 'Wonderful' Record" (p. 1), "Colorado Asks Coast Return" (p. 1), "Tokyo-Born Youth Volunteers to Fight Japanese Fascists" (p. 1), "Okay is Needed for Re-Entry" (p. 1), "New Relocation Plan to Stress Action in Center" (p. 1), "Liberals to Aid Postwar Japan" (p. 1), "Poll Discloses Majority Think Japanese Misled" (p. 2), …

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doc Short article regarding Kosho Otani (ddr-njpa-4-1916)

Article [translation]: "Abbot K. Otani, Feeling Better, Heads for Home. Buddhist Abbot Kosho K. Otani, heir to the leadership of the 10 million member Higashi Hongwanji Sect, will leave tonight for Tokyo after recuperating in Hawaii from an attack of mumps. The Abbot had reservations for Japan Air Line's flight 603, arriving at Tokyo 9:30 a.m. …

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