Black and white photographic print of Ada Mahon (center) with former student Toshie Phyllis Yorioka (left) and her son Gerald "Jerry" Yorioka (with camera) and another unidentified woman and child standing outside on lawn. Ms. Mahon served as the principal at Donor’s school, Bailey Gatzert grade school in Seattle, Washington. After Ms. Mahon retired, she visited …
Caption on reverse [translation]: Popular Man of the Movie World Douglas Comes to Japan. The cruise ship the Bergenland pulled into Yokohama at 11 a.m. on the 21st carrying the party of King of the Screen Douglas [Fairbanks] and famous director Victor Fleming for a great welcome including [illegible] Hiroaki, Sessue Hayakawa, and Sojin Kamiyama. They …
Nisei male. Born November 12, 1933, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, and was nine years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Father was arrested by the FBI, and family went to the concentration camp at Jerome, Arkansas, to reunite with him. Transferred to Tule Lake, California, following the so-called "loyalty questionnaire." After the war, …
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1913, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle before moving to Chicago, Illinois, for three years to study music. Taught music in Japan for four years before returning to Seattle. After the outbreak of World War II, removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp with …
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the …
Nisei female. Born September 8, 1943, in Naha, Okinawa, to a Nisei mother born in Hawaii and father from mainland Japan. Father was killed during World War II while serving in Okinawa in Japan's medical corps. Aiko barely survived infancy due to the devastation in Okinawa during the war. Moved to Los Angeles at the age …
Nisei female. Born December 16, 1926, in El Centro, California. Grew up in various places in California, where parents owned a barbershop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with her family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, resettled in Hazelton, Idaho, and Oakland, California, before moving to Seattle, Washington. After the war, …
Nisei male. Born August 2, 1930, in San Mateo, California. During World War II, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Due to parents' answers on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake when it was designated a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to San Mateo, …
Caption below photo: Toshio and Etsuko Sato, who lived in Alameda, CA., before World War II. They are picture here in Dayton, Ohio on January 28, 1950, for their son's wedding. Toshio and his brother, Goro, moved to Dayton after WWII. Goro worked on a dairy farm and he stayed for a year, then returned to …
Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki of Alameda, CA. She was born in 1907 and is 5-years-old here. It is one of the many portraits that her father Mataichi, took of her. A professional photographer, Mataichi wanted to document his daughter, as he was about to send her back to Japan for her education in 1912. She …
Nishiyama discusses moving to Japan in the 1930s, growing up in Salt Lake City, starting to work in a Japanese research laboratory and obtaining Japanese citizenship, learning Japanese as a child, Japanese attitudes towards Americans, and the end of the war. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #5, …
Matsumura discusses the time he spent in Japan as a child, the difficulty of Japanese high school, his work on the Far East military tribunal post-war. Video starts at 0:24. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Audio cuts out at 20:36. Original title: II LA #34, 7-24-85, J. Matsumura Interview III. Interview …
Fujii, who was born and lives in Japan, discusses growing up in Livingston, CA, realizing he was Japanese as a child, going to college at Pomona, segregation in the schools he attended as a child, and his family's internment during the war. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 202, II …
Miwa discusses his relationship with Harry Fukuhara, Fukuhara's work during the occupation, the difficulty of distributing food in occupied Japan, and the role of Nisei in the occupation. Interview conducted mostly in Japanese with the aid of an interpreter. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 190, II JA #3, Yoshio …
Selected article titles: "Sanitary Condition Here Favorable, Engineer Says" (p. 1), "Notes to Japan Taken According to Blocks" (p. 1), "Hunter Dies in Project Hospital" (p. 1), "Repatriation At #1608-C" (p. 1), "Volunteers Needed to Pick Up Silver" (p. 1), "Dancers to Aid Kiddies" (p. 1), "Records Office Needs 10 Typists" (p. 3), "Nursery Tots to …
Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. …
Considering allegiance to Japan versus the United States as a child
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Oldest sister sent to live in Japan before World War II
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Building homes in Hiroshima, Japan after the atomic bombing
In this interview Mr. Schmoe refers to Aki Kurose, a former employee, fellow Quaker, peace activist, and long-time friend. At the time of this interview, Ms. Kurose had recently passed away after a long struggle with cancer. At the time of this interview, Mr. Schmoe is 102 …
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on the individual's military service …
Befriending a twelve-year-old boy in stopover in Japan
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Having a "Japan Day" in summer camp during World War II
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Thoughts on the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan
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Impact of being Japanese American conducting atomic bomb studies in Japan
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