Serving with the Allied Prisoner of War Recovery Team in occupied Japan
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The role of the Nisei during the occupation of Japan
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Renouncing American citizenship in order to attend school in Japan
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Mother, born in California, goes to Japan as a child
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Exploring Japanese American identity by considering a move to Japan
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Hearing about the atomic bombings in Japan while in China
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A high school teacher in Japan predicts the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Living in a dormitory in Japan with others from Hawaii
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Adjusting to life in Japan, having a falling out with father
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Joining the Military Intelligence Service and returning to Japan to serve
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Description of childhood home in Nagano, Japan (Japanese language)
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Temporarily returning to Japan in the 1930s (Japanese language)
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Sent to Japan to live with grandfather and enter ministry training
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Father changes his mind about moving the family to Japan
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Three older siblings raised in Japan; meeting them for the first time
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The important role of Nisei in the postwar occupation of Japan
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The U.S. government's suspicion of older brother's work in Japan
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Issei male. Born April 4, 1934, in Hiroshima, Japan, while mother and older siblings were visiting Japan for an extended period. Came to the United States at a few months old, and grew up in the Uptown area of Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the …
Sansei male. Born April 17, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, moved with parents to Hiroshima, Japan, where father worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Returned from Japan and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where father was a physician. Moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, …
Questionnaire distributed to adult female U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry and aliens. Individuals were required to supply information regarding place of birth, date of birth, citizenship, places of residence, height, weight, hair color, eye color, voter status, marital status and citizenship of spouse, the names and addresses of all relatives living in the United States, the …
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. …
Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …
Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …
Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …
Selected article titles: "Frost Hits Project Farm, Slashes Yield of Crops" (p. 1), "Aides Named for Segregation" (p. 1), "8 Residents Fail to Sail for Japan" (p. 1), "Evacuee Farmers Making Good, Proving Value to Communities" (p. 1), "Permanent Relocation Recommended" (p. 5), "Carr Thinks Stand on Evacuees Just, But Costly in Politics" (p. 6), "Continuous …
