5019 items
5019 items
Narrator Isao East Oshima
Nisei male. Born April 20, 1921, in Berkeley, California. Family moved frequently as a child, and was living in Oakland, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, eventually settling permanently in the Twin …
Narrator Toru Saito
Sansei male. Born December 11, 1937, in San Francisco, California. Nearly age four when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In this interview, Mr. Saito discusses many of the harmful psychological effects of the World War II experience on himself and other Japanese …
Narrator Masahiro Nakajo
Nisei male. Born May 17, 1927, in Moneta, California. Grew up in the Garden Grove area where parents ran a farm. Was taken to Japan to live as a young child until age ten. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, Caliifornia. After leaving camp, served in the military during the Korean War.
Narrator Dorothy Michiko Ishimatsu
Nisei female. Born June 17, 1927, in Mayfield, California. Grew up in the Mountain View area, where family ran a berry farm. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family decided to move to Utah to avoid mass removal. Attended high school in Utah before returning to California to enroll in San Jose State University. Remained in San …
Narrator Joyce Okazaki
Sansei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, and was a young child when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, was photographed by renowned photographer Ansel Adams. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago before family eventually returned …
Narrator Minoru J. Shibata
Nisei male. Born 1928 in San Francisco, California. Spent most of childhood on Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and the rest of the family moved to Ogden, Utah, to farm. Served in the Army Air Corps in Japan during the U.S. …
Narrator Mary Montoya
Female of Japanese and Mexican ancestry. Born 1916 in El Paso, Texas. Father was an Issei from Japan, and mother was from Mexico. Mary grew up in several cities in New Mexico. She was married and living in California when the war broke out, but was not identified as being of Japanese ancestry. Returned to Gallup, …
Narrator Paul Saito
Nisei male. Born January 21, 1923, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Carver and Ontario, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. Remained in Ontario during World War II. Drafted into the military in 1945 and served in the Counterintelligence Corps in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Returned to Oregon after military service and continued to farm.
Narrator Ben Chikaraishi
Nisei male. Born September 10, 1921, in Colusa, California. As a child, family moved to Stockton, California, where parents owned a hotel. Was attending the University of California at Berkeley when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and the family was sent to the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to live in Chicago, Illinois, where he became …
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Thomas T. Noguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1021-8)
Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained …
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Tetsuo Nomiyama Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-279-5)
Helping father in Japan by sending money
Participating in this interview is Mr. Paul Minerich, who is Mr. Nomiyama's son-in-law. An attorney, Mr. Minerich headed the effort to clear his father-in-law's name regarding his wartime court martial conviction. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park …
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Tetsuo Nomiyama Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-279-7)
In basic training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Participating in this interview is Mr. Paul Minerich, who is Mr. Nomiyama's son-in-law. An attorney, Mr. Minerich headed the effort to clear his father-in-law's name regarding his wartime court martial conviction. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National …
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Tetsuo Nomiyama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-279-2)
Attending school in Japan
Participating in this interview is Mr. Paul Minerich, who is Mr. Nomiyama's son-in-law. An attorney, Mr. Minerich headed the effort to clear his father-in-law's name regarding his wartime court martial conviction. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, …
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Nobusuke Kishi's family being welcomed by Japanese Chamber of Commerce members (ddr-njpa-4-424)
Caption on reverse: "MEMBERS OF KISHI FAMILY HONORED: Members of Ex-Premier of Japan Nobusuke Kishi's family were honored last night at a dinner at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce building. Kishi's eldest son, Nobukazu, extreme left, the ex-premier's wife Yoshiko, and the eldest daughter, Mrs. Yoko Abe, are shown chatting with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Honda. …
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Onoe Kikugoro VI posing for Gertrude Farquharson Boyle Kanno (ddr-njpa-4-1768)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kikugoro VI poses for a portrait bust. (Tokyo) September 29, 1935. After Mr. Gertrude Boyle, a woman sculptor, saw a play featuring Kikugoro VI, she decided she would like a sculpture of him because his face is fascinating as a Japanese man. Yanagisawa, chief of the third section of Cultural [?] of …
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Haguroyama delivering good news on the phone (ddr-njpa-4-13)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Haguroyama promoted to be Ozeki Champion. Haguroyama was promoted to be Ozeki by the recommendation of the Japan Sumo Association Ranking Assembly held on the 16th. Haguroyama's original address is Aza Haguro Matsunaga-mura, Nishikiyohara-gun in Niigata prefecture. His name is Masaji Kobayashi. He is 16 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, …
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Postcard to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama (ddr-one-5-27)
One cent postcard addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston from his wife, Teru Koyama, at the Portland Assembly Center. Postmarked Sep 1, 1942, with a 6 cent airmail stamp. On the left side of the postcard are two purple stamps; one is an air mail stamp and the second is a "Censored" stamp. On …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 16 (April 20, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-16)
Selected article titles: "Return of Nisei Stranded In Japan During War May be Permitted Under New Plans" (p. 1), "Seek Test on California Alien Fishing Ban" (p. 1), "Men of 442nd March Through Italian City They Liberated" (p. 1), "Youth, Charged with Murder Of Wounded 442nd Veteran, Goes on Trial in Stockton" (p. 2), "WRA Acts …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 9 (March 8, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-10)
Selected article titles: "Report Twelve Thousand Nisei in Japan Have Applied for Repatriation to United States" (p. 1), "California Supreme Court Hears Stockton Theatre Case On Issei Business Rights" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Test Cases Moved To New Court" (p. 1), "Bill Seeks Repeal Of California School Segregation" (p. 1), "Nisei, Negro Groups Learning to Live, …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 25 (June 25, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-25)
Selected article titles: "Japan Supreme Court Rules on Nisei Case. Upsets Ruling Which Permitted Divestiture of Japanese Citizenship" (p. 1), "20th Century-Fox May Film Documentary Story of Nisei" (p. 1), "JACL ADC Urges Civil Rights Laws as Bulwark Against Mass Evacuation in Future" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadians Take Part in British Columbia Elections For First Time …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 37 No. 24 (December 18, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-51)
Selected article titles: "Hershey Miyamura: The Best of Niseidom" (p. 2), "In Tribute to Hiroshi Miyamura, CMH" (p. 4), "An American Century after Commodore Perry's Visit to Japan" (p. 5), "Livingston: Started as Young Christian Community" (p. 14), "Japanese Always Willing to Contribute to U.S." (p. 30), "Angelenos Spread Welcome Mat for National JACL Convention" (p. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 6, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-1)
Selected article titles: "JACL's 1956 legislative objectives announced; Hawaii statehood tops" (p. 1); "Yuba City Issei presumed dead in Christmas flood" (p. 1); "Nakatsuka returns from 2 1/2-month tour of Japan, Far East for State Department" (p. 1); "Welcome home reception for Santa Barbara Issei woman included messages from Pres. Eisenhower, Gov. Knight" (p. 1); "442nd …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 1, (July 5, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-27)
Select article titles: "East L.A. athletes dominate at 6th annual Relays; five records broken, one tied" (p. 1); "President Signs $2-Million Bill For Evacuees" (p. 1); "Monthly social security benefits payable to Issei visiting or residing in Japan" (p. 1); "Whereabouts sought by Justice Dep't of 72 missing claimants" (p. 1); "'Miracle man' astounding Japanese and …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 13 (March 27, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-13)
Selected article titles: "Colorado passes fair housing legislation" (p. 1), "Ill-advised evacuees failing to file claim may get chance" (p. 1), "Personal effects vested by U.S. up for sale, protested" (p. 1), "Bill introduced to revoke license of biased real estaters" (p. 1), "Cal. Assembly votes to outlaw bias in gov't aided housing" (p. 1), "Immigration …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 11 (September 13, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-37)
Selected article titles: "Tutorial program natural for Sansei" (p. 1), "Monterey Park Nisei threatened over telephone" (p. 1), "Polish, Italian groups to fight defamation on TV" (p. 1), "Floor view of Republican convention excites Nisei" (p. 1), "How the Japanese Americans were treated in Arizona in mid-'30s and WW2 recalled after woman's question" (p. 1), "Sansei …