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Narrator Ken Yoshida

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington. Lived in Tacoma for a few years before moving with family to Redwood City, California, where family ran a flower nursery. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, refused to obey the …

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Narrator Ernie Iyama

Nisei male. WGrew up in California. During World War II, was removed to the Tanforan assembly center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/715/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 76 (February 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-231)

Selected article titles: "File Property Losses" (p. 1), "Relocation Team Urged to Stress Farm Officers" (p. 1), "Rural Loans: Japanese are Eligible" (p. 1), "Report: Nisei Problem a Small One" (p. 2), "Editorial: Leave Score -- 2000" (p. 2), "Etiquette Classes for Issei, Nisei" (p. 3), "Evacuation Case of Topaz Nisei Before Court" (p. 4).

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doc Rohwer Relocator Vol. I No. 28 (November 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-318)

Selected article titles: "Center Residents to be Gone by November 30" (p. 1), "Change in Pick-Up Time" (p. 1), "Last Issue of Japanese Section" (p. 2), "This Week Sets Relocation Record" (p. 2), "Topaz Closes" (p. 2), "Issei Discussion Group Meet in Chicago" (p. 4), "Friends Committee Finds Housing in Philadelphia" (p. 4).

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 18 (ddr-densho-156-307)

Article titles: "Minority Blamed in Manzanar Riot"; "Western Vegetable Industry"; "Newell News Items"; "Report of the Managing Secretary"; "Lumber Firm Seeks to Employ 250 Japs"; "Japanese Lost on Idaho Desert"; "Pro-axis Japanese Attack Those of American Birth"; "Items from Topaz"; "Non-Japs Removed, Manzanar is Quiet"; "West Jordan Farmers Oppose Infiltration of Japanese."

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av Anna Towata (ddr-ajah-8-10)

Anna Towata was born on November 10, 1916, in Sonoma, California. Her mother was of German descent and her father was born in Japan. During World War II, was sent to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, returned to Alameda and eventually opened a flower shop.

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vh Minoru Endo Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-9)

Nisei male. Born February 14, 1917, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkeley. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Served in the Military Intelligence Service. After the war, resettled in New York.

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-74)

Tad went to the dentist and got three fillings. Mentions that Kawaguchi went to Topaz. Tad's on leave seven weeks from the date the letter is written. Today was the company's first day firing mortars; the letter includes a drawing of Tad and a mortar. Parents' note on envelope back: 77 Friday Nov. 24, 1944

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doc Receipts and Expenditure for the Topaz Chapter of the American Red Cross (ddr-densho-423-449)

Address to Tomoyuki Nozawa

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doc Letter from John Light, Evacuee Property Supervisor to Luther Hoffman, Director, Topaz (ddr-densho-410-579)

Outlining actions taken to negotiate the eviction of the Fabers from the house on Arguello Blvd so the Takahashi can move in

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av Home Movies of Japanese American Incarceration Camps at Topaz (Utah) & Rohwer (AK) (ddr-densho-1024-20)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ajahp-TIC_1.

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doc Letter to Saburo Kitagawa at Topaz camp from Haj at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-539-41)

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Collection CSU Channel Islands Japanese Internment Collection (ddr-csujad-28)

The Japanese Internment Collection consists of three oral histories which focus on the personal experiences of Marilyn Fordney, Santa Anita Racetrack, Boys Town; George Wakiji, Santa Anita Racetrack, Gila River; Morris Abe of Tule Lake, and Cherry Abe of Topaz.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 20 (June 10, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-24)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Troops Rated Among Best Fighters" (p. 1), "First Evacuees Leave Topaz For Coast" (p. 1), "Front-Line Corporal Would Make Racists Replace Nisei" (p. 1), "Segregee Held For Attack on Tule Soldier" (p. 2), "No Post-War Camps Planned, Declares Myer" (p. 3), "WRA Office Plans Increased Service to New York Resettlers" (p. 8).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 156 (December 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-89)

Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Legion Retracts Former Stand on Honor Roll"; "Midget Tribune Being Published in Iowa"; "Actors Honor Nisei Veterans"; "Want Ads Today"; "Governor-Elect Wants Them Out"; "Balancing Accounts, Topic of Sermon"; "Maintain Reserve at Topaz Center"; "Visitors from Colorado"; "Reluctant to Return"; "Congressman Sure Riots Pending"; "First Buddhist Service in Cleveland."

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-294)

Article titles: "Relocation Camp Conditions Good"; "Emery Co. Goes to Japanese Camp at Delta"; "Relocation Camp Subject of Talk"; "Buhl Kiwanis at Relocation Camp"; "one Hundred Seventy Japanese Volunteers Help Scrap Drive"; "Japanese All Needed for Project Work"; "5 Japanese Hurt as Truck Upsets"; "Letters to the Editor"; "Items from Topaz"; "More than $130,000 Deposited in …

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Waegell family, April 25, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-55)

Handwritten correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to the Waegells describing the weather, conditions, sleeping arrangements, food, administration, and daily life at Topaz incarceration camp in Utah. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00059

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vh Tamiko Honda Interview (ddr-manz-1-94)

Nisei female. Born September 14, 1924, in Santa Clara, California. Grew up in Santa Clara and Redwood City, California, before World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, resettled for a time in New York before returning to Redwood City.

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vh Isao East Oshima Interview (ddr-densho-1014-7)

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 …

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vh Jo Takata Interview (ddr-ajah-1-6)

Sansei female. Born January 16, 1944, at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, the family returned to Alameda, California, where they had lived before World War II. Jo grew up in Alameda and became a high school teacher. Involved with the Buena Vista United Methodist Church and numerous other Japanese American community activities in …

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vh Bob Y. Sakata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-216)

Nisei male. Born April 15, 1926 in Alameda, California. Spent childhood in Alameda where family operated 10-acre farm. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Resettled in Brighton, Colorado, and resumed farming. Along with wife and son, owns and operates Sakata Farms, currently one of the top produce growers in the country.

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vh Toru Saito Interview (ddr-densho-1000-307)

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 …

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av Interview with Kazuko Iijima, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1531)

Iijima discusses Hinamatsuri dolls, her childhood in Oakland, the Buddhist church, evacuation, internment at Topaz, and her mother. Video starts at 0:56. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 36, II NY #15, 6-85, Kazuko Iijima. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1532/

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Narrator Chizuko Iyama

Nisei female. Grew up in San Francisco, California. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita assembly center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/724/

Narrator Judy Furuichi

Sansei female. Born December 27, 1942, in the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Prior to World War II, parents lived and worked in Alameda, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to Alameda, where Judy grew up. …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/999/

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