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Sports

Katsugo Miho Interview III Segment 6

Playing in competitive sports leagues
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Katsugo Miho Interview III Segment 5

A memorable high school coach
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Ben Chikaraishi Interview Segment 11

Organizing sports leagues and social activities right after the war
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Perry Dobashi Interview Segment 3

Father's involvement in community activities: sumo wrestling

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.
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James Sakamoto Interview Segment 3

Prewar community activities: picnics, theater, baseball

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Impact of incarceration

Manzanar Relocation Center

This is an article from the magazine "Common Ground," autumn 1942, by Robert L. Brown which provides a detailed description of the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-10_01
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Community analysis report, no. 5, June 1943

Titled as: Evacuee resistance to relocation. Presents three "fundamental reasons" for the "relocation program" designed to encourage people to move out of the incarceration centers, then describes the "ideal relocation program," which would see "every one relocated before June 30, 1944." Provides statistics on numbers of people who left centers …
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Letter from Aiko Takaoka to Ramond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, February 1, 1944

Letter from Aiko Takaoka to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, requesting the release of her brother, Yoshio Takaoka from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0005
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[Ray R. Best had close call with detention camp mob], biographical news article on Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best

Biographical newspaper article about Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond R. Best and his role during the November 1943 protests at the camp, lead to martial law. Describes how his life was in danger during the protests and his diplomatic work after the camp closed. See this object in the California …
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Letter from residents requesting prisoner release, February 18, 1944

Letter from residents requesting the release of two incarerees: Wataru Obara, and Hiroichi Shimamura, detained in army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0008
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