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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#OTD in 1944, the Seattle Times reports on an incident involving boy's breaking into the belongings of former Japanese American residents. The boys snuck into a storeroom at a Japanese-owned hotel and broke into several personal trucks. The boys were apprehended by local police. 🗃 #skystorians

"Prowling Boys Find Suspected Jap Propaganda"
How 15 Seattle boys, 8 to 14 years of age, spent four days prowling a little-used storeroom of a Japanese-owned hotel at 306 Sixth Ave. S., and uncovered a cache of what police believe may be pre-Pearl Harbor Japanese propaganda, was disclosed by juvenile authorities here yesterday The youngsters finally were apprehended when A. J. Holben, manager, became suspicious of recurring strange noises he heard coming from the back of the hotel. When he investigated he found the boys using an ax to break open the stored trunks of evacuated Japanese.

The bovs fled, but several were arrested by police a few blocks away.
Questioned by Capt. G. W. Kimball, head of the Junior Safety Division, the captured youths implicated their companions The boys related to Kimball lurid tales of findine Japanese literature, machine-gun bullets, cartridge belts and rolls of film.
Detective Lieut. C. E. Neuser, head of the national defense detail, reported the film was of a "highly questionable nature,'' and that a further investigation of it will be necessary.
The ammunition and cartridge belts were found to be of American manufacture, and Neuser said the literature was "harmless" and consisted mostly of American-published books.
The Seattle Times, October 1, 1944

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#OTD in 1944, Senator Sheridan Downey of CA promotes his postwar plan for Japanese Americans. While the "disloyal" would be deported to Japan, Downey proposes resettling American-born Japanese across the US, while only permitting a few to return to the West Coast. 🗃 #skystorians

"Japs May Disperse In U. S.--Downey"
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. A gradual dispersal of Japanese-Americans throughout the United States after the war may be the only feasible solution to the Pacific Coast's racial problem, Senator Sheridan Downey, Democrat, California, said yesterday.
Many of them, Downey pointed out. are American citizens, with rights protected by the Constitution. These probably cannot be forced to remain away from the Coast in peacetime, he added. although their present segregation may be necessary for military sources.
However, Downey said, the disloyal Japanese, including American citizens of Japanese descent, must be weeded out and returned to Japan. Then, Downey said, chances will be good for a gradual solution of the problem, perhaps permitting the return of a few American Japanese to the coastal areas.
The Seattle Times, September 30, 1944

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OTD in 1944, nine more Japanese American men who resisted the draft were sentenced to prison by Judge Chase Clark. The men, former residents of Western Washington who were sent to Minidoka, were all fined and sentenced to three years and three months in jail. 🗃 #skystorians

"Jap Draft Dodgers Sentenced to Prison"
BOISE, Sent. 29.(AP)-Nine Japanese-Americans from the relocation center at Hunt, Idaho, convicted of violating the Selective Service Act, today were sentenced to prison by Federal Judge Chase A. Clark
Sentenced to three years and three months each and fined $300 were: Shozo Kiyomizu. 28 years old, Seattle; Yukio Kawato,, 23, Seattle; George Shigaki Kashara, 19, Hunt; Yutaka Frank Maruhashi, 21, Seattle: George Nakagawa 18. Hunt: Isao Nakashima, 21 Seattle: Nubuo Omoto. 23. Seattle: Frank Tashiro, 22, Seattle; Hedio Frank Yamasaki, 18, Puyallup, Wash.
The Seattle Times, September 29, 1944

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OTD in 1944, Gordon Hirabayashi returns to court again for resisting the draft. This time, Hirabayashi refused to report to a pre-induction exam for military service. Hirabayashi was arrested less than three months earlier for not returning a Selective Service questionnaire. 🗃 #skystorians

"Hirabayashi Again In Federal Court"
SPOKANE. Sept. 29. (AP)- Gordon K. Hirabayashi, American-born Japanese, who gained nationwide attention in an unsuccessful court fight against evacuation from the Pacific Coast area, was in court again today.
Arraigned before United States Commissioner Raymond F. Kelly on a charge of failing to report for pre-induction examination for militarv service. Hirabavashi was bound over to Federal Court and held in lieu of $2,500 bond.
On Julv 3 Hirabavashi was arrested here on a charge of failing to return a Selective Service questionnaire. The case, based on a Seattle federal indictment, is pending.
Hirabavashi was married July 29 to Miss Esther Schmoe of Seattle

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For more information on Japanese American draft resistance: encyclopedia.densho.org/Draft_resist...

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Draft resistance | Densho Encyclopedia

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OTD in 1944, Thomas Akio Hoshino is fined and sentenced to three years and three months in federal prison for failing to report to induction into the Army. Hoshino and 33 other Nisei men from Minidoka were convicted for draft evasion. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

"Seattle Jap Draft Evader Sentenced"

BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 28.--(AP)- United States District Judge Chase A. Clark today sentenced Thomas Akio Hoshino, 25 years old, Seattle to pay a $300 fine. and serve three years and three months in a federal penitentiary for failure to report for Selective Service induction.
Hoshino was one of 34 Nisei from the Minidoka Relocation Center Hunt, Idaho, convicted or pleading guilty to draft violations. One was acquitted.

The Seattle Times, September 28, 1944

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American women standing next to the post office at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption "Harada 9/25/1943 in front of Post Office." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto on September 25, 1943. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of a Japanese American woman standing in front of a building at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The building has a sign that reads "United States Post Office" "Heart Mountain, Wyoming".

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A photograph of the Heart Mountain Eagles football team lining up in formation at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Several camp barracks can be seen in the background. Date unknown. 🗃 #skystorians

A photograph of eleven Japanese American boys in football uniforms lined in formation facing the camera. Several camp buildings can be seen in the background. Date unknown, the photograph was taken at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming.
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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A photograph of the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption: "Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Looking west over the Heart Mountain Relocation Center with its sentry name sake, Heart Mountain, on the horizon." Taken on September 18, 1942 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Original WRA caption: "Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Looking west over the Heart Mountain Relocation Center with its sentry name sake, Heart Mountain, on the horizon."
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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A photograph of a championship Men's Softball team at the Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. The team poses together in front of barracks with bats, balls, and a championship banner. The photograph was taken on September 17, 1945. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of a championship Men's Softball team at the Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Eleven men are standing in the back row while the six in front are taking a knee. The team poses together in front of barracks with bats, balls, and a championship banner.
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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A photograph of a Japanese American swing band at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The band, composed entirely of men, practices with their instruments before an event. The photograph was taken on September 16, 1942. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A photograph of Japanese American and white workers loading coal at the Granada incarceration camp in Colorado. Original WRA caption: "Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Coal loading machine in operation at Granada Relocation Center." Taken on September 15, 1943. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A mixture of Japanese American and white workers standing around a truck and what appears to be a train car. Some stand next to the truck while others stand in the train car. Most of the workers ara facing the camera.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Caption: "Oahu, T.H. Pfc. Kiyoto Nakai, Japanese-American veteran of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, who was blinded in battle, sits with his seeing-eye dog, Cubby and his fiancee, Miss Miyaho Hiratoni, at the Army's North Sector General Hospital... 10 September 1945." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Original caption: Oahu, T.H. Pfc. Kiyoto Nakai, Japanese-American veteran of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, who was blinded in battle, sits with his seeing-eye dog, Cubby and his fiancee, Miss Miyaho Hiratoni, at the Army's North Sector General Hospital. Schofield Barracks. 10 September 1945.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A photograph of a funeral for Shojiro Yoshikawa at the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona. A group of mourners stand behind the casket, a barrack with a sign reading "Buddhist Church" can be seen behind them. Caption: "N-702, Shojiro Yoshikawa, 9/9/44." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#OTD in 1944, the WRA reports that 30,000 Japanese Americans have indefinitely left the incarceration camps and 400 leave each week. Approximately 60,000 Japanese Americans still remain in the main camps, 18,500 are at Tule Lake, and 5,000 are participating in seasonal work. 🗃 #skystorians

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A photograph of the Labor Day Queen at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. Taken by Francis Stewart on September 7, 1942. Original caption: "The labor day queen and her attendants are shown at the coronation ceremony which was a part of the celebration at this relocation center." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of the Labor Day Queen and her attendants at the Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. The queen sits on a wooden thrown with three women in dresses on each side. The photograph was taken on one of the camp barracks.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

A photograph of the 442nd Infantry Regiment's 3rd Battalion receiving a Presidential Unit Citation in Italy. Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott ties the ribbon to the Regiment's guidon as Japanese American soldiers look on. The photograph was taken on September 4, 1945. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Original caption: Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, CG. U.S. Fifth Army. ties Presidential Citation ribbon on the guidon of the 442nd Infantry Regiment's 3rd Battalion, during ceremonies at Peninsular Base Section, Yankee Stadium, Leghorn, Italy. Col. T.J. Miller, CO, 442nd Infantry Regiment, stands on Gen. Truscott's left. 9/4/45.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A sketching of laundry lines at the Tanforan Assembly Center near San Bruno, California. A camp barrack and guard toward are also depicted. The piece was drawn by Kenneth Nobuji Ikeyki on September 3, 1942. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American man at the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona. The man stands at a money order counter and appears to be holding up a handful of war bonds. The photograph was taken on September 2, 1944. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of a Japanese American man standing at a money order counter. He appears to be holding up a handful of war bonds.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A photograph of Japanese American soldiers crossing the Rhone River in France. After resting in Marseilles for three weeks, the 442nd RCT headed to the Vosges Mountains. The photograph was taken sometime in September 1944. 🗃 #skystorians

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Nisei soldier's caption: The Rhone River. As we headed for the Vosges, we crossed the river. The vacation at Marseilles couldn't last forever. The gas and vehicle shortage gave us three weeks of rest, but finally in the latter part of September we headed for the Vosges Mtn. near the German, Swiss border. Battling the inclement weahter, terrain and a tenacious enemy. Battles: 1) Hill A, aiding in the capture of Bruyeres; 2) Biffontaine task force (Injury of Capt. Takahashi, Kim); 3) Rescue of the Lost Battalion 1st Bn. 141 Reg. 36 Division in conjuction with the 3rd Bn. 442 Inf. Our outfit was so decimated that we were pulled back out of the line and on a snowy day in Nov. we went all the way back to Marseilles and east to the French Alps interior of the French Italian border where we held a defensive position so twenty odd miles. It was a beautiful snow country but cold.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A photograph of a children's birthday party at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto on August 31, 1944. Caption: "Isao Nakaishi Birthday Party 29-24-D, Aug 31 1944" 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of thirteen Japanese American children sitting around a long table. The children look off to the left, each of them also have a piece of cake in front of them.
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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

A photograph of Dick Otsubo (right) and Joe Iwataki (left) sitting together at Camp Crowder Missouri. Iwataki survived the war but Ostubo was killed during the Italian campaign. The photograph was taken on August 26, 1942. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

A photograph of a group of Japanese American men at the Santa Fe incarceration camp in New Mexico. The Santa Fe camp was one of the few run by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The photograph was taken on August 25, 1943. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

A photograph of Japanese Americans having lunch at the Granada incarceration camp in Colorado. The photograph was taken by Tom Parker on August 20, 1942. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A photograph a memorial for Private George Oto at the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona. The photograph was taken on August 19, 1944. Caption: "H-703, Pvt. George Oto memorial service, Canal, 8/19." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph facing the front of a memorial for Private George Oto. The photograph was taken between two rows of attendees.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A photograph of the Minidoka camp being build. Taken on August 18, 1942. Caption: "Eden, Idaho. A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority Center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp shows partially completed barracks." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of two rows of camp barracks at the Minidoka incarceration camp being built. A dirt road, a group of workers, and building materials are located between the two rows. The barracks are incomplete, lacking roofs and windows.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American woman standing next in a garden at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. A camp barrack can be seen directly behind. The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. Caption on back: "Aug 17, 1943, 9:55am" 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of a Japanese American woman standing behind a garden. The garden is waist high with leaves and vines but no fruits or vegetables can be seen. A camp barrack is directly behind the woman.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Caption on photograph: "Joe Iwataki of Alameda, CA., has his portrait taken at Phyllis Brown Studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while he is stationed at Camp Savage. He was a member of the Military Intelligence Service during WWII. August 14, 1943" 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A photograph of Japanese American boys playing baseball at the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. A row of camp barracks and the Inyo Mountains can be seen in the background. The photograph was taken sometime between 1942 and 1945. 🗃 #skystorians

A photograph of a baseball game at the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. The photograph was taken behind the catcher and batter, who appears to be in the middle of his swing. A first basemen, pitcher who is mid-throw, and another infielder can be seen. A row of camp barracks and the Inyo Mountains can be seen in the background.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American soldier with his wife and son at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. Caption on back: "Family posing together, Aug 11 1944" 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of a Japanese American soldier in his uniform (left), his son (middle), and wife (right). The family looks at something off to the left, the background appears to be curtains.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American child riding a toy bike at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption on back: "Baby on little bike- Ono, August 10 1944." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of a young Japanese American boy riding a four-wheeled toy in the dirt. The child faces the camera and is standing up and holding his arms out. A small garden on the side of a camp barrack is in the background.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A photograph of Kookuro Moriguchi, a Japanese American soldier with the 100th Infantry Battalion, firing his rifle at German snipers in Italy. Moriguchi appears to be using a scoped M1903 Springfield in the skirmish. The photograph was taken on August 7, 1944. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of Kookuro Moriguchi, a Japanese American soldier, squatting and aiming his scoped M1903 Springfield rifle at hills covered in dense brush. Smoke from mortar shells can be seen on the distant hills.

Original caption: Near Montenerro, Italy. Kookuro Moriguchi, an American of Japanese descent, 100th Inf. Bn., Honolulu, Hawaii, fires his M-1 into hills reported active with German snipers. The mortar bursts appear on the hill skyline in the distance. 7 August 1944."

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Slight Correction: According to other sources, Lazo never lied about his ancestry. He simply got on a train with Japanese Americans headed to camp and Manzanar officials never questioned his ancestry.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#OTD in 1944, Ralph Lazo, a Mexican American who claimed to be Japanese, was released from the Manzanar incarceration camp. Lazo, who enlisted into the Army, wanted to join his friends in the camp and stayed for two years. "Who can say I haven't got Japanese blood in me?," he stated. 🗃 #skystorians

"Mexican Was 'Jap' To Be With Friends"
MANZANAR, Calif., Aug. 5. —
The strange case of a Los Angeles youth of Mexican parentage who passed himself off as a Japanese-American for two years was revealed today with the announcement he would be released from the Manzanar Japanese relocation center for induction into the Army. The youth is Ralph Lazo, 19 years old, the son of a Navy veteran of the First World War. He gave as his reason for registering as of Japanese parentage:
"My Japanese-American friends at high school were ordered to evacuate the West Coast, so I decided to go along with them. Who can say I haven't got Japanese blood in me?"
The Seattle Times, August 6, 1944

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Dear #skystorians, I've been working on an article on Japanese American history that I hope to publish but I've struggled with the editing process. Is anyone interested in reading and giving advice on what to keep or cut? I really would appreciate another person to offering their perspective. 🗃

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#OTD in 1944, the Seattle Times announces the marriage of Gordon Hirabayashi and Esther Schmoe. The couple was married on July 29 at the Lidgerwood Evangelical Church in Spokane. The couple plans to remain in Spokane after the honeymoon. 🗃 #skystorians

"Miss Schmoe, Hirabayashi Wed in Spokane"

"SPOKANE, Aug. 1-(AP)-Miss Esther Schmoe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Schmoe of Seattle, and Gordon K. Hirabayashi, Japanese-American youth who gained nation-wide attention by filing a test suit challenging government evacuation orders, were married Saturday, they disclosed today."

The Seattle Times, August 1, 1944

"The father of the attractive white girl and S. Hirabayashi of Weiser, Idaho, the bridegroom's father, sat side by side as the couple stepped quietly into the Lidgerwood Evangelical Church for the first Quaker wedding to be solemnized in Spokane
Frederick Elkington. a Seattle overseer of the University Friends Meeting, of which the bride and bridegroom are members, read the Statement of Friends. The couple made their vows and exchanged rings.
Both attended the University of Washington. Hirabayashi carried his test suit unsuccessfullv to the United States Supreme Court, and last month was arrested here on a charge of failing to fill out and return a Selective Service questionnaire. He is at liberty under bond of $1,000. He will aopear before a Seattle judge at an unspecified future date.
After a brief wedding trip the Hirabayashis will make their home here."

The Seattle Times, August 1, 1944

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#OTD in 1944, the Seattle Times reports that a hunger strike at the Tule Lake incarceration camp ended. 14 Japanese American men were confined after the camp riots and began their hunger strike on July 19. WRA officials stated earlier that the strike was merely a "hoax." 🗃 #skystorians

"Japs End Fake Hunger Strike"

"TULE LAKE. Calif.. July 31.- --The demonstration by 14 men confined in the stockade area of the Japanese Segregation Center here. who insisted they were hunger strikers, was ended today. War Relocation Authoritv officials disclosed.
All 14 began taking nourishment openly. the first time for 13 of them since the demonstration began on July 19. The other accepted food July 25. Thev were taken to the center hospital for observation and teartment. and returned to the stockade. They were confined after disorders last fall. W.R.A. officials earlier described the hunger strike as a hoax insisting the men were eating food taken from the stockade kitchen and catched"

The Seattle Times, July 31, 1944.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

A photograph of Japanese American soldiers with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team holding a memorial service in Cecina Area, Italy. The service honors 72 soldiers who were killed in action over a month of combat. The photograph was taken on July 30, 1944. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American girl at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. Caption on back: "Sue, July 29-1944." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A Japanese American girl faces the camera directly but appears to be looking just to the left at the photographer. A plaid blanket looks to be the background.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A photograph of two Japanese American men on a row boat at Bass Lake, California. The photograph was taken sometime between July 28-30, 1941. Caption in album: "Camping at Bass Lake"

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#OTD in 1944, the Seattle Times reports on two Japanese American soldiers who became combat casualties. SSG Philip S. Kinoshita was killed in action while PFC John T. Matsudaira was seriously injured in Italy. The two were former residents of Seattle and met the Pope at the Vatican. 🗃 #skystorians

The Seattle Times, July 26, 1944

"Sgt. Kinoshita Killed in Action On Italy Front"

"P.S KINOSHITA" "J.T. MATSUDAIRA"

The Seattle Times, July 26, 1944

"Word was received yesterday by the Rev. Leo Tibesar of Our Lady Queen of Mattvrs Church and of Maryknoll School of the death of Staff Sergt. Philip S. Kinoshita, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Kinoshita. formerly of 1603 Terry Ave. and now in the Japanese relocation center at Hunt. Idaho. Sergeant Kinoshita an infantryman, lost his life in action on the Italian front
Reported seriously wounded in the same theatre of war was Pfc John T. Matsudaira, son of Mr and Mrs. Thomas Matsudaira, formerly of 524 16th Ave., and now also in the Idaho camp.
Both men ioined the service with a group of 35 from Maryknoll School. and on leaving were presented with rosaries by Father Tibesar. Both young men recently were received by Pope Pius at the Vatican.
Besides his parents, Sergeant Kinoshita is survived by three sisters, Mary Jane, a student at St Catherine College in Chicago; Inelda, employed by the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, and Irene, student nurse at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Ill. He was a graduate of Maryknoll School and Broadway High School and attended the University of Washington."

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

Caption below photo: "Susumu Tomine learned to play the guitar while in a sanitarium for tuberculosis before WWII. He played mostly Japanese songs. He was from Alameda, CA. July 24, 1942." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#OTD in 1944, California Judge Louis Goodman grants a motion to dismiss charges against 26 Japanese American men at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. The men were charged for failing to appear for induction into the Army, which Judge Goodman called a "shocking" action. 🗃 #skystorians

The Seattle Times July 23, 1944

"Tule Lake Japanese Charges Dismissed

EUREKA. Calif.. July 22.(UP) --Judge Louis Goodman today dismissed charges against 26 Japanese interned at the Tule Lake segregation center for failure to report for induction and termed thie action "shocking." In granting a motion to quash the indictments, the judge said the charges were without precedent "It is shocking to consider that an American citizen must be confined on grounds of disloyalty and then, while so under duress and restraint, be compelled to serve in the armed forces or prosecuted for not yielding to such compulsion," he said."

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American baseball player at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. A row of camp barracks and two basketball hoops can be seen in the background. The photograph was taken sometime between 1942 and 1945. 🗃 #skystorians

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A staged photograph of a Japanese American baseball player swinging a bat in a grassy field. The player is wearing a white jersey with dark pinstripes, a black hat, and raised black and white socks. Camp barracks and two basketball hoops can be seen in the background.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#OTD in 1944, the American Federation of Labor approves a resolution to sponsor legislation that would strip citizenship and deport all Japanese Americans. The resolution is vaguely written, leading to speculation in the article that even American-born Nisei would also be targeted. 🗃 #skystorians

The Seattle Times, July 21, 1944

"CITIZENSHIP OF NISEI OPPOSED: -By A.F. of L."

WENATCHEE, July 21. (AP) Approval of a resolution asking the American Federation of Labor to sponsor legislation depriving Japanese-Americans of their citizenship highlighted the closing session of the state A. F. of L. convention here late yesterday. One of 80 measures presented, the resolution also proposed deportation of all Japanese to their homeland after the war, but did not specify whether the measure was intended to apply to all persons of Japanese ancestry or only those of Japanese citizenship. In other closing day actions, the convention reiected a proposal for indorsement of Referendum No. 25, the public-power issue: rejected indorsement of Initiative 157, providing for increased old-age payments; protested "needless loss of life on the Hanford project' in Southeastern Washington; condemned the "Little-Steel" formula as a yard- stick for wage increases: asked ex- tension of price control to all consumer commodities and services: asked state payment of fees for medical examinations required by teachers and inclusion of kindergartens in the state's school system.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American woman at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto on July 20, 1944. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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A portrait of a Japanese American woman. The woman, who is wearing a shirt, faces the camera directly. A plaid blanket appears to be the background for the portrait.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A photograph of a boy's baseball team and their coaches at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. The photograph was taken sometime between 1942 and 1945. 🗃 #skystorians

Found in the Densho Digital Repository

A photograph of thirteen Japanese American boys and their two coaches. A row of seven boys sits above a row of six. One coach stands on both sides of the players. A chalk scoreboard is directly behind the players. Camp barracks can be seen in the background.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A photograph of Japanese Americans bidding fellow incarcerees goodbye at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption: "Joe, Kiyo Hashimoto departure, July 16th 1944 4:30pm." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Found in the Densho Digital Repository

Two groups of Japanese Americans wave goodbye to two incarcerees who are leaving Heart Mountain. The two can be seen leaving in a bus as a car passes by.

Caption: "Joe, Kiyo Hashimoto departure, July 16th 1944 4:30pm"

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A photograph of Japanese American soldiers with the 100th Infantry Battalion at a religious service. Original caption: "Chruch services in Orciano, Italy, 24 hours after being taken by the 100th Infantry Battalion (Americans of Japanese ancestry). Fifth Army, July 15, 1944." 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Found in the Densho Digital Repository

A large group of Japanese American soldiers with the 100th Infantry Battalion sitting on their helmets in a courtyard while listening to a church service. A priest or pastor preaches while wearing a robe, a small table can be seen behind him. The photograph was taken on July 15, 1944 in Orciano, Italy.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A photograph of four Japanese American soldiers looking through a window at Santa Luce, Italy. Allied forces had just liberated Santa Luce earlier that same day. The photograph was taken on July 14, 1944. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Found in the Densho Digital Repository

Four Japanese American soldiers look through a window to the Italian countryside. One looks through binoculars while another looks through what appears to be a monocular.

Original caption: Santa Luce, Italy. American troops of Japanese descent of the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Division, U.S. Fifth Army, peer through glasses from the flag-bedecked city hall of Santa Luce to the level country ahead, before the gates of Leghorn, Italy. Santa Luce has just fallen to the Allies, 14 July 1944. U.S. Fifth Army.

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