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News Release: KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO. Family # 2970. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 17-13-1. My family consisted of my parents, Mr. & Mrs. Denjiro Yamamoto, and the four children: the eldest being my sister Yoneko age 20; myself, Kazuyuki, the oldest son, age 18; my brother Kenichi, age 15; and my younger sister Yeko, age 12.
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News Release: JUN YAMAMOTO. Family # 10006. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 31-10-4. On Sunday, December 7, 1941 the popular background music I had on the radio was interrupted by a special newscast: Japanese aircraft had attacked the US Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor and Hawaii was in chaos. It was shocking news. Within...
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F23AS00125 - Latin America Regional Program grant opened on March 6.
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News Release: LILIAN BANNAI YAMAMURA. Family # 1107. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 5-5-1. Written by a member of the Bannai Family. I was born on April 5, 1922 in Storrs, UT, the second child of Shino and Sakui (Sam) Bannai. At the time of the mass evacuation of all American Japanese from the West Coast, I was a 19 year...
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News Release: HARRY KIYOTO YASUMOTO. Family # 40675. Camp: Canal Camp, Gila River, AZ. Address: 10-9-C. My paternal grandfather immigrated to Hawaii from Japan in the late 1890s on an indenture of servitude, a contract whereby an immigrant’s passage was paid by an employer or labor contractor in exchange for work until...
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News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
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News Release: HOMER YASUI. Family # 16261. Camp: Tule Lake, CA. Address: 74-11-C. My father Masuo Yasui came to the United States in 1903 at 16. Six years later, my mother Shiduyo Miyake arrived in the US at age 26. My mother wasn’t a “picture bride" in the usual sense, because my parents knew each other while growing...
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News Release: YAEKO MUNEMORI YOKOYAMA. Family # 3695. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 34-5-5. I had just finished my nurse’s training at Orange County General Hospital and passed my RN exam when the war broke out. I was supposed to go to Berkeley for my fifth year, but was grounded to a 5-mile radius and could not travel.
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There were 25 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Feb. 25, according to the Federal Register.
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“STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” was published on pages S533-S535 of the Congressional Record on Feb. 28.
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There were 15 press releases published by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in February.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Buffalo Soldier and 1st African American to graduate from West Point. Place of Birth: Thomasville, Georgia. Date of Birth: March 21, 1856. Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia. Date of Death: April 26, 1940. Place of Burial: Thomasville, Georgia. Cemetery Name: family cemetery. Henry...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: World War One Buffalo Soldier and Wilberforce University ROTC Instructor. Place of Birth: Lyles, Indiana. Date of Birth: May 14, 1892. Place of Death: Xenia, Ohio. Date of Death: Nov. 22, 1985. Place of Burial: Xenia, Ohio. Cemetery Name: Valley View Memorial Gardens. Aaron Richard...
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There were 86 press releases or notices published by the Bureau of Land Management in February.
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News Release: While no battles ever took place in and around the Oneida Carry after Fort Stanwix was built, the fort and carry served as important travel and supply bases for British expeditions against the French in 1758, 1759, and 1760.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying the publication of the final revised red wolf recovery plan.
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Frecklebelly Madtom Final Listing, 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat - Frequently Asked Questions
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has announced the availability of a draft recovery plan for the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) and a 60-day public comment period.
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Asmall population of a rare species of catfish now has federal protection.
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There are three subspecies of spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) that live in the western United States – the northern spotted owl, the California spotted owl and the Mexican spotted owl.