Gretchen van Tassel

Here are some more post-internment photos of Japanese-Americans.

 After school the Shimomura children usually play with Mollie and Bonnie Ritchie, 

sometimes with the new kittens and Irish settler puppies on the Ritchie farm, 

and often with their dolls in the living room of the Shimomura home. 1944

  

 Among the animals on the A. L. Ritchie and J. S. Ritchie farm are nine Irish settler pups 

which are being fed by Mrs. Ritchie, Mollie Ritchie, and Mrs. Umeko Shimomura. 1944

  

 Chieko Anne Shimomura is known as Annie in the third grade of the Westfield Friends 

School at Riverton, N.J. because there are two other Annes in her class. 1944

  

 David Shinn Shimomura does his homework in the family kitchen 

while his mother, Mrs. Umeko Shimomura looks on. 1944

  

 Gathered around the piano for some singing are several members 

of the Yamasaki family with a couple of their friends. 1944

  

 In the yard of their home on the Ritchie fruit farm, Riverton, N.J., 

Mrs. Umeko Shimomura has started a small vegetable garden. 1944

  

 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matsuichi look over the day's menu with Mrs. Harry Champion, 

manager of the Old Lyme Inn, Old Lyme, Connecticut. The Matsuichis recently 

arrived from Heart Mountain, to live and work at the Inn. 1945

  

 Mrs. Asaka hands out soda pop to neighborhood children in the grocery store 

which she and her husband own. Harry Asaka, Issei, first relocated to 

Washington, D.C., in August, 1943, from Gila River Relocation Center. 1945

  

 Mrs. George Kiyoi is holding her 2 1/2 week old son, Michael for his first picture. 

The family now lives in New Jersey where he is working at the Seabrook Farms. 1944

  

 Mrs. Miye Tachihara Ota and her sister, Mrs. Hama Itow 

add finishing touches to a customer's wave. 1945

  

 Mrs. Teruharu Suzuki looks on as Mrs. Jose Machado points out a bumblebee 

to a neighbor. Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki left Minidoka in May and have been working 

for the Machados at their country home in Cornwall, Connecticut. 1945

  

 Pat Urushima from Jerome is now working for the 

Public Health Service at Bethesda, Maryland. 1944

  

 Tami Nakaguchi arrived in Washington from Jerome in Sept., 1943. 

Using secretarial training acquired at the center, Tami is now working 

for the Public Health Service at Bethesda, Maryland. 1944

  

 The Abe family from Colorado River, formerly of Seal Beach, California, 

gather on the porch of their new home to have their picture taken. 1945

  

 The kindergarten class of the Westfield Friends School at Riverton, N.J. adds a final whistle 

to a whistling story being told them by their teacher, Mrs. Cora Williams. 1944

  

William Mori (left), owner of the K. and J. Three Decker Restaurant, walks along a busy street in Waterbury, Connecticut, with one of the resettlers who works in his restaurant. 1945

Gretchen Van Tassel

Gretchen Van Tassel photographed Japanese-Americans during and after the wartime internment.

 1st Lt. Shigeru Tsubota playing bridge with other officer patients at the Moore 

General Hospital, Swannanoa, North Carolina. Lt. Tsubota was wounded in the leg 

by shrapnel while serving with the 100th Battalion in Italy. 1944

 

 A group of the hostesses at the Washington USO for Nisei servicemen and their guests. 

The USO is run by Miss Gretchen Feiker, assisted by Miss Helena Johnson. 1945
 

 Between dances at the Washington USO for Nisei servicemen and their guests, 

several boys from Hawaii and their partners, USO hostess Sophie Ravetta, 

and a guest, Tess Amitrano, chat outside the USO. 1945
 

Feeding pigeons in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. are Jane Oi from Granada Relocation Center, Harrio Najima from Tule Lake, and Sally Tsujimoto from Manzanar. 1943

 

Jane Oi and Sally Tsujimoto show privates Katsujii Nakamoto and Harold Matsumura 

the Capitol in Washington. Jane, from Granada, and Sally, from Manzanar, 

work as secretaries for the War Relocation Authority. 1943

 

 Pvt. Kenichi Kawakami receives physio-therapy treatments at the Moore General Hospital, Swannanoa, North Carolina. Pvt. Kawakami was serving with the 100th Battalion in Italy 

when he was wounded in action by shrapnel fragments. 1944

 

 Sightseeing in Washington, D.C. Harrio Najima, from Tule Lake, Kiyoka Nagai from Jerome, 

Jane Oi from Granada, Sally Tsujimoto from Manzanar, and Paul Matsuki from 

Central Utah Project visit the Lincoln Memorial. 1943

 

 Small boy at the Jerome Relocation Center. Denson, Arkansas, 1944

 

 Soldiers and their partners pause for some refreshment between dances 

at the Washington USO for Nisei servicemen. 1945

 

 The Washington USO for Nisei servicemen and their friends is a gay place 

on Saturday night. Veterans returned from overseas make up a large part of the

 group who come for an evening of dancing, ping-pong, checkers, or just talk. 1945

 

 Young children at Jerome Relocation Center. Denson, Arkansas, 1944