Before World War II

First wave of Moritas -- Kashichi and Seki Morita, left, and Mototsugu and Masano Morita, right.

U.S. history and FDR involvement with Japan and Japanese Americans

FDR and the camps; War Plan Orange about Japan

1927 memo discusses war needs to carry out War Plan Orange against Japan

Chief of Staff raises doubts about viability of War Plan Orange

Before the War

Memories of Days in Hood River: New Photo of Morita kids at Japanese Language Class; Photos of Frank Hachiya and Dorothy Kaneko, Paul, Junior and Tim Nishimoto in field (Updated: 5/4/07)

Carolyn Takagi Brady's Web page with many Hood River photos

Roots: Recent past and then Fujiwawa side/family tree; transliteration of direct links (Updated: 11/10/04)

Roots linking Morita family from current to 600 AD (Posted: 4/12/10)

Tsuu obasan (Aunt Tsuu Sakakiyama)(Posted: 3/6/13)

Oishi document: A Terada/Morita link to the 47 Ronin. Authentication that bowl was made by Oishi, leader of the 47 Ronin; temple catalog of similar Oishi bowl (Photos updated: 10/13/04)

A link from Hachiya side of family to a bannerman of Ako, home of the 47 Ronin (Posted: 5/2/10)

Four-way conversation with Mototsugu and Masano Morita about the family. Touches on the 47 Ronin (Posted: 4/24/11)

This photo was in Mr Hachiya's memorabilia. I have no idea of when it was taken, but I would guess at about the time of Grandpa and Pop's first entry into the U.S. Pop must have been around 17 or so. They would have had to report to relatives in Japan that they had made the transition. -- Claude Morita