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Description
A letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura, an incarceree at the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp, Texas, to his grandmother, Kikuko Noda, in Lima, Peru. He includes updates on day to day life in the Crystal City camp, including the event on the Emperor's birthday [April 29] and a play performed in the camp. He details the Boy Scouts of America's activities in which he participates on the Emperor's birthday, playing musical instruments in the musical band and marching in the camp. Gerth Archives Japanese American History Collection contains books, pamphlets, flyers, photographs, booklets, correspondence, periodicals, and oversized material related to Japanese Americans. Subjects in the collection include incarceration camps, Southbay local history, World War II propaganda, Japanese American families, incarceration camp pilgrimages, and other topics.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence 1 page, handwritten, 8 x 14.75 inches application/pdf
World War II--Department of Justice camps Community activities--Associations and organizations--Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America Geographic communities--Peru--Lima Japanese Peruvians Japanese Peruvians--Deportation and internment during World War II Japanese Latin Americans Japanese Latin Americans--Deportation and internment during World War II
Place
Crystal City, Texas Department of Justice Internment Camps--Crystal City
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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