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Description
Booklet containing an illustrated commentary on forced evacuation and incarceration, newspaper clippings, and an essay, "My viewpoint on evacuation." Clippings include "Capt. Crowley tells of heroism of Nisei soldiers," "Shop workers refuse Nisei on the job," "Pfc. Yamamoto awarded medal for gallantry," "Nisei serving armed forces in Japan," "Private Naito's letter to the VFW," "Two Heart Mountain GI's show outstanding valor in battle," "Eligibility determination, early issuance of grants will be made at centers," "Social Welfare," "Evacuee grateful to WRA and other agencies," "The Nisei come home," "Heart Mtn. special passenger picks up threads of past life to start again," "California group will form to combat racial prejudice," "Nisei sergeant disappointed in friend who renounced American citizenship," and "6000 Nisei face deportation soon." The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications.
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Military service World War II--Incarceration camps--Arts and literature Arts and literature--Visual arts--Drawing
Place
Incarceration camps--Tule Lake
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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