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Description
A letter from Hiroji Hosaka to Takino and Teruo Hosaka. It was mailed from the Santa Fe Internment camp where he had been detained. He confirmed arrival of Takino's package and wrote about his assets and belongings. He also noted that the length of a letter from an internee was limited to 30 lines. The letter was censored. Hiroji Hosaka Family Letters consists of correspondence between Hiroji Hosaka and his family and friends while he was imprisoned in the Santa Fe Detention Station, the Santa Anita Assembly Center, and the Heart Mountain incarceration camp during World War II. Also included are prewar photographs of the Daiichi Rafu Gakuen, that is, a Japanese language school in Los Angeles, and Japanese archery, a photograph of the Heart Mountain camp, and his business cards prior to the war.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence 2 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, handwritten application/pdf
World War II--Department of Justice camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions Identity and values--Issei World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
Place
Santa Fe, New Mexico Department of Justice Internment Camps--Santa Fe
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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