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Description
Editorial article reprinted by the War Relocation Authority from Bill Hosokawa column printed in the Pacific Citizen, Salt Lake City, Utah. Discusses the death of his cousin Technician, Third Grade, and Alaska cannery worker Ken Omura who likely died of accidental drowning in the southwest Pacific. Hosokawa writes about Omura's conflicting Kibei and Nisei identities, later on stating, "He shunned the Kibei-- he wanted to be American," his discrimination in the armed forces where he was taken out of the artillery company and sent to do yardwork around the army camps before going overseas in 1942, his letters to Hosokawa from the front, and the lack of information as to how he died. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion World War II--Military service Race and racism--Discrimination Identity and values--Kibei Identity and values--Nisei
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San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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