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Title
Letter from Kiku Saito to Office of Dependency Benefits War Department, April 10, 1944
Creator
Saito, Kiku, 1886-1968: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1944-04-10
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
A letter written by Kiku Saito to apply for the dependency benefits on her son, Minoru Frank Saito, who serves in the 442nd Infantry Regiment Team. She describes her financial conditions at the Granada camp, earning 16 dollars monthly as a dishwasher, which does not cover her family expenses sufficiently.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence
1 page, 10.5 x 8 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sai_12_01_005
csudh_sai_0049
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/48041
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
Place
Amache, Colorado
Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache)
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mg7wjh/
Jim and Eric Saito Family Collection

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