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A recommendation letter for Tanneo Akiyama for employment written by Miner E. Haywood, Branch Exchange Officer, United States Air Force. Subject: Letter of Recommendation for Taneo Akiyama. Branch Exchange No. 43, 6048 the Air Base Wing, United States Air Force APO 226. The Akiyama’s owned the Florin Fish Store until it was burned down during their WWII incarceration. Their four sons went to Japan for further education as teenagers and one was conscripted into the Imperial military. After December 7, 1941 Mr. Akiyama was detained by the FBI in Crystal City, Texas. Mrs. Akiyama and her three sons were forcefully evacuated to Fresno Assembly Center, Jerome incarceration camp and then to Crystal City to join Mr. Akiyama. In December 1945 the family repatriated to Japan and were reunited in Sacramento after six years in Japan. Part of the Japanese American Archival Collection.
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text
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Correspondence 1 page, 10.5 x 8 inches, typescript application/pdf
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