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A letter from C. W. Pence, Colonel, 442nd Infantry Regiment to Kiku Saito incarcerated in the Granada camp, Colorado. It informs her of her son, James Osamu Saito's arrival at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. It congratulates her for his enlistment and quoted the President Roosevelt's statement, "Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry. A good American is one who is loyal to this country and to our creed of liberty and democracy."
Type
text
Format
Correspondence 1 page, 10.5 x 8 inches, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Military service--Recruiting and enlisting World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Nisei
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