Farewell banquet, Sunken Rose Ball Room, Masonic Temple, Portland, Oregon, Monday, September the second, 1940, Japanese-American Citizens League, sixth biennial national convention
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Japanese American Citizens League, Sixth Biennial National Convention, Farewell Banquet, Portland, Oregon, menu and program. Page 3, James Watanabe signature. Page 7, Autograph page with signatures. Items collected by Walter T. Tsukamoto, a civilian lawyer and judge advocate (JA) captain (CPT) in the Army Reserve. Tsukamoto was President of the National Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) from 1938-1942. He was incarcerated in Tule Lake Incarceration Camp until March 10, 1943, when he was accepted into the U.S. Army and became the first Asian-American to serve on active duty in the Judge Advocate General's Department (JAGD).
Type
text
Format
Programs; Booklets 6 pages, 8.5 x 5 inches application/pdf
Community activities--Associations and organizations--Japanese American Citizens League Activism and involvement--Civil rights Community activities--Associations and organizations Geographic communities--Oregon--Portland Identity and values--Japanese American identity Identity and values--Nisei Immigration and citizenship Arts and literature--Performing arts--Music
Place
Portland, Oregon
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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