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Description
Copy of Affidavit of Support written by Albert R. Akiyama swearing to pay travel expenses, receive and support Midori Akiyama, Tokuko, and Ikuko Akiyama so that they qualify for visas and entry into United States. Handwriting at top reads: For personal File, Taneo, Copy Keep. 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.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence; Testaments 2 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript application/pdf
Identity and values--Family Family reunification Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation Japan--Post-World War II Identity and values--Nisei Identity and values--Kibei Industry and employment--Gardening Industry and employment--Small business
Place
Redwood City, California
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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