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Photograph of four men of Japanese descent sitting outside. One man is holding a bottle, one is smoking a cigarette, and one is wearing an apron. Barracks and electrical poles can be seen in the background. From Hashimoto Poston Photograph Album, page 29. Suyeko Sue Hashimoto (nee Yagura) was born in 1921 in Sanger, California to Nakazo and Chiye Yagura. She was incarcerated in Poston, Arizona. Her brother, Mitsuru “Mits” Yagura served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and participated in the rescue of the Lost Battalion. Sue married Yasuo Hashimoto, the second son of a farming family in the Bradshaw area of Sacramento, California.
Type
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 4.5 x 3.25 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees Identity and values--Men Identity and values--Nisei World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks Geographic communities--Arizona
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