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A letter from Yasusuke Ogawa to Hiroji Hosaka who had been transferred to the Heart Mountain camp. Yasusuke had been incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center and scheduled to be transferred to the Granada camp in Coronado on September 19. He wrote that the incarcerees had been being transferred to the Granada camp, Jerome camp, and Rohwer camp every other day. He learned Hiroji's wife, Takino's passing and offered his condolences to Hiroji. Hiroji Hosaka Family Letters consists of correspondence between Hiroji Hosaka and his family and friends while he was imprisoned in the Santa Fe Detention Station, the Santa Anita Assembly Center, and the Heart Mountain incarceration camp during World War II. Also included are prewar photographs of the Daiichi Rafu Gakuen, that is, a Japanese language school in Los Angeles, and Japanese archery, a photograph of the Heart Mountain camp, and his business cards prior to the war.
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