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Photograph of Bessie, a woman of Japanese descent, standing outside a barrack building at Poston Incarceration Camp. Handwritten note reads: To Sueko san, most sincerely, Bessie. Title from note. From Hashimoto Poston Photograph Album, page 26. 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.
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image
Format
Photographs black and white, 2.5 x 2.5 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees Identity and values--Women Identity and values--Nisei World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions Geographic communities--Arizona
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