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Description
Photograph of Akiyoshi Kubo at age 12 years and 4 months, a Boy Scout from Troop 41. Japanese writings on the back side read: To Father, Akiyoshi Kubo, 12 years and 4 months, taken on March 1, 1938. From page 34 of Kubo pre-WWII photographs album (sac_kubo_0022). James J. Kubo (b. 1916) was married to Tsugi Hamada (b. 1918) and opened an optometrist business in Sacramento in 1938. They had two sons, Ronald and Douglas, and a daughter, Beverly. He was incarcerated at Tule Lake Incarceration Camp until he left for Chicago and was drafted into the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Mr. Kubo returned to Sacramento after completing his service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Type
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 5.25 x 3.25 inches image/jpeg
Community activities--Associations and organizations--Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America Identity and values--Japanese American identity Geographic communities--California--Sacramento
Place
Sacramento, California
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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