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- Collection: Family Correspondence, 1945
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1945 1 2 Letter from Kay to Tom (misdated 1944)
Mother, John, Chiz, Eddie, Kiku are with Kay from Christmas. She attended Christmas Eve church service, where she saw the "gal" John is interested in. Kay hopes Tommy will be in "special training" (in army). Min is at Camp Croft in South Carolina,…
1945 1 11 Letter from Kay to Tomi, Chiz, Ed and John
Kay thanks the family for having her over in Chicago. Neech did not write a letter back to Kay in response to her letter offering her apartment for him to stay and find a job in Phillie. She is hurt and disappointed by his lack of response. John…
1945 1 19 Letter from Kay to Neich (Kimi) Bob and Martha
Kay thanks Neich, Bob and Martha (Machee) for the Christmas gifts, and explains the gifts (dresses, socks) that she has sent to them. Ted (their son) is in army.
Min writes faithfully to Iyo everyday from Texas medical training army program.
1945 1 20 Postcard from Tom to Kay
Tom writes to Kay telling her that he has been able to see some of Florida during army training on the base.
1945 2 14 Letter from John to Kay
John tells Kay about all the people that he has visited on his way to Bay Region. (Long list of names including a talk with Howard Thurman) and suggests to Kay that she move to Chicago to live with Tomi. He tells her that he thinks he will settle in…
1945 2 26 Letter from Kay to Folks
Kay decides that she will move to Chicago and has resigned from her job in student relocation, despite being offered more pay. She consideres it her moral and ethical obligation to leave and not accept more money. She also believes that a Nisei…
1945 7 2 Letter from Tom to Tomi
Tom describes his time in camp, his easy job setting up the dining tables and cleaning afterwards, and his plans to travel with 3 day off passes with Mech. He mentions someone, Galen Fisher who he went to high school with who was wounded seriously in…
1945 7 5 Letter from Tom to Kay and Tomi
Tom writes about a girl named Fumi, whos brothers are fighting in Italy and never went to college. He wants the family to get their opinion of her before he pursues anything. He mentions about someone who got pulled off from being shipped off to war.
1945 7 11 Letter from Tom to Kay and Folks
Tom fears that Mechi will be shipped off to war since he told off one of his supervisers. He wants the family to get an opinion of his maybe girlfriend, Fumi Yoshihashi when she visits them in Chicago. He says that if he was to ever get serious about…
1945 7 19 Letter from Tom to Kay
Tom refers to Kay's comment about soldiers losing their minds, and responds by saying that the "straight and narrow path is the only way" (I'm not sure what he means by this). He commens on Kiku and Kitows in Calexico. He mentions someone from Tule…
1945 8 10 Letter from Tom to folks
Tom is happy that the war is over (the bombs have been dropped over Japan), but worries about the civilians who will lose their jobs and the mess of soliders who will be discharged. He thinks he will be discharged in 6 months.
1945 8 12 Letter from Tom to Kay and Folks
Tom is sorry that Tomi is depressed lately, but also says that they should be grateful that they haven't suffering as much as the people overseas. He is glad that Kay got the job at WSSF.