Yamashita Family Archives

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1942 12 12 Letter from Kay to Tom Page 1.jpg
Page 1: Kay is relieved to hear from Tommy "a-unshin shita." Mom Tomi and John picnic at Mt. Topaz. Remembers mom's bday the previous year, 5 days after Pearl Harbor. Gifts: Mrs. Obata bought a cake, Ted sent chocolates and stationary box. Passed…

1942 12 14 Letter from Garrett to Frank Herron Smith, to John_Page_1.jpg

1942 12 14 WRA Citizen’s Indefinite Leave form_Page_1.jpg

1942 12 14 WRA Citizen’s Indefinite Leave form_Page_1.jpg

1942 12 21 Letter from B. Bowers to WRA about John  .jpg

1942 12 24 Kay to Mrs. Duveneck, page 2 (personal updates).jpg
Kay describes a trip that the Community Welfare Department was allowed to go on, a hike 35 miles away from Topaz. One ailing man went missing. They searched for him in the terrain for three days and found him. He wanted to commit suicide and had…

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1942 12 26 Letter from Isao Tanaka to WRA about John.jpg

1942 12 27 Kay to Leila and Lillie Margaret_Page_1.jpg
Kay describes Christmas in Topaz, receiving anonymous gifts from all over the U.S. for kids in camp.

1942 12 30 Bob Ono’s Application for leave from Jerome to MIS School Page 3, levels.jpg

1942 12 4 Letter from Kay to Tom Page 1.jpg
Page 1: Kay tells in more detail about the Thanksgiving Dinner in the dining hall. The camp cook made a masterpiece of pumpkin pie. Ate nus, fruits (red apples, grapes and oranges). Neech and Keech and the baby had dinner at home, but the rest of…

1942 12 5 Tomi Yamashita declines repatriation to Japan.jpg

1942 12 6 Kay to Grace_Page_1.jpg
Kay describes camp in more honest detail. "It's been a terrible nightmare that few of us shall forget." She describes shoveling dust out of the house.

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1942 12 6 Kay to Duveneck_Page_1.jpg

1942 12 7 Letter from Kay to Bob, Kimi and Martha_Page_1.jpg
Page 1: Kay asks Bob, "Neich" (Kimi) and Martha if they would like to be transferred to Topaz to be with the family. Mentions some improvements they have made to their barrack room. Eddie, Earl Hunter (dentist friend), problems of JA's who…

1942 12 7 Kay to Miss Howey_Page_1.jpg
Kay writes about first arriving at Topaz. The army uprooted the shrubs greesewood, that grow in the area. So the dust storms were worse than usual. They weren't finished with the barracks, so they slept at first 200 in a row on cement floors of the…

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1942 12 9 John, leave clearance approved.jpg

1942 12 9 Telegram from Ernst to WRA about immediate release of John.jpg

1942 2 2 AFSC Missoula alien detention center_Page_1.jpg
Floyd Schmoe reports to AFSC in Philadelphia about a visit to the Missoula, Montana detention center. He provides great detail about the camp and the organization, physical layout, family members visiting their fathers/husbands. He also makes…
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