1942 6 8 Letter from Chizu to Mrs. Conard
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1942 6 8 Letter from Chizu to Mrs. Conard
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Chizu writes to Kay's friend who has given her toys for her son Kiku and some sugar in Tanforan. She is thankful that there are some on the outside who are supportive. She writes of her worries about how the children will adjust to being part of the normal society again after this period of isolation is over, refering to the fact that her rights as a citizen have been unrecognized.
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Chiz Kitow
Source
Notebook N page 75-76
Date
June 8 1942
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Tanforan Assembly Center
June 8, 1942
Mr Dear Mrs. Conard,
I wish to thank you for your kindness in sending Kiku so many grand toys and also the jar of sugar which is priceless. We received them thru Kay on Saturday and since that time they have been played with constantly. We have quite a colony of small boys in the neighborhood and they have all enjoyed playing with one another. We appreciate your tho'tful gesture from the bottom of our hearts. Altho' I have not had the pleasure of making your acquaintance - I wish to say that we are encouraged to know that there are friends who understand our predicament. It is our sincere prayer that Peace may reign ever one day sooner and that Democracy may truly become a reality to everyone.
Our primary concern, at the present time, is the readjustment of our lives to this mass or communal living and to maintain as nearly and as a real [?] an environment for our children under these circumstances. It is our desire to keep them in touch with the little world which they left behind - as they will not feel too strange or become misfits in society - when they will again be permitted to re-establish themselves in a normal community.
Frankly, I am a bit frightened as a mother of a seven year old _. as just how I might meet all these strange new problems. It will be a challenge and we are already doing some serious thinking and planning along these lines.
As an American, our citizenship rights seem meaningless at this time and War has stamped our course. However we are banking our hopes and trusting in the integrity of what we believe is American fair play and the Christian attitude to prevail in the end.
We appreciate the untiring effort on the part of those who are working so hard in our behalf. We will keep faith with you.
We wish to thank you again for your many kind favors.
[Unsigned, but doubtless written by Chizu.]
June 8, 1942
Mr Dear Mrs. Conard,
I wish to thank you for your kindness in sending Kiku so many grand toys and also the jar of sugar which is priceless. We received them thru Kay on Saturday and since that time they have been played with constantly. We have quite a colony of small boys in the neighborhood and they have all enjoyed playing with one another. We appreciate your tho'tful gesture from the bottom of our hearts. Altho' I have not had the pleasure of making your acquaintance - I wish to say that we are encouraged to know that there are friends who understand our predicament. It is our sincere prayer that Peace may reign ever one day sooner and that Democracy may truly become a reality to everyone.
Our primary concern, at the present time, is the readjustment of our lives to this mass or communal living and to maintain as nearly and as a real [?] an environment for our children under these circumstances. It is our desire to keep them in touch with the little world which they left behind - as they will not feel too strange or become misfits in society - when they will again be permitted to re-establish themselves in a normal community.
Frankly, I am a bit frightened as a mother of a seven year old _. as just how I might meet all these strange new problems. It will be a challenge and we are already doing some serious thinking and planning along these lines.
As an American, our citizenship rights seem meaningless at this time and War has stamped our course. However we are banking our hopes and trusting in the integrity of what we believe is American fair play and the Christian attitude to prevail in the end.
We appreciate the untiring effort on the part of those who are working so hard in our behalf. We will keep faith with you.
We wish to thank you again for your many kind favors.
[Unsigned, but doubtless written by Chizu.]
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Chiz Kitow, “1942 6 8 Letter from Chizu to Mrs. Conard,” Yamashita Family Archives, accessed May 9, 2024, https://yamashitaarchives.ucsc.edu/items/show/1068.
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