Letter requesting kind treatment for a family who treated American POWs well

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Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

Hand written note with typed copy. Note reads: "Sept. 9, 1945 / To: American Occupational Forces / The men who's names are offered below, & others, request that consideration be extended / the residents of this house for the friendly / attitude & kindness these people / have always shown during and after hostilities to / the American prisoners of Sandai [Sendai?] Camp #11 / working in this area. / Signed: / Alec E. Pay / Ward H. Deimler / James V. Stingley / Earl C. Wilkerson / Charles R. Millken / Manfred C. McClure"

September 9, 1945

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Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

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