"Murder in Camp Manzanar"

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-67-18 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i67-00018)

PARENT COLLECTION

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Collection

DESCRIPTION

Document written by J.Y. Kurihara. Account of incident in which Harry Ueno, a kitchen worker, was accused of assaulting Fred Tayama, JACL member and accused "informant." Kitchen Workers Union members and Manzanar residents went to administration to demand the release from jail of Ueno and soldiers fired on crowd, killing one person. Members of the Kitchen Workers Union Committee taken to jail, later to Moab, Utah. They believed they were not given a fair trial and were barred from returning to Manzanar.

DATE

16-Apr-43

LOCATION

Manzanar concentration camp, California

OBJECT GENRE

Miscellaneous Documents

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Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

RIGHTS

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