Heart Mountain

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img Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-688)

Caption below photo: Young Niseis in front of Block 23, where the Nakatas lived in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945. The Nakatas were from Alameda, CA. The Moritas were originally from Oakland, then Alameda, then moved to Mountain View, CA in 1933. The Nakatas didn't know the Marita's until they met in Heart Mountain.

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img Laundry Room at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-687)

Caption below photo: Heart Mountain, Wyoming laundry room in the snow, circa 1942-1945, Note the furnace smokestack

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img Tomoshige Nakata family outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-692)

Caption below photo: Nakata family, originally of Alameda, CA at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. By WWII, the family was living in Palo Alto, CA. Block 2315 F circa 1942-1945

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img Hisao Nakata at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-694)

Caption below photo: Hisao Nakata of Alameda, CA. Translation: are you angry or not? Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945. Caption on sides of photo in Japanese.

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doc New Herald Vol. 3 No. 3 (July 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-483-89)

Selected article titles: "Relocated" (p. 1), "Jenson visits Hunt" (p. 1), "Heralds wanted" (p. 1), "S.O.S." (p. 1), "Ye are an epistle" (p. 2), "Miss shock" (p. 2), "Mr. and Mrs. Snider" (p.2), "Along life's way" (p. 3)

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img Heart Mountain USO dance (ddr-densho-513-2)

Jack Furumura singing at a USO Thanksgiving dance at Heart Mountain.

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