Economic losses

The economic and emotional toll associated with the uprooting of Japanese Americans from their homes and businesses was enormous. The cost was especially high for the issei (first-generation immigrants), who had worked most of their lives to establish financial security for themselves and their children. Many Japanese Americans bitterly recall being forced to sell property, personal belongings, and business equipment for a fraction of their value to opportunistic scavengers. Evacuees could take only what they could carry. They left behind heirlooms, cherished toys, and family pets. Farmers continued to work for a harvest they would never see, told it would be "disloyal" to stop. The bustling Nihonmachis (Japantowns) of the West Coast closed down and never fully recovered, even after the war ended.

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doc Letter from Byron Johnson to Larry [Lawrence Miwa?] (ddr-densho-437-72)

Responding to Lawrence Miwa's letter, sorry to hear about the Fulbright

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-72/

doc Letter from Seigo Miwa to Leon Gross, Office of Alien Property (ddr-densho-437-165)

Requesting Leon Gross provide information about the J.S. Miwa Company to his daughter, Katherine Kiyoko Sato

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-165/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-265)

Handwritten letter sent from Denver, Colorado, hoping that his claim could be sent to Sen. Carroll

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-265/

doc Letter from Olive Ellis Stone to William P. Roger (ddr-densho-437-123)

Request to review claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-123/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Robert Murakami (ddr-densho-437-172)

Update on his plans to pursue the family's claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-172/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-100)

Updating Lawrence Miwa on progress of claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-100/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-84)

Hoping to move hearing to November 1

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-84/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-272)

Very disappointed with the decision of the Attorney General, asking about how to proceed

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-272/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Rep. Spark Matsunaga (ddr-densho-437-148)

Submitting a memorandum for review of the claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-148/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to William Rogers, U.S. Attorney General (ddr-densho-437-117)

Requests that the Attorney General review the decision of the Office of Alien Property concerning the Miwa claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-117/

doc Letter from Lawrence Fumio Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone (ddr-densho-437-160)

Agreeing to be listed as a client reference

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-160/

doc Copy of letter from Lawrence Miwa to Robert Murakami (ddr-densho-437-173)

Update on his plans to pursue the family's claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-173/

doc Notes on claim for return of confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-31)

Handwritten timeline of disposition of James Seigo Miwa's assets confiscated in WWII

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-31/

doc Envelope addressed to Lawrence Miwa from Mrs. K. Sato [Katherine Kiyoko (Miwa) Sato] (ddr-densho-437-283)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-283/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-257)

Asking about next steps on the case

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-257/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-116)

Planning to pursue the claim through the attorney general's office

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-116/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-224)

Thanking him for recommending him for a Fulbright, although he did not get selected

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-224/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-232)

With attached clippings about alien property legislation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-232/

doc Letter from Robert Murakami to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-38)

Advising Lawrence Miwa that the chances of reclaiming James Seigo Miwa's property are slim at this point

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-38/

doc Note from Shoso Miwa to Lawrence Miwa (ddr-densho-437-73)

Sending Lawrence Miwa a gift of $37

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-73/

doc Characterization of Individual Claimant form for Lawrence Miwa (ddr-densho-437-171)

Affidavit of residency and citizenship

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-171/

doc Proposed Stipulations to claim (ddr-densho-437-90)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-90/

doc Letter from William Levy, hearing examiner for Office of Alien Property, to Oliver Ellis Stone (ddr-densho-437-102)

Allowing additional evidence related to claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-102/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-96)

Thanking Lawrence Miwa for reviewing brief

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-96/

doc Handwritten list of contacts in Washington, D.C. (ddr-densho-437-131)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-131/