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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Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-135)
doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-135)
Believes they will need to wait for a new Attorney General to be appointed to pursue claim
Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-126)
doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-126)
Congratulating him on his marriage, but warns against possible risk to his claim if he registers the marriage as a Japanese
Department of Justice files from 1956
doc Department of Justice files from 1956 "hearing" (ddr-densho-437-25)
Transcript of hearing concerning claim for James Seigo Miwa's property
Letter from Robert Murakami to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-38)
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
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