ddr-csujad-4-15 — Letter from Usami Terada to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas, October 29, 1942

Letter from Usami Terada to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas, October 29, 1942

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ddr-csujad-4-15 (CSUJAD Local ID: nis_06_016, CSUJAD Project ID: csudh_nis_0015)

CSU Dominguez Hills James H. Osborne Nisei Collection

A letter from Usami Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas in Lawndale, California. In the letter, he describes his life and the conditions of the Rohwer incarceration camp. He also describes the Japanese American soldiers visiting the camp: among the soldiers, he finds Sam Kita, one of his friends who used to live in Lawndale, California. He expresses his willingness to return to Lawndale, California, after the war. He also includes a drawing of the camp layout. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nis_06_016

10/29/1942

McGehee, Arkansas

Correspondence

Document

Rohwer

Terada, Usami (author)

CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

[Title of item], James H. Osborne Nisei Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills