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OBJECT ID

ddr-csujad-5-149 (CSUJAD Local ID: oki_01_70_001, CSUJAD Project ID: csudh_oki_0150)

PARENT COLLECTION

CSU Dominguez Hills Okine Collection

DESCRIPTION

A letter from Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. This letter is mailed by Masao Okine, who is stationed as a Nisei soldier in Japan, via the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Jokichi informs Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine that Masao Okine brought their letters and gifts to him. He also describes the severe living conditions and inadequate supplies of rationed food in Japan. The handwritten notes on the backside of the envelope record the arrival date of the letter, July 8, 1946, and the replied date, July 18, 1946. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_70_001

CONTRIBUTOR

CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

PREFERRED CITATION

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

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