Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, September 12, 1946 [in Japanese]
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-5-160 (CSUJAD Local ID: oki_02_11_001, CSUJAD Project ID: csudh_oki_0161)
PARENT COLLECTION
CSU Dominguez Hills Okine Collection
DESCRIPTION
A letter from Masao Okine, who is stationed in Japan as a Nisei soldier to his parents, Seiichi and Ayame Okine. This letter is mailed via San Francisco, California by the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao writes about his visit to Hiroshima during the vacation. He meets Naoji Okine, Jokichi Yamanaka, Mr. Sasaki, Mr. Nakano, and other relatives. He reports about their well-being and harvesting rice in the following month. He also writes about his schedule for returning to the U.S. He is going to be transferred to Zama, Kanagawa, and return to Yokohama, Kanagawa. From Yokohama, he is going to board a ship to return to the U.S, arriving at the end of the month. He assumes that this letter is his last letter from Japan. The handwritten notes on the backside of the envelope read: Arrived on September 16, 1946, this letter is the last [in Japanese]. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_11_001
DATE
9/12/1946
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Correspondence
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Okine, Masao (author)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
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
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted