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OBJECT ID

ddr-csujad-5-273 (CSUJAD Local ID: oki_03_08_001, CSUJAD Project ID: csudh_oki_0268)

PARENT COLLECTION

CSU Dominguez Hills Okine Collection

DESCRIPTION

A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He writes from Japan where he is stationed as a Nisei soldier. He thanks his parents for their letters and package containing Masao's requested items. He informs that he is doing well working as a truck driver, and is going to take ten days vacation from April 15 to visit his relatives in Hiroshima, Japan. He has been in touch with relatives, including the Matsuuras, the Nishimuras, the Yamanakas, and the Kurimas, as well as his wife Ayame and his brother Makoto by exchanging letters. He also informs that he has met his brothers-in-law, including Masuo Befu and Nobuyuki Tanimoto who are also stationed in Japan. He encloses a list of his additional requests for his parents to ship from the U.S. to Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_03_08_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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