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Letter from Chimata Sumida to his family

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Sumida Family Collection

Second letter from Chimata Sumida describing life in the internment camp. He mentions status of their family friends in the camp. He also mentions the Alien hearings and that no prisoner had his case resolved to date.

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Courtesy of the Sumida Family Collection, Densho

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