PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-493-15

PARENT COLLECTION

Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection

DESCRIPTION

Oath of allegiance to the United States signed by Tomio Itabashi, of the Valley Civic League chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. Text reads: "Text reads: "I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear rue faith and allegiance to the same; that I do hereby forswear and repudiate any other allegiance which I knowingly or unknowingly may have held heretofore; and that I take these obligations freely, without any mental reservation whatsoever or purpose of evasion. So help me God." Second page is affidavit, also signed by Tomio Itabashi, containing slightly more detailed language explicitly condemning the "infamous machinations of the government of Japan" and pledging allegiance to the U.S. Constitution. Both notarized by V. A. Crosby.

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection, Densho

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