Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida

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Tadashi Ishida Collection

Talks about selling cigarettes to Italians to supplement Army pay. Family tagged this letter with a sticky note "selling cigarettes". Expects to move to Pisa soon; because the 442nd has priority, he will go home with the regiment when they go; asks for lighter fluid and magazines. Parents' note on envelope back: 260 Saturday Sept. 29, 1945 request for magazines

September 19, 1945

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Courtesy of Tadashi Ishida Collection, Densho

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