Letter from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Kida family

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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OBJECT ID

ddr-one-3-69 (2012.17)

PARENT COLLECTION

Kenjiro and Miyuki “Kay” Kida Family Collection

DESCRIPTION

Letter from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Kay, George and Kida (Kenjiro Kida) dated February 6, 1944. Al writes that Mrs. Sidney Miller and Sadie McCoy wanted to get Sarah "Sade" Pyatt out of the hospital and send her to live with the Kida family in Eastern Oregon. Al told them that George was going into the army and Kay and Kenjiro were moving back to the Japanese center. He advised the Kida family against taking in Sarah "Sade" Pyatt. Reminds George to avoid the draft. Talks about death in the community and an upcoming trip to Portland. Addition to letter written and possibly mailed together, please see ddr-one-3-70.

DATE

2/6/1944

LOCATION

White Salmon, Washington

OBJECT GENRE

Correspondence

OBJECT FORMAT

Document

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CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Kida Family Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon

RIGHTS

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ddr-one-3-69-mezzanine-f91f56f1e6 - letter
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-69-mezzanine-f91f56f1e6/
ddr-one-3-69-master-b037df4e71 - front of one page letter
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-69-master-b037df4e71/
ddr-one-3-69-master-5d2fe9177d - back of one page letter
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-69-master-5d2fe9177d/
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