Nisei Losses In U.S. Forces Put at 3,000

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7, -- (AP) -- Casualties among the 20,529 Japanese-Americans in the nation's armed forces are estimated by the War Relocation Authority at 3,000. R.B. Cozzens, assistant director of the W.R.A., reported today.

Cozzens also made public a letter from Gen. Jacob L. Devers, head of all United States Ground Forces, in which he said the Nisei under his command "are, in my opinion, among the finest soldiers in the United States Army." The letter was sent to the Friends of the American Way, Pasadena, an organization combating terrorism against Japanese-Americans in California.

"It is my fervent wish," the general wrote, "that America never forget the struggles and sacrifices of its fighting men -- including these Nisei, who, like the rest, have fought so courageously for our democratic ways of life."