Title: Letter to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito, 6/7/1944 (ddr-janm-1-21)

Densho ID: ddr-janm-1-21

June 7, 1944

Dear Molly,

Hi! Hope this letter finds you in the best of health! Seems as if they’re (W.R.A.) going to start relocating the Japanese back to California. I don’t think many will go back though. Most of the Nisei’s are sick of the state of California, and are planning to stay out in the Midwest and east permanently. These people out in the east are really swell. The Japanese people have really scattered throughout the United States. Some of the kids you use to know and where they are.

Nancy Karakane – Chicago, Ill.

Mary Murakami – St. Paul, Minn.

Seiichi Fujioka – “          “          “

Pfc. Joe Takahashi – Camp Savage, Minn.

Albert Ito – St. Paul, Minn.

Natsuye Oka – Cincinnati, Ohio

Tets Kojima – Philadelphia, Penn. (I think)…

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…June Ozawa – Philadelphia or Cincinnati

Michiko Igasaki – Chicago, Ill.

Michio Nagao – Garland, Utah

Yoneko Tashiro – New York City (I think)

June Yoshigai – Chicago, Ill.

Violet Saito – “          “

Chiyeko Imamura – Missouri

Shigeko Sakamoto – Pennsylvania Temple Univ.

That’s all I can think of now.

I’m now attending the Y.M.C.A College School of Music. Staying with my dad now and keeping house for him. My mom and sis are still in Amache.

The Roosevelt kids really went to town in the school politics back in camp. Tets Kojima was S.B. Prexy, Kach Kusada was Senior class Prexy, (is in Chicago), Edith Ritchie S.B. Vice Prexy, Sadae Nishioka S.B. Sec., Kazuko Matsuda Senior class vice prexy (I think). Gee Molly, did you run for anything back in Roosevelt? If you didn’t, you sure will disappoint me cuz I thought for sure you’d be elected in anything you’d endeavor to be.

As for me, I managed to be elected Senior class, Pres. G.A.A., Business Manager High School Co-op. Well, “enuff” for today.

Sandie