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![Portraits of Issei couple (ddr-densho-107-30)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/10/3a/103ac1187d62bcc88e8b77aa77798048.jpg)
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Portraits of Issei couple (ddr-densho-107-30)
Roy Matsumoto's mother, Tei Matsumoto, was the youngest daughter of a samurai, Shinjiro Kimura. Her elder brother, Koichi Kimura was Wakaji Matsumoto's (Roy's father's) classmate in school, and a second cousin. Tei managed the Matsumoto farm after Wakamatsu (Roy's grandfather) retired to Japan. Before WWII started, she went to Hiroshima, Japan, with her family. She escaped …
![Memo from multiple incarcerees to the Co-ordinating Committee, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-89)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/65/27/6527f5eed3adb968e3f1fa28204d2869.jpg)
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Memo from multiple incarcerees to the Co-ordinating Committee, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-89)
States that the incarcerees wish to see "normalcy re-established" and peace and cooperation preserved between the Administration and the "Colony" in the Tule Lake incarceration camp, pledging support for the Co-ordinating Committee's efforts to attain peace at the camp. A handwritten annotation next to one of the people's names provides his or her release date. Names …