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img Topaz concentration camp, Utah (ddr-densho-37-833)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A typical barracks group with a section of the Topaz Relocation Center.

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img Wood carving class (ddr-densho-37-551)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. In a wood carving class, this center resident, a former Californian of Japanese ancestry works on a patriotic carving out from a natural hardwood formation.

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img Dedication ceremony (ddr-densho-37-564)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. With a fervent prayer, this Japanese Topaz resident, a Christian Minister, opens the dedication ceremonies at the Relocation Center at Topaz.

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img Japanese American walking in the rain (ddr-densho-37-617)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The Arkansas rainy season, and this young resident of the Jerome Center dons rubber boots and carries a parasol. The (buckshot) mud makes the tirp to and from school a little dificult.

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img High school band members (ddr-densho-37-539)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A snare drum section of the high school band, in a practice session at the school band room. Most of the student band members are playing instuments for the first time, and the band is fast becoming a matter of much pride among center residents, former west coast …

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img Judo class (ddr-densho-37-550)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A Judo class. Classes are held every afternoon and evening at this relocation center.

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img Children playing marbles (ddr-densho-37-831)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Three small boys compete in a staff marble game on a Sunday afternoon in Block 8.

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img Fourth-grade classroom (ddr-densho-37-470)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Fourth Grade School in Barracks 3-4-B.

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img Japanese American knitting (ddr-densho-37-562)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Knitting warm woolen clothing for her children against the coming winter, this Japanese mother, at the Topaz Relocation Center, takes advantage of the warm Utah sun.

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Ma & Pa Waegell, November 28, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-56)

Typed correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to the Waegells describing conditions in Topaz incarceration camp and current events. Yamamoto comments on the situation in France during World War II, the position of the War Relocation Authority on jobs for incarcerees, and working conditions in the camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Mrs. Margaret Waegell, 1941 (ddr-csujad-55-52)

Handwritten correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to Margaret Waegell. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00056

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Ma and Pa Waegell, November 23, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-57)

Typed correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to the Waegells describing living conditions in Topaz incarceration camp and Yamamoto's current situation. Yamamoto discusses his work as a painter and his intentions to seek a position as an art teacher on the east coast. He also describes sleeping arrangements, food, and working conditions in the camp. See this object …

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Mr. and Mrs. Waegell, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-51)

Handwritten correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to the Waegells describing his current situation, future plans, and the status of incarcerees in the Los Angeles area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00055

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doc Sociology essay (ddr-csujad-55-1923)

Sociology essay by Tom Honda for a class assignment at Tri-State High School at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Covers population size as it relates to social problems. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1926

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Waegell family, April 25, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-55)

Handwritten correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to the Waegells describing the weather, conditions, sleeping arrangements, food, administration, and daily life at Topaz incarceration camp in Utah. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00059

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doc Letter from Tom Clark, Attorney General, to General Mark W. Clark, December 10, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-235)

Correspondence from Tom Clark to Mark Clark regarding the case of Frank Okusako's family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0237

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Margaret Waegells, March 5, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-53)

Handwritten correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to Margaret Waegell. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00057

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