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letter
Maker
Hohri, Sohei (John)
Date1942
Made WhereManzanar, California, United States
Mediumpaper
Dimensions11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Harold Landon Family in Memory of Sohei Hohri
Object number2019.13.6
DescriptionLetter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon, dated April 24, 1942. Letter in pencil on unlined paper, written in all capital letters. First page consists of drawings: a gymnast upside down on the rings, an arm holding up the date like a plate of food, a sketch of a letter from Donald Lindsey with a pole vaulter, a laughing face, and a hand holding the letter. He includes his Manzanar address in large letters at the bottom of the page. The second page is filled with softball drawings, and a large full body drawing of John wearing a glove and leaning on a bat. At the bottom of the page, he writes how they beat the West LA Warriors 25-4 and 11-5. Pages three and four are filled with drawings of pole vaulting, a home visit, baseball, pleading with a teacher, horse shoes, "flashback of Emerson days" with two boys pitching/hitting a baseball, and two boys on the ground fighting. Page five includes a drawing of Harold as a Letterman; he is depicted in a "U" jacket, smiling, holding a vaulting pole, and wearing two medals. At the bottom of the page there is a happy face looking at the medals, "U" letters, pins, and trophy.
1945