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[Letter to Kotaro Murai from Koh, October 8, 1943]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[Letter to Kotaro Murai from Koh, October 8, 1943]

Date1943
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Mary Murai in Memory of Dr. Kotaro Murai and his Parents
Object number2002.134.28
Description1 letter written on a 4-ring lined composition paper to Kotaro from Koh Murai on October 8, 1943 from the Santa Fe Internment Camp. Koh writes to his son that it pleases him to read Kotaro's letters about his life and how it is similar to his youth, tells Kotaro to not neglect Chemical Engineering, has a re-hearing for the 'Status of Enemy Aliens' with a decision shared sometime later in the month.

A difficult to read square stamp reads "DETENTION ALIEN, ENEMY MAIL, EXAMINED, BY [illegible], U.S.A. & N.S." on top center.


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