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[Letter to Kotaro Murai from Koh, October 18, 1943]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[Letter to Kotaro Murai from Koh, October 18, 1943]

Date1943
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Mary Murai in Memory of Dr. Kotaro Murai and his Parents
Object number2002.134.29
Description1 letter written on a 4-ring lined composition paper to Kotaro from Koh Murai on October 18, 1943 from the Santa Fe Internment Camp. Koh writes to his son stating that he will be in Lincoln, Nebraska shortly, that he was ordered to be released from the Santa Fe Internment Camp under parole and eventually be sent home to where his family is, to wait for a telegram from Colorado, meet him at the train station alone.

Square stamp reads "DETENTION ALIEN, ENEMY MAIL, EXAMINED, BY 25-4, U.S.A. & N.S." on top center.

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