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[ Letter to Michiko Sata from Yasuo Sata, July 19, 1943 ]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[ Letter to Michiko Sata from Yasuo Sata, July 19, 1943 ]

Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of the Sata and Ito Family in memory of Yasuo Sata and Michiko Ito
Object number2022.42.2A
Description4-page handwritten letter from Yasuo Sata to his sister, Michiko Sata on July 19, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan. Yasuo writes about reaching Detroit on Saturday morning on July 17, 8 PM, the apartment he is living in, visiting his new workplace, and seeing a classmate from high school, he inquires to his sister about how everyone is doing at home, that he will write to his mother and father in Japanese when he has more time because it takes him longer to write in Japanese, and shares his new address with his sister.

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