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[ Letter to Masaji Iwate from Tatsumi Iwate, July 4, 1943 ]
Maker
Iwate, Tatsumi
Date1943
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of the Iwate Family
Object number2001.145.216
Description(4) page letter written on recto and verso to Mas Iwate from Tatsumi Iwate in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on July 4, 1943. Tatsumi writes that he waited for Mas to go back to Jerome, that he got shipped back to the 442nd on June 12th, that at one time he strongly adviced Mas to enlist but thinks one member of the family should stay behind, basic training has entered the 9th week, they cover 4 miles in one hour.
