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$2,800 More in Contributions

A photograph showed members of the JACL tabulating the results of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "Buy a Boeing Bomber" campaign.

$2.3 Million Will Meet August Goal for Japanese American Monument in D.C.

$21 a Month Maximum Pay for Evacuees

The maximum wage for evacuated Japanese in the camps was set at $21 a month, which is the minimum pay for an American soldier, according to the Wartime Civil Control Administration. Questions had arisen by evacuees and others as to what the top wage…

$3 Mil. Project to Document Life in Arkansas Internment Camps

$300,000 O.K'd for Jap Probe

The U.S. House of Representatives appropriated $300,000 for a probe of Japanese activity on the West Coast because of fears of fifth column activity and sabotage.

$700 In Defense Bonds Will Accompany Owner

Two photocopies showed a woman holding her defense bonds in front of a Buddhist altar, and the other photo of Rev. Kihachi Hirakawa, a Baptist minister, standing in front of his church he built.

1,000 Days in Siberia: the Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW

Japanese American in Japan during WWII is conscripted into the Japanese Army and becomes prisoner of USSR.

1,200 Japanese Pledge Loyalty

1,300 Seattle Japanese Pledge Loyalty

A photograph showed Japanese American pledging allegiance to the U.S. at a rally at the Seattle Buddhist Church.

1,300 Seattle Japanese Pledge Loyalty

1,300 Japanese from the Seattle area met at the Seattle Buddhist Church to pledge their loyalty to the United States and to hear from officials about the importance of being good Americans. Photo shows the crowd gathered around the U.S. flag.