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Information about kites in Cambodia. In Khmer

$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.