Articles

Articles

Newspaper articles collected by Uhachi Tamesa regarding internment and the events of his son Min Tamesa one of the Heart Mountain internees put on trial for draft resistance. A: Rocky Shimpo August 7 1946 Reprint of San Francisco chronicle editorial commenting on ramifications of a ruling by a Judge Hall that the removal of Homer Wilcox from his home in San Diego by the U.S. army was illegal. B: Rafu Shimpo August 9 1946 essay by Sei Takeshita about the exploits of the 442nd. C: Rocky Shimpo August 21 1946 about the trial of three Japanese American youths from Poston AZ internment camp who refused conscription into the army. D: Rafu Shimpo September 4 1946 about a Japanese Canadian man Takami Matano a veteran of WW I forcibly repatriated to Japan after WWII. E: Rafu Shimpo September 6 1946 reprint of letter from President truman to the head of the Veterans Administration decrying descrimination and urging new opportunities for for minorities in education health care jobs housing etc. F: Rafu Shimpo September 18 1946 article about the comments of George Bernard Shaw that the Allies did not have the moral authority to execute nazi criminals because the atomic bombing of Japan had diminished their moral highground. G: Rocky Shimpo September 18 1946 about the prevention of Japanese American soldiers from entering Canada by immigration officials. H: Rocky Shimpo September 28 1946 JACL meets with USO Chairman religious leaders and Dillon Myer former head of the WRA. I: Rafu Shimpo October 14 1946 about the death of Gen. Joseph Stillwell commander of Allied forces in Southeast Asia. J: Rocky Shimpo December 27 1946 about the new ruling of not guilty of seven draft resisters from Heart Mountain Internment camp. K: Rocky Shimpo new hearing for three Poston intenees convicted in San Francisco in Phoenix AZ. L: Rafu Shimpo On the ruling in favor of Homer Wilcox of San Diego removed from his home by the army in WWII. M: Rafu Shimpo 101 Poston internees released inPhoenix and asked to pay 1 cent fine. Many will now join the U S Army. N: Rafu Shimpo about the return of Japanese American soldiers and part two of Sei Takeshita's essay. O: Rafu Shimpo ninth appelate court in San Francisco hearing case of the Poston internees who violated the draft laws. P: Rocky Shimpo reprint of Fortune article on life in Japan as told by US citizens returning from Japan. Q: Rocky Shimpo on the not guilty ruling of three Heart Mountain internees. R: Utah Nippo on war crime trial in Japan. S: Utah Nippo on war crime trial in Japan.

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