Box 3

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Materials are four notebooks of diaries written by Tsuruno Meguro in 1963-1977 and documents regarding her passing, such as funeral information issued by Kubota Nikkei Mortuary, a letter from Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, certificate of death, and obituaries in English and Japanese.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Materials include letters and postcards from Fumio Fred Takano's family members as well as copies of his letters to his non-Japanese American friend. Most of the letters were written during the war and the contents of his letters include discussions regarding his efforts to seek assistance from his Caucasian friend; management of his property in Los Angeles, California during the war; and discussions regarding shipping the family's belongings from Los Angeles to the Gila River incarceration...

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Letters written by Tsuruno Meguro addressing her children, Fumio and Yoneko Takano and Leo Meguro, and her friends, the Hirotas. The letters were written while she was staying in Sendai, Japan from May to September 1959. She visited her family, friends, and neighbors in her hometown. This was her first trip to Japan after the war and her letters describe the postwar Japan.

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Letters written by Tsuruno Meguro's relatives in Japan.

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This series contains materials regarding Leo Ryoichi Meguro's service in the U.S. military. The materials are photographs taken while he was deployed in Europe during World War II, in Korea during the Korean War, and at a veterans' event; administrative documents issued by the U.S. Army; issues of the U.S. Army special orders; and a For Douglas booklet.

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This series contains materials regarding Leo Ryoichi Meguro's service in the U.S. military. The materials are photographs taken while he was deployed in Europe during World War II, in Korea during the Korean War, and at a veterans' event; administrative documents issued by the U.S. Army; issues of the U.S. Army special orders; and a For Douglas booklet.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains materials pertaining to the Takano family’s incarceration during World War II. The materials include documents issued by War Relocation Authority (WRA), Western Defense Command, and the Office of Price Administration, such as letters, notices, ID cards, forms, war ration books, and receipts for shipment issued by agencies arranged by the U.S. government, published items from the Gila River camp in Arizona during the war, such as newspapers, booklets, and maps, as well as...

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Materials are documents regarding Civil Liberties Act of 1988 for Yoneko and Fumio Takano and Yoshiko Ruth Meguro. Included are Civil Liberties Act of 1988 voluntary information forms; letters from National Archives and Records Administration; instructions for redress payment; letters from the Office of Redress Administration; and a letter from the White House.