Eddie Sato Camp Harmony Sketchbook and Drawings 1942

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Eddie Sato Camp Harmony Sketchbook and Drawings 1942

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Pen-and-ink and charcoal drawings of scenes at the Puyallup Assembly Center, "Camp Harmony," in Washington state, where many of Seattle's Japanese Americans were incarcerated for several months during World War II.

34 drawings (26 charcoal drawings, 8 pen-and-ink drawings); 1 box

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University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.)

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Sato, Eddie

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Eddie Sato is an artist who grew up in Seattle. In 1942, at age 19, Sato was incarcerated with other Seattle Japanese Americans at the Puyallup Assembly Center, called "Camp Harmony," in Puyallup, Washington. Sato served as a staff artist for the Camp Harmony newspaper, sketching scenes of everyday life at the camp. He subsequently fought in the U.S. Army's 442nd Battalion (also known as the 442nd Regimental Combat Team), a highly decorated, all-Nisei unit. Sato later worked as a co...