Okubara familycollection circa1943-2008

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Okubara familycollection circa1943-2008

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv46643

TheOkubara Family Collection consists primarily of materials dating from the family’stime in Japan where Mokoto (Sam) Okubara served in the United States Army during thepost-World War II occupation of Japan. Materials include phonograph records,artifacts from relocation camps, and ephemera related to post-War Japan.

4.5 linear feet of shelf space; 6 containers

jpn,

eng,

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6372439

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Granada Relocation Center

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Records accumulated by Yatsutoshi Yoshizawa in the course of his duties as a member of the Block Managers Assembly. From the description of Records, 1943-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 26282043 The Granada Relocation Center opened on Aug. 27, 1942, near the southeastern Colorado town of Granada (sometimes referred to as Amache, after the daughter of a Cheyenne chief). Most of Granada's inmates were transferred there from the Merced and Santa Anita Assembly Centers in C...

Okubara family

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{Text of biographical or historical note, in paragraphs; separate each with paragraph tags} In April 1942, the Okubara family was evacuated by the War Relocation Authority under the powers outlined by Executive Order 9066 from Mill Valley, California. The Okubaras were sent to Granada Relocation Center, Colorado, which was also known as Camp Amache. Harry and Tora Okubara’s son, Mokoto (Sam) served in the United States Army after World War II as a language instructor. Sam completed ...