Kojiro F. Kawaguchi papers, 1999.

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Kojiro F. Kawaguchi papers, 1999.

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General description of the collection: The Kojiro F. Kawaguchi Papers contains his memoir, "The Nisei Story: The Story of Japanese Americans during World War II." In his memoir, Kawaguchi describes his evacuation and relocation to Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California. He discusses his life there and at the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah during the U.S. government's internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans. He also briefly describes the contributions of the Nisei during WWII, in U.S. Army combat units and with the Military Intelligence Service, and gives examples of individual heroism.

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Kawaguchi, Kojiro F.

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Kojiro F. Kawaguchi was a first generation Japanese-American, or Nisei, living in Japanese Town, San Francisco, California when the United States (U.S.) entered World War II (WWII). He and his family were interned at the Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California, on 28 April 1942. They were transferred to the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah on 15 October 1942, where Kawaguchi taught high school. After signing a loyalty oath in February 1943, he initially volunteered for service with the ...