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1943 Supplementary Statement by Dillion S. Myer to Senate Sub-committee on Military Affairs

by: Kusuda, Paul H.

Publication date: 1943-01-20

Topics: californiarevealed, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Internment, Kusuda, Paul H.

Collection: manzanar; californiarevealed; americana

Language: English

Rights: Public Domain. No restrictions on use.

See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://repository.californiarevealed.org/node/339150.

Supplementary Statement by Dillion S. Myer to Senate Sub-Committee on Military Affairs. Paul H. Kusuda was a young man when he and his family were incarcerated at Manzanar from their home in Los Angeles. He eventually was able to continue his college education at the University of Chicago. He went on to a career in social work in Wisconsin. Kusuda says his choice of life work was very much influenced by this time at Manzanar. Some of the items were written by Paul H. Kusuda while others were typed by him, but were written by others. As Kusuda said in 2013, "When I was in Manzanar, I typed on a portable Royal typewriter I bought when I worked as a typist for a gym instructor at the Los Angeles City College…Having lots of time, I recorded many meetings and made duplicate copies…"

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