Robert Utsumi, and his uncle, Yasuto Kato, Warm Springs vegetable growers, are shown here inspecting tomato plants on the Kato ...

1945-07-14

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947

WRA no. K-97

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Full title:Robert Utsumi, and his uncle, Yasuto Kato, Warm Springs vegetable growers, are shown here inspecting tomato plants on the Kato ranch. They told the camera man the plants are in fine condition and a good yield is anticipated. They have arranged to market their crops thru established channels. Robert is from Central Utah camp. He arrived in California in June to make a hand for his uncle until school opens for the fall term, when he plans to enter San Jose State College. The Katos relocated from Tree Mountain, Utah, via Topaz in March. With Yasuto is his wife, Dorothy, Taijyu, and his father, and Katsu, his mother. The Katos is a Gold Star home, their son, Joseph, having been killed in action on October 16, 1944,while the famous 442nd, all Japanese unit, was rescuing the Lost Battalion of this war. S/Sgt. Henry Kato, a second son, is still in Europe. The two Kato girls are both nurses, Kiyo at a marine hospital in New Orleans and Sumi at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Warm Springs, California.
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