Checking blue prints in the New York Office of an architectural firm is Sunao John Iwatsu, a former San Francisco ...

1944-01-06

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

WRA no. G-273

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The Bancroft Library

Full title:Checking blue prints in the New York Office of an architectural firm is Sunao John Iwatsu, a former San Francisco architectural draftsman. Evacuated from the West Coast along with all other persons of Japanese ancestry, Sunao was sent to the Central Utah Relocation Center where he supervised construction for the Center's department of maintenance and operation, and for a while taught drafting in the Center's High School. In May of 1943, he left the Center and worked until October for a Salt Lake City architect. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otozo Iwatsu, and 15 year old brother David still live at Central Utah. Another brother, 1st Lieut. Peter O. Iwatsu, is a United States Army Engineer at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. New York, New York.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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