Letter from Yuki Akaki, Technical Sergeant, United States Army, to Miss Hatsume Akaki, January 3, 1945

Akaki writes this letter a day after New Year’s Day. He describes what he did for the holidays, about the Red Cross girls, what he received for Christmas, and what he did to celebrate the New Year. He inquires about events at Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp. He continues the letter the following day (January 3rd) while on duty and writes about the dance that he had attended recently. He goes on to talk about the “Rescue of the Lost Battalion.”

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5 pages, handwritten

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Akaki, Robert: donor