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Gila Sends Off B Men Tonight
From Gila News-Courier January 6, 1945
Send offs for the thirteen young men who leave for active duty tonight will be held from 6:30 at the Butte auditorium and 7:15 at the Canal community stage.
Short addresses will be given by representatives of the community councils and the administrative Staffs at both camps.
Of the 15 called, Kengo Osumi and John Masuda left yesterday. The 13 who leave tonight are as follows:
BUTTE: Haruo Kanemoto, Konichi K. Matsunaga, Roy K. Sumida, Yoshito Toyohara, Akira Roy Endo.
CANAL: Makiji M. Kurata, Joseph Narasaki, George Murakami, Hiroshi Oto, Jozoburo Shinozono, David T. Yahanda, Tommy Yamamoto, Ed Nakamura.
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January 6, 1945
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+ Gila News-Courier
Media Type: Camp Newspaper
Place: Rivers
State: Arizona
Country: United States
The Gila News-Courier (September 12, 1942 to September 5, 1945) was the main publication of the Gila River camp, and one of the last of the ten War Relocation Authority camp newspapers to begin regular production and distribution. The News-Courier alternated from publishing every Wednesday and Saturday in its earliest weeks, to every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, out of the Canal News office located in Rec Hall 8. It was distributed free of charge to every barrack room.
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