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Seventeen Men Leave Rivers for Active Duty
From Gila News-Courier April 4, 1945
Seventeen men in all, 13 from Butte and four from Canal, left for active duty in the U. S. Army Monday night, after a send off ceremony at the Butte Amphitheatre.
Hiroji H. Nishimura, chairman for the program, introduced speakers W. C. “Tom” Sawyer and Shimpei Tanaka. Sawyer represented the WRA, and Tanaka spoke in behalf of the Servicemen's Parents and Relatives Association.
The 17 who left Monday are as follows:
Nob Yoshida
Harry Oyama
Takashi Abo
George H. Nakai
Katsuyoshi Nakamura,
Iwao G. Nakayama
Hitoshi Ouchida
Stephen Ichiki,
James T. Imahara
Kiyoshi B. Fujita
Jin Asakura
Taichi H. Yanehiro
Tom Tamaki
Max W. Yano
Robert Yoshimura
Masahiro Okada
Yoshiji Sugahara
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April 4, 1945
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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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People mentioned in this clipping: Hitoshi Ouchida W. C. “Tom” Sawyer Stephen Ichiki Hiroji H. Nishimura James T. Imahara W. C. Sawyer Kiyoshi B. Fujita Shimpei Tanaka Jin Asakura Nob Yoshida Taichi H. Yanehiro Harry Oyama Tom Tamaki Takashi Abo Max W. Yano George H. Nakai Robert Yoshimura Katsuyoshi Nakamura Masahiro Okada Iwao G. Nakayama Yoshiji Sugahara