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TITLE W.R.A. Leave Pass, Teiji Okuda, No. 15771 DESCRIPTION W.R.A. Leave Pass, Teiji Okuda, No. 15771 "An United States War Relocation Authority Citizen's Indefinite Leave Pass, with photograph of Mr. Teiji Okuda, an United States Citizen. The pass allows Mr. Okuda to leave the Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz Concentration Camp) on May 24, 1944 for an indefinite duration." National Japanese American Historical Society American bank note, green government paper. 3 7/8" W x 2 3/8" H CONTEXT "Please note that the leave is subject to special restrictions. The pass advises the carrier to report to his local draft board of any change in his address. A one-time inmate of a concentration camp as a suspect danger to the United States is now told to report his where-abouts to the draft board to be drafted into the United States Armed Forces." National Japanese American Historical Society CREDIT Teiji Okuda Courtesy of National Japanese American Historical Society DATE May 24, 1944 |
