"Alarm spread yesterday when officers examining evacuees' baggage discovered knives wrapped in belongings of Kisuki Okasaki, one of first two arrivals. His companion in taxicab was a janitor. "I'm a butcher by trade," Okasaki told officers, "so I brought my tools." He's shown with inspectors."--caption on photograph JARDA-3-20

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"Alarm spread yesterday when officers examining evacuees' baggage discovered knives wrapped in belongings of Kisuki Okasaki, one of first two arrivals. His companion in taxicab was a janitor. "I'm a butcher by trade," Okasaki told officers, "so I brought my tools." He's shown with inspectors."--caption on photograph

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Title:

"Alarm spread yesterday when officers examining evacuees' baggage discovered knives wrapped in belongings of Kisuki Okasaki, one of first two arrivals. His companion in taxicab was a janitor. "I'm a butcher by trade," Okasaki told officers, "so I brought my tools." He's shown with inspectors."--caption on photograph JARDA-3-20

Subject:

Japanese American Relocation photograph collection,

Japanese in the U.S. -- Relocation -- California

Photos 11-20

Publisher:

University of Southern California. Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Regional History Collection.

Date:

1942-04-04

Type:

image

Identifier:

JARDA-3-20

ark:/13030/tf1p3009z6

http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/libraries/regional/

Collection:

Japanese American Relocation photograph collection,

Contributing Institution:

University of Southern California, Regional History Collection

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