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This information is all derived from Diane Fujino’s text, Heartbreak of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama, Chapter 2.

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Mary Kochiyama Just left for Santa Anita! Before we left, friends stopped by to say good-bye; it was so good seeing them, but this also left me feeling a little sorrowful. April 3, 1942 Like · Comment · See Friendship Mary Kochiyama Hey! A few girls and I decided to make a little song to welcome the Newcomers at Santa Anita. Sing it to the tune of Yankee Doodle: “We are here to welcome, as you come here to join us. We know that you’ll

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cooperate, instead of making a fu-uss…” 1942 Like · Comment · See Friendship

Sumi (Seo) Seki

Sumi (Seo) Seki “We were so lonely and so disgusted. We just didn’t know what to do with ourselves. But here comes Mary trying to cheer you up. She already knew, ‘Don’t look back, look forward. Try to do the best you can.’ She would start a club and get you going. Then you’d forget about that loneliness.” 1942 Like · Comment · See Friendship

Rinko Shamasaki

Rinko Shamasaki The Crusader Club originally began with just five eager girls and a very capable advisor. The group was originally a Sunday School class at the Santa Anita Assembly center. These girls wanted to do something in the way of service so they organized a club called ‘The Crusaders.’

This was a voluntary club open to all girls 1942 Like · Comment · See Friendship

Mary Kochiyama When the word got around that we were writing to Nisei soldiers, many girls started pouring into our Sunday school class saying, ‘Oh, I want to do that too because I have a brother, cousin, friend in the service.’ A lot of the Nisei soldiers were only 18 or 19 and the girls were 15 or 16 years old. They wanted to write to a guy a few years older