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Yuri (Mary) Kochiyama Sending some treats to our marvelous Nisei soldiers! Stay strong out there! Sending you love through some written words to ~13,000 soldiers! Go team! – With the Crusaders 1942 Like · Comment · See Friendship

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Nisei Soldiers That note came at an opportune moment, in the midst of our fighting somewhere in Italy and to think that you are all back of us and boosting, means a terrible lot to us

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Yuri (Mary) Kochiyama For the first time in my life, I got to ride on an ambulance, something I had been wanting to do since joining WADCA in San Pedro. Also, I had the opportunity to observe the birth of a baby. 1942 Like · Comment · See Friendship

Mary Kochiyama I see now how important money can be and is. I also realize what an easy life I led.

Yuri (Mary) Kochiyama I never thought of myself as being part of a nation so prejudiced [against]...[I never] thought of people according to their race, but just that they were individuals. I want to keep thinking that way; that we are all Americans here, if we feel it in our hearts. September 1942 Like · Comment · See Friendship

Mary Kochiyama A friend told me that a young Nisei woman was rejected from four nursing schools because of her race… I could hardly believe that public sentiment could be so strong against Japanes-Americans. I’m shocked.