On Returning Home
Opening Letter, 5 May 1945 from Community Analysis Report No.12, 1945 (SJS)
This is the opening letter of a detailed report on the housing shortages in the Central Valley, California and the return of Japanese Americans from the incarceration camps. It describes the impact of Japanese Americans losing their homes during the incarceration period as well as the lingering anti-Japanese sentiment of many community members. Some Japanese Americans were disillusioned about losing their possessions to thieves and didn't trust the WRA when they promised to assist them with returning home. The report also describes other minorities moving into the housing formerly occupied by Japanese Americans and the charity organizations that were helping during the rescission.Land availability with Dominguez Estate Company, 1945 :
