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Name: Only what we could carry
Author: Lawson Fusao Inada

📘 Only what we could carry by Lawson Fusao Inada

Only What We Could Carry brings together a diverse array of primary sources—letters, photographs, official notices, propaganda posters, and oral testimonies—that reveal the daily realities and emotional impact of the forced removal and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II. The collection illuminates how these documents, art, and stories reflected both resistance and resilience, offering a vivid, firsthand glimpse into a critical chapter of U.S. history.

First publish date: 2000

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Lawson Fusao Inada

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