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Field name	Value
Title	Certificate of Identification for Shigezo Iwata
Date	6 Feb 1942
Document Type	Legal Papers
Reference	MSS 53, Box 2, Folder 17
Library / Archive	Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection Name	Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata Papers, 1942-1991
Description	Identification papers issued to Shizego Iwata in February 1942 after his internment, officially registering him as an alien enemy.
Series Description	The collection contains letters between the Iwatas and their friends detailing life in the relocation centre and the internment camp. There are also personal documents and biographical materials.
Biographical Note / History	Shigezo Iwata was born in Japan and immigrated to the United States in 1924. Sonoko U. Iwata was born in Los Angeles. The couple made their home in Thermal, California where they farmed and Shigezo was secretary of the Thermal Farmers' Cooperative Association. Separated in the initial part of World War II when Shigezo was arrested and detained by the FBI at the Lordsburg Internment Camp (New Mexico), the Iwatas were reunited in 1943 at the Colorado River Relocation Centre near Poston, Arizona.
Theme(s)	Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations
Places	Los Angeles, Thermal, California, United States
Nationality	Japanese
People	Iwata, Shigezo
Keywords	internment camp, alien enemy, evacuation, war, First World War
Additional Information	Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue.
Language	English
Document(s) linked to	List of Internees in Barrack 19 at the Santa Fe Internment Camp
Copyright	Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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