![]() ![]() ![]() 2, 2020: 'The turret shape, cupola, external fuel tank and gun with muzzle brake all suggest the IS-2 as the closest match (we thought about U.S. However, Stuart Wheeler, archive manager of The Tank Museum (U.K.) rather believes the tank more closely resembles the Soviet IS-2. For further information, see the documentary, 'Tanks!' episode 3, 'T-34,' available on Amazon Prime. ↑Email to the author from Laura Haendel, Oct. ↑ According to the National Park Service, 'As a relocation center, Tule Lake had six guard towers, but by the end of its transformation into a segregation center, it had 28 towers supported by eight tanks and a copious number of machine guns.' See Ģ. Prisoners made wooden geta sandals, decorative carvings and furniture for the unfurnished barracks.ġ. Woodworking was a popular pastime at the WWII Japanese American detention camps. Quote from son Kiyoshi speaking to his mother. I don’t know what he was thinking, but before going to sleep, he kept asking me, ‘Why didn’t my Daddy come home with the tank?’ Then he said an innocent thing to me, ‘Tomorrow let’s go to the post office to pick up Daddy.’ He made me laugh and cry.” Envelope for letter from Itaru Ina at the Fort Lincoln detention facility addressed to his wife Shizuko Ina at the Tule Lake concentration camp (Newell), California. Last night he took the tank to his bed and slept while holding it. ![]() I was surprised to see how well you made the tank, geta and top. “… I appreciate the trouble it took for you to send many things such as the geta, tobacco, tennis ball, toy top, toy tank, etc. I’ll be able to do carpentry work since friends who have repatriated gave me lots of wooden boards….if it’s convenient…send me the carpentry kit. Yesterday I sent two pair of geta (wooden sandals) and the toy tank. But you said Satsuki has chicken pox so this will be another hardship for you. “I’m glad that Kiyoshi is finally completely well. He requested the carpentry tools that he had left behind in the barrack. ![]()
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