This is the Department of Justice Compromise Settlement issued to Roy Nakano, May 12, 1952. The document outlines claims in terms of lost income, $26,374.92, and property damages, $4,937.92. According to the verdict, Nakano was awarded $1,566.40. Many unfair settlements like this were handed out in the years following the end of WWII.
Date Made: May 12, 1952
Maker: United States Department of Justice
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: United States: District of Columbia
Related Event: Japanese American InternmentWorld War II
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See more items in: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American, Executive Order 9066
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Credit Line: Gift of Janice Faden
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: 2016.0037.25Catalog Number: 2016.0037.25Accession Number: 2016.0037
Object Name: document
Physical Description: ink (overall material)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 3/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 26.3525 cm x 20.0025 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-cd81-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_1805882
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