Compromise Settlement

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Description:

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

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: 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: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-cd81-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1805882

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