Postcard from Keikichi Imamura to Walter Millsap, July 29, 1944 While some internees returned to the West Coast, a greater number relocated to the East Coast and Midwest in search of employment. The WRA sought to facilitate the reintegration of Japanese Americans through hostel and employment programs, yet former internees confronted institutionalized racism that made securing employment and housing difficult. Following their release from Gila River Relocation Center, the Imamura family settled first in a hostel in New York. In this postcard, Imamura describes his son's trip to Coney Island with other members of their hostel. The Imamura family soon relocated to New Haven, where Keikichi Imamura had found employment as an adjunct professor in Oriental languages at Yale University. Imamura’s term at Yale was brief as the university slowly phased out critical language programs like Japanese at the conclusion of the war. Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers (WA MSS S-1590), Box 1, Folder 20. WA, BRBL.

Keikichi Imamura describes his family’s resettlement in a hostel in New York and a visit to Coney Island with his son Keichi.