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(From San Francisco Chronicle)Dillon Myer, director of the War Relocation authority, says Japanese-American evacuees from the west coast should be permitted to return to their homes as soon as the military situation warrants. We believe Director Myer…

Date: 1944-05-27
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 6
Type: NEWS

Because hundreds of Japanese, both alien and American-born, resided in the Pajaro valley before their exclusion last spring on orders of the army, local residents will watch with interest the progress of measures now before the state legislature…

Date: 1943-01-13
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 4
Type: NEWS

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Welton taught Santa Cruz High School cadets how to be soldiers and then set the example.

Welton Roger King was born on September 12, 1924, in Amity, Arkansas, to Mr. and Mrs. C. F. King. The King family also consisted of a younger brother Ronald…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

(Editor's note: Itsumi Oita, co-winner of the American Legion Armistice Day oratorical contest, was invited to contribute a guest editorial this week and to express the feelings of the Americans of Japanese ancestry in regard to the war.)Although…

Date: 1941-12-12
Source: Watsonville Morning Sun , page 8
Type: NEWS

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Wayne Bunnell was a former resident of the Pajaro Valley who left the county before World War II. He was born in Washington State in 1908; however, information regarding his family and formative years is not available. He had completed elementary and…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY Italy (Special to Register-Pajaronian) - Sgt. Shigara Hirano of Watsonville, Calif., is returning to the United States from the Fifth Army in Italy with an adjusted service rating score of 85. A member of 442nd Japanese-American…

Date: 1945-07-30
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 6
Type: NEWS

SACRAMENTO (UP)--Gov. Earl Warren, commenting on complaints against the return of several Japanese to California, Saturday disclosed he had discussed with officers of the army's Western Defense command the possible danger of large scale release of…

Date: 1944-11-18
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

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An accident prevented Warren from making it home to spend Christmas with his mom.

Warren Roger Hayes was born in Illinois on September 28, 1926; his mother's name was Blanche. Information regarding his early family life is not available. His…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Warren had little time to enjoy his new home in the Pajaro Valley before Vietnam beckoned.

Warren F. Nickel Jr. was born on January 6, 1943, in Marionette, Wisconsin, to Mr. and Mrs. Warren F. Nickel, Sr. The family, which also consisted of sons…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Ward Isaac Church was born on March 7, 1897. Information regarding his birth location, parents or early life has not been located. In the 1914 Trident yearbook his class-mates commented, "We knew him but slightly, but to his friends the greatness of…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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